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<i>Energy suppliers, including npower and British Gas, have increased gas and electricity prices by up to 50%, according to some print firms. How are printers coping?</i>

<b>Jason Elphick, creative director, Museums and Galleries Marketing:</b>

Paper merchant Independent Paper, Denmaur Paper's subsidiary, has added its Amadeus brand to the group's 3R paper range.

HDP has launched Freedom Fount, which it has described as a one-stop alcohol replacement solution. Aimed at sheetfed printers that want to reduce or eliminate IPA from their systems, the fount is IPA-...

Flint Group has signed an agreement to acquire the powder business of consumables manufacturer Russell-Webb for an undisclosed sum.

MetalFX is to host a series of design workshops throughout September and October aimed at giving attendees hands-on experience with the company's design software.

Sun Chemical has announced that it will increase its ink prices by up to 20%, striking another blow to printers who are already struggling to cope with price rises in energy and paper costs and coming...

Xerox profits for the second quarter dropped 19% from $266m (133.4m) in 2007 to $215m, but remained in line with expectations, the company said.

Sun Chemical is raising its publication market prices by between 10 and 20% to reflect global rises in raw material, energy and transportation costs.

Oc has claimed CrystalPoint will "change the way wide-format prints are made by combining the best of both toner and inkjet printing" to produce mono and colour waterfast prints for large-format...