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Half-empty or half-full? How the Olympics will affect print
It has been 2,394 days since the International Olympic Committee announced that the 2012 Olympic Games were coming to London.
Print managers face up to the cross-media challenge
And the winner of PrintWeek's Most Popular Sector Award is... print management!" Okay, so this isn't the most likely of scenarios. But there's no denying that print managers have, over the past few...
For the record: printing your art on your sleeve
A few years back, notions like RPM, the B-side and the 12-inch would have got a blank response, at best a snigger, from anyone below the age of 25. In 2012, though, to the astonishment of many in the...
'We're not Manroland' - nonetheless, recovery will be hard
Kodak never does anything the easy way. Last week's Chapter 11 filing - in the dead of night - was a case in point. The lack of surprise at an announcement that had been anticipated since September...
What you need to know to make the most of your IT
Once upon a time, the first thing a printer would show a prospective new client was the press. This, after all, was the company's beating heart, its moneymaker - this was where the magic happened....
How to navigate the difficult route to career relocation
If George Thompson, joint managing director at recruitment company Harrison Scott, is right, then the first thing any print worker looking for employment needs to do is buy a map. And not a little,...
Loricas finds the solution to its shortfall
Loricas Solutions is a growing north-east-based direct mail house that has been in operation in one form or another for around 22 years. The firm rebranded last year from NEMC Design and Print,...
Digital adds a special touch
The skin of a lizard brought to life through tactile ink, a glitzy metallic greetings card and sophisticated security inks: all effects which once were only pipe dreams for digital printers. However,...
Evolution not revolution: what to expect from Drupa 2012
Drupa 2008 was widely hailed as the 'inkjet Drupa' and unsurprisingly the major inkjet manufacturers are convinced that digital technology will take the trade show by storm again come May, albeit in a...
The future of workflow: it's already in our hands
When it comes to handling jobs in today's commercial print market, you basically have a hot potato situation: hold onto it too long and you will get burned. Hence, automation to reduce the touch...
The gift list: festive fun for all print fanatics
Your loved one wants "something sparkly and romantic" at Christmas? That'll be a Vandercook Proof Press necklace, then. Here are PrintWeek's top festive gifts
Are you getting the absolute best from your bespoke MIS?
The days when printing was a dark art, full of mysticism that only the high priests of the presses could interpret, are long gone - if indeed they ever existed in reality. The modern print industry is...
A bumpy ride for the industry: 2011's good and bad news
Perhaps the biggest news came late in 2011: the administration one of the world's largest press manufacturers. But this was not the only earth-shattering story covered by PrintWeek. We look back on...
"Books for education make perfect sense," says MM Kohli of The Printers House
Automating the plant was just the first of several steps The Printers House (TPH) took to keep up with the increasing demand for web presses. MM Kohli, managing director of TPH tells Rahul Kumar
Product Review: Welbound WB3600
Sachin Shardul says never under-estimate the appeal of a workhorse whose flexibility, fast set-ups, upgradability and productivity are of the highlights of Welbound's 12-clamp perfect binding kit.