Printers

Business inspection: Get your data security all locked up

For applications that demand customer data remains unassailable, PCI DSS is a prerequisite.

An ethical approach to the M&A game

Imagine being told the business you work for is being sold. Then imagine the horrible realisation that your new owner isn’t quite the business leader you had hoped he would be. Then imagine being...

Web’s decline has a way to go yet

It’s a depressing list, and a depressingly long one. The list (below) featuring a roll-call of more than 25 web offset printers that have closed since the year 2000 includes some of the industry’s...

Q&A: Darren Lyall, mailing operations manager, GI Solutions

Hats off to Darren who has become the first student to complete the BPIF’s graduate management programme. Apart from a six-week stint doing something dull in another industry, Darren has been in print...

Editor’s comment: Credit rate crashes put printers in A&E

If cash is the lifeblood of a business, then its credit rating could probably be best described as the heart monitor. And if your business’s ECG read-out flatlines, then it can be disconcerting to say...

Make time for more flexible personnel

Flexibility is great, right? Fantastic if you’re trying out yoga. But only up to a point. It would be a bad thing if you were so bendy you tied yourself up in knots. While conversely, complete...

Flint Group announces offset inks price increase

Flint Group has announced a 5% increase in the price of all offset inks from 1 January 2015.

DS Smith in world first with Onset S40i corrugated printer

DS Smith has been revealed as the first packaging company worldwide to have installed Fujifilm's digital print system for corrugated board, comprising the Onset S40i, Uvijet OL inks and an automated...

Creditsafe's new ratings model slashes print credit scores

The launch of a new ratings model by credit information supplier Creditsafe has resulted in a widespread downgrade of UK printers' credit scores.

CS Labels makes Canon investment for proofing

Digital label printer CS Labels has invested in a Canon imagePrograf iPF 6450 large-format printer to enable it to provide colour-accurate proofs.