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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...

'Inkjet Drupa' faces a new challenge: the Xeikon Quantum
Conventional wisdom has it that Drupa 2012 will be all about inkjet. Tell that to Xeikon, which last week announced a disruptive technology aimed at the high volume, low cost, digital print market....

Why Rapidity chose to go with the flow
Many printers now provide design and cross-media solutions. This firm felt it could be swimming against the tide unless it adapted accordingly

The last lap: find an ideal payment tool for your move towards W2P
Imagine you are nearing the end of a torturous marathon in which you have overcome several near-race-ending experiences. Up ahead, almost within touching distance, is the finish line. Your arms are...

Staying competitive in a material world
Let's say you drove your shiny new BMW into a river and instead of slowly sinking to the bottom, it performed as well as the most expensive of million-pound super yachts. You'd be pretty pleased,...