Investing in good press ancillaries can enhance kit purchases by ensuring efficient operation. We need colour accuracy, job-to-job colour consistency and matching sheet and web colour quality.

Australian manufacturer LithoTechnics has enhanced its Metrix 3.5 layout and imposition tool with improved JDF connectivity to provide automated setup of bindery lines.

The Art of Design has enlisted Shoreham-based Gemini Press to produce this year's BBC Countryfile Calendar, which it is hoped will raise 300,000 for Children in Need.

Repropoint has gained certification for the British Environmental Standard ISO 14001, a move which the digital printer said has saved it money and brought in work.

Polestar has said it aims to grow its variable data offering and transpromo operations after completing a 4m investment in digital kit that includes the UK's first installation of Oc's JetStream 2200.

Perhaps I haven't always been as attentive as I should in pondering the intricacies of saddlestitching. That all changed the other week, when I idly smoothed open an A5 promotional mailer and my left...

Well here we are at the new year, traditionally a time to look ahead positively and plan for a brighter, healthier future. Five-a-day, no ciggies, less booze, that sort of thing. One thing's for sure,...

If an unnecessary makeready sheet or wasted misprint in the press hall is tantamount to throwing a banknote in the bin, an unsellable finished sheet is like emptying the entire contents of your wallet...

In the clinic this month: Stuart Bamford on in-house laminating; Gary Doman on perfect printing for pharma packs; and Bob Rajan on work-related skin ailments.

Equipped with an open mind and an open chequebook, printers face an increasing array of options when selecting a new sheetfed press. Even apparently straightforward decisions, such as sheet size,...