Features

Star product: Durst P5 500
A high-throughput and versatile roll-to-roll inkjet.

Colour confusion
Adobe’s decision to drop Pantone colour books has caused concern among users. So what does it mean for printers and what other options are there?

Best of British: Developer with big impact
Tucked away behind an imposing old cotton mill outside Marple in Cheshire, a modern factory unit houses the world’s largest independent developer of packaging software.

Rising star: Daniel Hutt Trainee field service engineer, InkTec
Daniel is 25 and has been working in the printing industry for five years. He joined the Witney-based supplier of large-format printers, inks and media last year.

Q&A: Paul Hewitt, owner, Generation Press
Paul is a fourth-generation printer and left School at 15 to take on printing apprenticeship, “my teachers thought that would be better for them!” He’s married with two teenage daughters who “may or...

Rising star Matthew Kenyon, number 2 printer, MM Packaging
Matthew is 21 and has been working in the printing industry since January 2020. He was a finalist and highly commended in the Trainee of the Year category at the Printweek Awards earlier this year

Killer App: Swallowtail migrates art book job to litho
High-quality, large-format art books are stock-in-trade for publisher Mascot Media – so when it recently helped a printmaker into a short-format digitally printed edition, Mascot co-owners/directors...

Small can be beautiful
SME leaders share powerful insights into how their operations outshine larger rivals

Taking a partnership approach to safety
Employers need to introduce their workforce to the idea that health and safety rules are for the benefit of all if they’re to become part of a company’s culture

Fanning the flames of fiduciary failings
Two experts highlight the importance of company directors seeking good legal advice to be fully aware of their duties and obligations

Business Inspection: Ground-breaking robotics
GroundWow’s innovative world-first ground-printing technology proves a hit

Keep the uptimes rolling
When it comes to machinery maintenance, it’s advisable to have a service plan in place to keep the wheels well oiled and costs down

Best of British... The Cambridge patent factory that never stops
Xaar plans to extend range of products to access all digital print markets

Q&A Gail Duncan Team manager, Marqetspace – the trade printer
Gail is 40 years old and lives in Manchester with Amy, her wife of five years, and their two cats and one dog. She has worked in print for 19 years and says: “I’ll have to bake a cake for next year!”

60 seconds with... RTA Publicity
RTA Publicity was established in 1982 when managing director Lynn Wall spotted a gap in the market for the design, production and installation of advertising hoardings at racecourses around the...