Web to print

Imail poised to launch 'pure play digital' W2P shop
Downstream access provider turned mailing house UK Mail is about to launch a new W2P shop, which it said will rival Vistaprint in scope and scale.

Unitedprint gives its USS ordering software away in bid to partner with UK companies
Unitedprint has started giving away its white label “W2P 3.0” software for free in a bid to become a “sales partner” to UK print companies.

More woes for Tangent
Operating profits at Tangent’s print business have crashed by 95% from £1m to just £50,000.

Killer content will click with customers
Prior to the internet if a company wanted to order some printed collateral they would typically pick up a copy of the local Yellow Pages and thumb through the alphabetised list of printers in the area...

Dutch W2P broker launches UK reseller service
A Dutch web-to-print firm, established by a former Grafenia director, has launched a trade-only service that it hopes will turn over up to €5m (£3.7m) in 2016 through competitive pricing.

Pureprint named as Saxoprint print partner
Saxoprint has confirmed that its UK print partner is Pureprint Group.

Sloppy security is making printing companies targets for cyber criminals
At first glance commercial printers might think that the prospect of cyber criminals or hackers attempting to access their IT system is fairly remote. After all, hackers typically seem to go after...

Rafferty steps down at Grafenia
Printing.com founder and Grafenia chief executive Tony Rafferty has stepped down from the business “by mutual consent” at the same time as it announced the sale of its Dutch business and warned on...

How the humble mobile phone will conquer W2P
On Valentines Day this year, a landmark moment in retail was reached: according to the IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark, the proportion of online retail traffic coming from mobile devices broke the 50%...

Take your print out of the gutter
In a market where even digital print is becoming commoditised, the once-humble bindery is emerging as the place to add value and hopefully restore profits. Short-run or one-off books and brochures can...