Technical Feature

Many current printing processes, although modern and cutting-edge, are simply the latest manifestations of processes that have been evolving for centuries.

The basic concept behind flexo is a flexible relief plate similar to the way that letterpress works. It can print to a very wide range of substrates, from flexible films through to folding carton and,...

Environmental scientists are often reluctant to broadcast specific global temperature changes, largely due to the natural ebb and flow of climate conditions, but when temperature data from February...

Nick Loaring, owner of The Print Project in Shipley, is an honest man. When asked about letterpress and the workshops he runs for the public, teaching the print laity how to wield type, he responds...

Short runs and fast turnarounds have been a particular feature of digital printing since the start. Most people will be aware of the concepts and challenges of variable data and runs lengths of one,...

Just 15 years ago, the whole ethos surrounding superwide-format print centred around a market sector where size was far more important than quality. To be clear, the term ‘superwide’ ought to cover...

One of the theories on the origins of life on earth is that of the ‘primordial soup’, which posits that chemicals dissolved in water when hit by ultra-violet (UV) radiation from the sun reacted...

With Drupa 2016 just over the horizon but no new press announcements made so far, it’s time to ask: who needs B2 digital or bigger?

In the early days of wide-format inkjet printing, the technology was held in check from encroaching on screen and litho markets by limitations in printing itself.

There’s a fine collection of old Macintosh computers in my attic and garage. A 1988 Mac SE, a 1995 PowerBook laptop with tiny mono screen, a 1996 Performa 6200 and a huge metal G5 from 2002. They all...