Technical Feature

Processless is getting the chemistry right
Back in 2015, PrintWeek posed the question: Has processless become the new normal? The answer at the time was not quite, but it’s getting there.

Top marks: how printers can be five-star performers
Everybody makes mistakes, but for a market where margins are already supermodel slim, even the smallest of errors can have a big impact on profitability.

PDF 2.0: Scene-setter, not a game-changer
After 10 years in the making, it looks like PDF 2.0 will finally reach real world users in the next year or so. Since the 1990s PDF has been the dominant format used to deliver document files for...

Software superstars in the spotlight
There are a lot of different design programs around that can be used to place text and graphics in specific places, and to draw shapes and add effects such as transparencies or drop shadows.

Can manufacturers really help printers attain nirvana?
Manufacturing excellence is a term that is widely bandied about by business consultants but what does it mean in practice? PrintWeek spoke to some of the big suppliers to the printing industry to find...

10 under 10
Adding a new capability needn’t break the bank as this collection of wide-format printers attests. For a relatively modest investment a printer could effectively open up a whole host of new markets.

Keep clients’ brands safe and sound
Every marcomms practitioner will vouch that brand recollection and brand assets are the most important commodities that brands need to protect.

Has fixed-palette come of age at last?
A quarter century has passed since serious proposals were first made for six- and seven-colour process sets to replace the need for spot colour inks.

What threat does IoT pose to printers’ kit?
Fridge freezers that auto-order milk, kettles that boil water using an app and thermostats that you control from your car... the internet and things that run on it have come a long way since Sir Tim...

Give workers a lift and avoid getting a pain in the neck
According to the Health & Safety Executive, manual handling incidents account for over a third of accidents reported in the print trade.