Business

Pick the best eco-tricks from other industries
Print, by its nature, has to be outward looking. Its tentacles touch so many different client sectors and its business is so reliant upon knowing those clients intimately, that there can't be many...

US Postmaster General defends five-day delivery, unveils same day mail service
US Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe used the National Postal Forum in San Francisco this week to renew calls for the US Congress to let the US Postal Service (USPS) end Saturday deliveries and to...

USPS showcases MyPost electronic notification system
The US Postal Service (USPS) has begun testing a new concept known as MyPost that lets consumers and small businesses preview electronically what's in their physical mail box that day.
Ricoh partners with TEC Mailing Solutions to offer SaaS mailing tools
Ricoh Production Print Solutions used the National Postal Forum (NPF) in San Francisco this week to unveil a new partnership with TEC Mailing Solutions on a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS)...

Recycling is not easy, but it's always possible
When a supplier says a material is 'recyclable', verbally or through this being noted on the product's data sheet, two things will happen. Firstly, if the printer has been keeping abreast of the...

Improving the outlook for carbon reduction costs
Who wants to save money while also saving the planet? The answer, most would firmly agree, is everyone. And printers are certainly no exception. Which is why signing up to the BPIF's Climate Change...

The Lazarides Gallery Master Printer Revealed
Dedicated to the business of printing the works of some of the UK's most famous contemporary artists, Peter Bennett is a craftsman to the core

Me and My... Ryobi 524GE
Increasing demand for four-colour work led Pilling Printers to seek out a high-quality and high-speed B3 production machine

How should sales staff be paid commission?
While a percentage of the job value is still the most common way to pay a salesperson's bonus, there are arguments for adopting other methods.

Océ Infinistream on track with demo machine installation
Océ has provided an update on its first packaging press, the Infinistream, and has begun assembling the first demonstration machine in its Customer Experience Centre (CEC), in Poing, Germany.

Xaar achieves record results in 2012
Cambridge-based inkjet manufacturer Xaar has posted a 74% year-on-year increase in adjusted pre-tax profits to 18.4m (2011: 10.6m) for the 12 months to 31 December 2012, citing strong performance of...

AR offers a means to put value back into printed products
Exploding labels, barking magazines, personal catwalks in your living room... Until now this level of interaction through the traditional medium of print has been a fantasy, but now the printed page...