Technical Feature
One-shot wonders zero in on bullseye
Will digital printing technology ever truly dominate the industry? It’s a question never far from the minds of printers and the titles of exhibition seminar schedules. But it is one which is generally...
Use numbers to fine tune performance
We live in an age where highly automated machines have taken most of the guess work out of manufacturing. But despite hitting new heights of sophistication, the latest generation of machines are not...
Dates for your diary: why tech TLC goes a long way
Okay, so it’s honesty time: can you truthfully say that you have completed every scheduled maintenance process on every machine in your print business on the day and at the time it was scheduled? Do...
Forecasting the future fortunes of print tech
A new year, a new technology landscape, potentially, for printers to get their heads around. So what should printers be keeping their eyes on?
B2C photobook production platforms put to the test
Who’d have thought that, along with Xbox Ones, PS4s and iPad Minis, one of the most popular gifts come Christmas Day 2013 would be something much more traditional – the humble photo. Or rather the...
Ink makers pledge: you can have it all
The favourite phrase of mums everywhere: ‘you can’t have everything’. Or sometimes: ‘you can’t have your cake and eat it.’ Until recently this was also a favourite of wide-format kit vendors, in...
Print in the year 2020
What will presses look like in 2020? Will the industry be all-digital or still only partly digital? Which digital process will survive?