Star product: X-Rite i1Publish Pro 3

The latest iteration of X-Rite's much-used colour-management system.

Northend: So efficient, “it’s frightening”

Me & my: Horizon StitchLiner MKIII

When Sheffield-based print businesses Northend Creative Print Solutions (CPS) and My Print Partners (MPP) merged in April 2019 to form Northend, one of the first things the managers of the new...

Contract killers

Deals are done every minute of the day and every day of the week; some informal, others by written contract. Most are carried out seamlessly, but there are occasions where agreements fall apart...

Commission accomplished

Every commercial operation needs good salespeople if they are to sell their products, but while pay can be easier to set for some employees, it has been notoriously difficult to create a commission...

Going greener: 10 top tips

There was a time during the last decade when carbon footprint reduction seemed to be the primary topic of conversation in the print industry, with recyclables, chemicals and shifts to new, greener...

Gray: "For the first time we really are a team"

Business Inspection: Make a strong recovery

In the late noughties, Mark Gray was running a profitable Manchester print business producing educational material, but with the market flagging due to new technological capabilities in schools, Gray...

Escaped snooker for career in print

Q&A: Anthony Harris, managing director, Mainstream Print

Former snooker pro Anthony has now spent 25 years in the industry. He describes his hobbies as “Snooker, walking and Aston Villa”. He’s married to Tracey, and they have two children, Thomas (21) and...

"No two days are the same"

Rising star: Emily Clarke, key account executive, Graphic Packaging International, Leeds

Emily is 26 and has just notched up her fourth year in print, having joined the industry by chance. This year she became the first person to achieve a BPIF Level 5 distinction in her chosen...

Peeling: “Scodix enhancement celebrates the physicality of printing”

Me & my: Scodix Ultra 101

At the beginning of this year Precision Printing installed the UK’s first Scodix Ultra 101 digital enhancement inkjet at its Dagenham site, replacing the older of its two existing Scodix S75 models....

Emmerson: “Our original press will run and run, no question. However, we will be more productive and faster with our new one”

Me & my: Fujifilm Jet Press 750S

Buying a new car after three years if a newer model comes out, isn’t all that unusual. Swapping a near-million-pound digital press for a newer model after three years, is less common. Still, Jamie...

Burneside Mill: James Cropper founded the mill that bears his name in 1845

Best of British: James Cropper

Moving with the times has helped this long-standing British mill stay on top.

Only connect: pulling all the pieces together

It is the nature of a management information system that it has to connect with various other systems within a printing business from all sorts of vendors and across disciplines, from pre-press to...