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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.

Materials to conjure with: wide-ranging wide-format

For any brand or business shopping around for wide-format print, the industry offers a Willy Wonka-style profusion of delights to play with and pick from.

How much heavy lifting can your computers take on?

Machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotics have dominated every technology conference, tradeshow and summit in the past six months.

Can paper replace fantastic plastic?

We’re just a month and a half into 2018 and the packaging industry’s sustainability agenda has been firmly set for the forthcoming year – and indeed beyond.

What printers can do to recycle waste

The UK is the world’s fifth largest manufacturer of printed products, and while there aren’t any statistics to indicate the level of overall material consumption in the industry, it is probably safe...

All-rounders step up to big leagues

Typically we print to flat surfaces, like paper or board, or to labels that can be fixed to objects. But there is a growing interest in printing direct to objects.