Opinion

Having a patent is just like winning a fast-track to a roller coaster: you feel great walking past the queues waving your ticket, until you get on the ride, and then it is an unpredictable journey of...

It is no secret that inkjet will be big at Drupa 2012 and the most likely label for the 2012 iteration of the world's largest graphic arts trade show will be 'Inkjet Drupa' (again). It's too early,...

With less than 50 days to go until Drupa 2012, the four-year buzz is building to fever pitch. The launch announcements have been coming thick and fast and we have seen the likes of Esko, HP, Kodak and...

Change is the only constant in the media industry and, boy, did we see change last year. Here is a 'lucky 13' for a healthy, wealthy and lively future, whatever your medium.

Drupa is purported to be the 'inkjet web press show'. With fewer and fewer traditional printing machines being installed at the show, I can see why the organizers like the sound of this. With digital...

Before we look at whether public sector printers should be able to compete for external work, there is a myth which needs to be addressed: that in-plant print units are subsidised by the local...

This year is set to be full of big events that should boost morale - and, hopefully, business. From the Jubilee to the Olympics, there will be some welcome news amid the economic gloom.

Four days were enough to beat all expectations and change the impression of Fespa Digital 2012 from 'not bad for a Drupa year' to 'great show with huge projection'. With the final attendance figures...

Welcome to the 37th Graphics of the Americas (GOA) Expo and Conference.

Whether because of bad debt, slow-paying customers or, as seems to be the case with Blue Printing Group, an ill-advised acquisition, cashflow has got to be one of the prime reasons for print...

As our cover story this week highlights, Unite is preparing to go toe-to-toe with Goodhead Group over its plans to cut workers pay by 13.5% across the board.

While I appreciate that the sale of Manroland's sheetfed arm to Langley Holdings was no doubt rejoiced by the firm's customers and the 800 or so staff whose futures are now considerably more secure...

Last March, the government unveiled plans to introduce tougher rules on pre-pack administration sales, with the grandiose goal of making them transparent and - dare I say it - even palatable.

We are now entering the pre-Drupa announcement season, when vendors tell us a little - but often not a lot - about what they will be showing in Dsseldorf come May. Three companies I feel may provide...

EFI has claimed now is "not the time to stop innovation" after revealing it has made 24 sales of its Vutek GS3250LX UV printer since launching it at last year's Fespa Digital event.