Opinion
Beware the blue chip on your shoulder
"May you live in interesting times" is supposedly an ancient Chinese curse, although a bit of digging regarding its origin reveals it is more likely a relatively modern, and Western, construction....
Stage is set for inkjets coming of age
If you need any evidence that an emerging technology is ready to break into the mainstream, look no further than a manufacturer's keenness to show it off. Inkjet had been a major talking point in the...
Print can learn from drama at Frome
What does Joni Mitchell have to do with the printing industry? Not a lot that I know of, but while reading up on the latest twists in the tale of Butler and Tanner, I found myself humming the refrain...
Print evolution set to continue apace
Following on from Drupa, our publisher organised for Frank Romano, professor emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology, to come and share his world view with the Haymarket Print Group team and a...
Three-fold ability & textile techs
Joanne Gardner tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles
PAS 2020 move to ban polywrapping ignores real environmental threats
Plans to regulate the direct mail industry through the new PAS 2020 standard don't seem to have been thought through, particularly the move to outlaw the use of polywrapping and poly-bagging.
Digital newspaper printing becomes viable with high-speed colour presses
Among the more interesting demonstrations at the recent Drupa exhibition was the digital printing of newspapers on newsprint substrates using high-speed inkjet colour presses by HP, Oc and Screen.
Recession will come but upturn is not far behind
Recession is now all but certain. GDP growth in the last quarter was 0.2% with a significant decline in output towards the end of the quarter. On current projections negative growth could already be...
Wise forger proves crime does pay
Counterfeiting cells, busily forging currency notes, arouse much interest when unearthed. Another popular target for fakery is statutory documents. One of the most notorious acts of forgery involved...
Print's latest goldrush
It is not often I hear people speaking of Klondike moments in the printing sector, but at last months Printing World Digital Workshop, W2P director Peter Lancaster likened the opportunities to be...
Print must go back to school
Printing Worlds round-table discussion on training and skills brought together 12 of the industrys leading lights to discuss the problems specific to print and understand the key factors necessary for...
Correction: Reel Paper takes on new FSC stock for 2008
A recent article regarding Reel Paper introducing G-Print Matt into its 2008 catalogue erroneously cited Stora Enso as producing the paper.