Features
Q&A: Chris Pinborough, manufacturing manager, Ancient House Press
Chris is the first recipient of the Kathy Woodward Award for Learning. He’s 32 and has been in print for 14 years, progressing from a time-served printing apprentice to his current role.
60 seconds with Premier Design & Print
Founded at the turn of the millennium, Premier Design & Print was formed by the creative partnership of Simon Hughes and Laura Hughes, now very capably assisted by their design and production team.
Has processless become the new normal?
When processless plate technology was originally introduced in the 2000s it was met with a healthy dose of scepticism from many people in the printing industry.
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...
DTS paints picture of the shape of things to come
A new dimension is opening up for digital printing. The third dimension. We’re at the start of an exciting new phase in the adoption of digital printing that will see it applying images...
‘We don’t need to panic, we just need to follow the plan’
When Mark Cornford led a £12.8m MBO at Communisis’s business forms operation in 2008, it’s fair to say that a few people thought the proud Welshman was perhaps a little bit mad.
Why waste is a wasted opportunity
In recent years waste management has become a multibillion-pound industry. And print businesses like those in every other industry, perhaps more so than many others with its inks, chemicals, metals...
60 seconds with Snap Print Management
Snap Print Management was launched just three years ago by managing director, Sarah Wiles. Then known as Snap Marketing Solutions, the company began life as a kitchen table start-up, quickly expanding...
Q&A: Steve Miller, production director, Statexcolourprint
Steve spent three years at technical college gaining A levels in photography, fine art and screenprinting and a diploma in television production.
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%...
‘We’re about service, not about puffing our chests out’
On, ahem, paper it’s been a busy old year for David Hunter, Antalis managing director, UK, Ireland and Southern Africa.
The theories that could give you a very practical edge
The printing industry has never been more competitive than it is today. Advances in technology have increasingly taken the guesswork – and to some extent the skill – out of producing high-quality...
60 seconds with JR Print
JR Print evolved out of the Crawley Courier back in the 1960s. David Want (pictured) and David Meadham “the two Daves” took over in 2000 and developed it into a litho digital mix commercial print...
Q&A: John B Easson, owner and entire staff, The Quarto Press
John started drawing lettering at school and took up printing as a student in 1963 while studying physics. He lectured on printing technology for 20 years and ran The Quarto Press, printing and...
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...