Features

Print takes a starring role

Posters still play a key role in movie marketing and, despite the rise of digital alternatives, remain as popular as ever with both movie makers and fans

Product Review: GMC PortalBuilder

This web-based workflow can help in building effective personalised communications, VDP and direct mailing from data handling through design to final print production and delivery, explains Sachin...

The building blocks of a profitable future

With banks still playing hard to get, firms looking to invest could be forgiven for thinking securing finance is nigh on impossible. But there are options out there

Product Review: Steinemann Lotus 102 SF

This laminating machine not only ensures perfect finishing but also cost efficiency with lowest glue consumption on various kind of films, says Sachin Shardul.

Finishing for digital & litho: how the options stack up

When it comes to finishing kit for pressrooms equipped for both litho and digital, is there a one-size-fits-all solution?

Printers are doing it for themselves

It may not be for everyone, but bringing finishing in-house can offer higher margins and a means to add value

Give a big hand for the human touch

Hand finishing may be a sector in decline, but there is still plenty of demand for work that is too delicate or complicated for machines to handle

It all adds up: calculate the costs of added capabilities

For the printer, adding finishing skills may look like a win-win, but you will need to check your sums. There's more to it than just a few new bits of kit and a couple of staff members

Machinery stars: the geese that lay the golden eggs

Some pieces of kit get it just right and deliver top performance in every respect, making money for users and manufacturers alike. Here we highlight some of the best of the best in the finishing...

Can SMEs really compete in the W2P market?

While web-to-print has taken off in the US and mainland Europe, in the UK, printers are under the misconception that it's a field in which only the big boys can play

Outsourcing increasing as consolidation ups spend

Although demand for specialist finishing is growing, printers are focused on core strengths

Innovation and evolution as slept-on sector starts to rouse

There's little doubt that next year's Drupa will lay the ghost of finishing's 'Cinderella image' to rest for good, with a plethora of post-press innovations on show.

Football's printers join the club and raise their game

Football has provided print with a long-term, stable and marketable product in the form of the match-day programme and clubs are beginning to see the value in investing in high production values