Wavelength's John Conway has responded to last week's article about his publishing activities by slamming UK magazine printers as being "unable to deliver consistently good quality on time".


Conway said he had found this out to "my own loss", and that there were "numerous magazine repro houses and printers offering unbelievable prices, terms and turnarounds".


Despite Conway's protestations, more magazine printers and repro firms have contacted PrintWeek claiming to be owed money after printing Wavelength.


Adroit Photo Litho is owed 9,427 for work carried out on issues 19 and 20 for John Conway trading as Wavelength Magazine.


Adroit managing director Peter Collins said: "After we'd taken legal action it went up to over 13,000. Even though we won in court, it was obvious we wouldn't get our money. He has no assets when you get down to the nitty gritty."


Conway launched a series of counterclaims against a number of printers for sub-standard work.


"He works on the basis that he can pick fault in your work. In our case he complained about an ad that we didn't even produce," said Collins.


R Booth & Co in Penryn, Cornwall, is owed 17,060 for issues 58 and 59. "He knows how to work the system and you end up paying for it. If we weren't a family business we could have gone under," said managing director Steve Booth.
PrintWeek would like to hear from other companies who have dealt with Wavelength.


l John Conway, sales director at London digital print specialist Data Layout, is not connected in any way with John Conway and Wavelength.


Story by John Davies