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Keeping on the right side of the law
Staying up to date on obligations toward staff can be hard work. Here we provide a general overview of potential pitfalls
Top tips: How to produce a good case study
PrintWeek is publishing a series of cut-out-and-keep guides to promote practical and affordable methods of improving business performance. In this edition, we look at capitalising on good news stories
Top Tips: How to advertise your company for free
PrintWeek is publishing a series of guides to promote practical and affordable methods of improving business performance. This week, we examine no-cost marketing opportunities
Business inspection: Blisset Bookbinders
Ultra-modern kit has enabled this firm to capitalise on traditional skills in the digital age
The technology that's been waiting inline to catch on
If you believe 'inline' refers to rollerblading, it's time to update your terminology. The technology, though, does require a sacrifice: are you willing to cash in your flexibility for speedier...
Why clients prefer to think inside the box: packaging proofing
Physical packaging proofs cost a bomb to make and can't be emailed, but are clients ready to trust 3D virtual proofs and what kind of printer can benefit?
The European player based in a stable: Imprint Digital
Imprint Digital has found that encouraging clients to submit correct PDFs and shunning the euro helped it compete on the export market
Borrower beware: don't fall into the lender trap
Asset-based lending. Besides 'National Lottery win,' there are perhaps few sweeter three-word combinations to a printer's ears in these tough times. While banks are at best making printers work harder...
Photobooks illustrate a digital divide
When photobooks first started gaining traction with the public, opening up a wonderland of consumer opportunities for printers, the novelty of uploading digital pictures and having them printed in a...
Business inspection: Henningham Family Press/Dalston Bloc
By downsizing from its central London studio, this firm slashed overheads and redefined itself
Star product: GMG productionSuite
GMG says this production workflow boasts highly accurate colour matching that ensures consistency across multiple substrate types
Drupa preview: Cloud computing & SAAS
Three weeks to go and still we're guessing what sort of Drupa it will be. Will it be another Inkjet Drupa or the B2 Digital Drupa? How about the Nano Drupa? Allow me to throw yet another possibility...
Drupa preview: environment & knowledge stand-by-stand
KodakHall 05, Stand F9-1 and F9-6New for Drupa is the Kodak Sonora XP Process Free Plate, where processing chemistry and water usages are, says Kodak, virtually zero compared with previous technology....
Technology patents: worth the paper they're printed on?
Last week, inventor Michael Wilcox stood outside of the Houses of Parliament and set fire to a patent for an 'innovative colour printing technology', claiming it had been made worthless after, he...
Crafty printers revive Gutenberg's legacy
If Johannes Gutenberg had possessed a time machine, he would have been well-advised to steer clear of the latter half of the 20th century on his travels. Post-1950s, he would have been greeted by...