Web to print

CWU ballots Parcelforce members
CWU has held a consultative ballot of Parcelforce members on the issues of Royal Mail privatisation, pensions and pay.

Latent targets B2C market with Canon spend
Bristol-based printer Latent Light has invested in a Canon Imagepress C7000VP as it expands its presence in the consumer photobook market.

Royal Mail secures High Court DSA boycott reprieve
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has agreed not to urge its members to boycott downstream access providers for at least a week after the Royal Mail went to the High Court to prevent them taking...

Why consumers need to see the big picture
When it comes to photography, the received wisdom is that consumers rarely think big. While they will happily create a photobook full of smaller images, the thought of picking one photograph to blow...

How the public can pile on the pressure
Would you rather print products that you can charge a few pence for, or products you can charge a few pounds for? Not, most printers would agree, the toughest of questions. Which is why, spurred on by...

Applying a human touch to proofing
Manual proofing has proved a crucial component in Pixartprinting's web-to-print success

Interview: 'No printer wants a Vistaprint customer'
It began life as a catalogue, survived the dotcom boom - and bust - and went on to become the world's biggest web-to-print business. Jo Francis talks to Vistaprint founder and chief executive Robert...

Catford Print eyes opportunities in web2print
Commercial printer Catford Print Centre has completes 100,000 investment for web2print strategy, following a successful foray into the market.

Giftwrap giant in flexo spend
International Greetings is investing £6m in a major switch from gravure to flexo printing at its main Welsh giftwrap production facility.

Novelty Easter boxes prove good sellers for Pixartprinting
Web-to-print company Pixartprinting bounced into the Easter market with seasonally themed boxes.