North america

Creo founder Gelbart honoured with prestigious Reed award

Dan Gelbart, the founder of Creo and the man credited as the father of modern computer-to-plate (CTP) technology, has been awarded the 2008 Printing Industries of America Robert F. Reed Technology...

RR Donnelley's GDS to raise transactional fee

RR Donnelley Global Document Solutions (RRD GDS) has said it will increase its transactional fee from 5% to 7%, with effect from invoices paid after 1 April 2009.

RR Donnelley blames declining demand for 482m net loss

RR Donnelley has cited "significant declines in demand" after it recorded a fourth-quarter net loss of $686.9m (482m) from continuing operations, compared to a loss of $292.9m in the same quarter in...

CBS records 93% fall in pre-tax profits

Outdoor media group CBS Outdoor International has posted a 93% fall in pre-tax profits for Q4 2008.

HarperCollins may cut UK book runs after Woolworths' EUK failure and slow US sales

HarperCollins' UK division may be forced to cut back on print runs as a result of the collapse of Woolworths' book distributor Entertainment UK (EUK) and a sharp decline in US sales.

New Yorkers get first copies of US-printed Daily Mail

Newsworld has begun distributing the Daily Mail in New York after printing of the newspaper's US edition began at New York-based Alphagraphics last week.

iGen4 sales push struggling Xerox Q4 results

Xerox revealed full year profits of $230m (161m) for 2008 on revenues of $17.6bn and fourth quarter profits of $1m - a near 100% fall year on year.

Tech-ni-fold warns of substandard copies of folding kit

Finishing equipment manufacturer Tech-ni-fold has issued a warning to its UK customers after discovering sub-par products sold as Tech-ni-fold equipment in the US.

Study claims digital print 'better quality' than offset

UK print buyers have questioned a recent international survey of production print buyers that rated the quality of digital printing as better than offset.

Print gets a Second Life

Print recruitment entered the 21st century this week following the launch of Printalution Island in the online interactive 3D virtual reality programme Second Life.

Printing.com sales drop 3% as US expansion unveiled

Sales at print franchise Printing.com have suffered a 3% fall but Tony Rafferty said the group was "getting through" the economic downturn and announced details of its US expansion.

Presstek continues patent fight with VIM Technologies

Presstek is continuing its fight against distributors of Israel-based VIM Technologies with a lawsuit against US-based Prograf Digital Services.