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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....

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 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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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.

The numbers speak for themselves. Far from being gradually phased out and replaced by digital formats, printed materials are still a crucial part of many marketing campaigns.

The past year has been defined by bail-outs, debt and contraction across the eurozone, which has adversely affected business and consumer confidence.

Imagine a world without print. Now imagine that the next generation of designers responsible for everything you run through your presses are emerging from that world. Print would have a problem.

For such a boisterously noisy industry in terms of processes, it's frustrating that, when it comes to self-promotion, print tends to lapse into a rather unhelpful bout of modesty. Admirable as this is...