Disciplines

Me & my: Canon Océ Colorado 1640

When Kevin Hart, production director at Manchester-based print house Aspen visited the Sign & Digital UK show last year, he wasn’t attending with a specific purchase in mind.

Print’s global get-together gets set to embrace the future

It seems like only yesterday, when we were all (well, some of us at least) warbling along to “Drupa is in town again... touch the future” the official song for Drupa 2016, which rang out across the...

Why the big fish you’ve just landed may bite back

Think big, they say. After all, why would anyone turn up their nose at a huge slice of business? Consider the revenue, the prestige! Maybe even take a moment to bask in the envy of your competitors.

60 seconds with Future Print Leeds

Future Print Leeds evolved in January 2016 when managing director Tim Roberts and design director Rob Dawson decided to go it alone after the owner of the firm they previously worked at passed away....

Overmatter: Johnny B Gutenberg?

Think about Johannes Gutenberg and the image that tends to springs to mind is of a bearded old chap in a hat, wearing some typical 15th century garb, perhaps inspecting a sheet from his revolutionary...

‘It’s about how you change and adapt’

Almost 10 years ago to the day, Bluetree managing director Adam Carnell and fellow director and founder James Kinsella set up their online print shop in a borrowed office with a bank of inkjets from...

Q&A: Shaun Hinchy, production manager, Plastic Card Services

Shaun has spent 10 years in print. He’s something of a fitness freak and likes running, cycling, swimming, triathlons… and fitness in general. He’s a Man City FC season ticket holder and watches with...

Best of British: A historic type firm that’s still at the cutting edge

Next year sees the 300th anniversary of the company that is today called Caslon Ltd. In 1720, a London based engraver called William Caslon cut the punches for his first typeface, and went on to set...

Star product: BigPrinter BigJet UV 2031i

A solidly built flatbed with attractive pricing from Russia.

Direct mail houses begin to settle into life with GDPR

It all seems so long ago – the spectre of GDPR hanging over the direct mailing sector in the run-up to 25 May 2018, with both the buyers and producers caught in a mad scramble to get themselves ready...