Features
Profiling for a profitable printing firm
Creating your very own colour profiles for every new substrate may be time-consuming, but it has given this firm an edge in the UV sector
Always use the right tool for the job
If you invited the various print sectors to represent themselves with a tool, you would be able to spot a wide-format company working in the retail sector very quickly.
Retailers are tuning in to the new stars of the POP scene
Retail has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. British Retail Consortium figures for March trading recorded the worst fall since the statistics began being collated 16 years ago....
Business: Will the Royal Wedding bring a dowry for print?
William and Kate's wedding might not arouse the same hysteria as Charles and Diana's, but there is still money to be made
The PrintWeek US bulletin
We're delighted to announce our first US initiative, in the shape of a weekly bulletin covering key news in the domestic US print market, and written by our US correspondent, David Ward, based in San...
Product Review: STM-5000-F hot foil stamping machine
This hot foil stamping machine by Technoshell Automation is versatile and caters to a wide variety of substrates which can be embossed and stamped, finds out Sachin Shardul
Business: Save cash with better paper purchasing
Research suggests that printers could save thousands by ordering paper more efficiently. Can it really be as simple as buying unwrapped reams?
Is the high street just high maintenance?
It's not easy operating in the city, especially when the sole benefit is a walk-in trade that offers little but pennies and strife. So, is it time to vacate the high street?
Insight: Future of Digital - Will digital reign in the printing arena?
The PrintWeek India team picks the brains of 14 manufacturers and dealers of digital print equipment on current trends, technology improvement and costing in the digital print market.
Technology: Don't let DM turn into an identity crisis
Getting the data right - and knowing how to use it - can mean the difference between a successful campaign and a wasted opportunity
Show preview: Signs of the times
The Sign & Digital UK show puts the wide world of wide-format on display - and there is no excuse not to attend
Product Review: QuarkXPress 9 software for publishing
The present digital design and publishing on the web, e-books, interactive iPad and smart phones, will be made easy by the use of new QuarkXPress 9, finds Sachin Shardul
Business: Going public - how to trade up and get personal
Dealing with the public is not something that many printers are used to, but demand for personalised print from the consumer is growing - and it's a lucrative market
Q&A: Kim Claxton, office manager, Polyprint
Polyprint Mailing Films office manager Kim is 43 and has two children. Good red wine, classic prison movies and sunny beaches are among her favourite things. Along with Polyprint's latest conversion...
Overmatter: Fespa man's marathon effort for charity
This year has already been a busy one for Fespa's sales and marketing director Marcus Timson. When he's not been travelling the globe taking part in the ever-growing network of Fespa live events,...