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Ricoh challenges DocuTech with new Aficio range

Ricoh claims that the latest members of its Aficio printer/copier family will compete with Xerox DocuTechs and Heidelberg Digimasters on quality and productivity at a fraction of the price

Inca increases speed of Eagle ink-jet by 60%

Inca Digital has increased the speed of its Eagle 44 flatbed large-format ink-jet press by up to 60%

Up to 60 new jobs at Howitt DM plant

Howitt has opened a direct mail facility at its Sutton-in-Ashfield superplant near Nottingham

Xerox secures 2.25m DocuTech deal with PIMS

Xerox UK has won a 2.25m contract from PIMS to supply seven DocuTech 6180 digital printers

Ikon backs NPSC's digital course

The National Printing Skills Centre has formally launched its new professional digital printing courses in collaboration with Ikon Office Solutions under the banner "Printing a Digital Perspective"

Macro Art hits record books with 2,000m2 calendar

Large-format print company Macro Art has found itself in the <i>Guinness Book of Records </i>after printing the worlds biggest advent calendar

De La Rue helps DTI halt couterfeits

Security printer De La Rue has joined forces with the Department of Trade and Industry, Crimestoppers, the Anti-counterfeiting Group and some of the biggest brand names to combat counterfeiting

Tobacco laws target printers

Printers could face prosecution, fines or even imprisonment if the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill becomes law, the BPIF has warned

Edale wins FlexoTech award

Edales Alpha compact press won the award for innovation in printing press or finishing at the recent FlexoTech Awards

IOP debate in vote against euro entry

Entry into the single European currency would punish the UK printing industry with protectionist economic policy when the world is becoming more global, the Institute of Printings annual House of...

Time Warner exits underdeveloped e-book market

Time Warner Trade Publishing is to close its e-book division stating that the market "had simply not developed" as it had expected

Iggesund cuts 50 staff at Workington

Iggesund Paperboard is making 50 staff redundant at its Workington paperboard mill due to its "unsatisfactory profitability"

Picon offers grant for graduate jobs

Picon is committing 1m over the next four years in a bid to encourage high-calibre graduates into the printing, papermaking, publishing and packaging industries

Vio extends capabilities to receiver e-mail

Vio users can now use their Vio inbox to receive files from non-Vio users via the internet, ISDN dial-up and FTP server transfer and to send files via e-mail using Vio Open

Court decision may limit use of electoral roll for DM

Spending on direct mail print could be halved, and customer-specific lists seriously affected, following a High Court interim decision objecting to the supply of the electoral register for direct...