Features
Is clickable print finally set to take off?
This year, the number of smartphone users around the world is expected to hit 1.75bn. Currently, 88% of smartphone users use their phones to research an online purchase. And mobile use now accounts...
The only way is up: will rate rise pile pressure on print?
A lot has happened since March 2009. Back then, Gordon Brown was still Prime Minister, 2012’s Olympic fever was still years away and the economic recovery we’re in the midst of seemed like a distant...
Interview: 'Even our accountant is keen for us to spend money’
Earlier this month, The Printing Charity (TPC) awarded a total of £36,000 to 24 young people looking to further their careers in the graphic arts sector.
Will latest UV techs lighten the load for commercial print?
If you believe the hype then new UV curing technology is, after dominating first Japan and latterly mainland Europe, about to revolutionise the UK sheetfed litho market.
Q&A: Freddie Kienzler, managing director, Formara Printers
We can’t quite believe it, given his fresh-faced appearance, but Freddie is set to retire next month after 43 years in the industry. He has two daughters from two marriages, and loves golf, eating in...
60 seconds with Bobcat Digital
Bobcat is a new firm that started trading at the beginning of the year. Its three partners – Martin Bateman, Louise Owen and Rob Blackburn – had worked together previously at a commercial printer. “We...
Perfect pitch drives tender triumphs
Securing framework agreement work and preferred supplier status opens up new doors.
Comic book fans celebrate a long and colourful history
The words ‘comic book’ bring for most a fairly specific image to mind. Or rather two specific images: superheroes of the Marvel and DC Comics ilk exploding thrillingly across the page, and cheeky...
Wish you were here... Why it pays to manage time off
The days are long, the schools closed. Summer is upon us. It’s the season of domestic and international getaways – time to unwind. Put your feet up and make the most of that well-earned downtime.
Interview: 'If you’re not attacking your market, someone else will’
Dave Broadway has been managing director of CFH Docmail since the mid 1990s. The firm was founded by Broadway’s father, Geoff, in 1977, and he joined in 1980 after completing a degree in chemistry,...
How to find funding for eco improvement projects
On a list of all the people you would expect to be clued up on green funding, the government should be top. It’s the government after all that provides much of that funding, and the government that...
Experts foresee a world of tougher green regulations
Printers are used to having to play by the rules; manufacturer guidelines, colour management requirements, health & safety directives, tax regulations, data security rules – all these things and a...
Arm yourself with stats to fight off the eco fallacies
How many times have you been making polite conversation in a taxi, paying in a shop or chatting with friends and heard those six, doomy little words: ‘print is bad for the environment’. Probably too...
Process upgrades to green up your print
As the old saying goes, small changes can make a big difference. One area this is particularly true for printers is the pressroom. Of course investing in a brand new super-duper eco-friendly press is...
Green products rely on smarter plastics choices
One of the most ubiquitous and long-lasting recent changes to the surface of our planet is the accumulation and fragmentation of plastics,” wrote David Barnes in Plastics, the environment and human...