Technical Feature

In daily life keeping your cool is crucial to stop small problems snowballing into bigger ones. It’s the same in your press hall, literally, when it comes to the chillers that are the key to keeping...

As befits any summer blockbuster, Fespa 2015 has an epic trailer, complete with animated intro, plentiful CGI and what appears to be the music from the 2010 Christopher Nolan box office smash...

As the recent woes of merchanting giant Paperlinx show, the paper industry is under pressure. Like the print market it serves, the onslaught of alternative media is shrinking demand for its core...

Apple’s recently launched iWatch is the latest bit of wearable technology. At the heart of this wearables revolution is the use of gadgets to keep track of vital signs. The idea of this ‘quantified...

In the 12 months since PrintWeek first took a serious look at the prospects for 3D printing, the market has both evolved and stayed pretty much the same.

There’s an apocryphal, but believable, story of an early Indigo press user sending a 100-copy job to a trade finisher, who duly phoned up the next day and said “Right, we’ve set up on the overs, can...

When it comes to paper, the average print client is not necessarily the most educated of purchaser. It’s a difficult market to get your head around, with so many options and brands that even some...

Conventional wisdom says that digital is the best way to go for short-run and quick-turnaround work.

Where are all the print apps? Since the launch of the Apple iPad just five years ago, tablet computers have seen a rapid take-up for both business and personal use. They’re now offered by all sorts of...

What happened to repro? Around a decade or so ago most photographs were still taken on film and getting them into halftone print required high-quality scanners together with repro operators with the...