Colour confusion

Adobe’s decision to drop Pantone colour books has caused concern among users. So what does it mean for printers and what other options are there?

elasticStage: "We have truly modernised the vinyl manufacturing process"

Tech start-up readies vinyl on-demand

A new business using digital printing as part of its plans to bring on-demand production to vinyl records has gained fresh funding from backers connected to Adele, Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey.

Best of British: Developer with big impact

Tucked away behind an imposing old cotton mill outside Marple in Cheshire, a modern factory unit houses the world’s largest independent developer of packaging software.

The machine will be used to cut Correx, Foamex, and ACM panels

FaberExposize UK in Zünd install

Wide-format display specialist FaberExposize UK and its sister company Northern Flags have expanded their rigid substrate production with the purchase of a new Zünd G3 flatbed cutter.

Lessebo brands include Kaskad

Energy crisis halts production at Lessebo

Historic Swedish mill Lessebo Paper has halted production after the energy price crisis resulted in a €16m (£13.8m) increase in electricity costs.

Rising star: Daniel Hutt Trainee field service engineer, InkTec

Daniel is 25 and has been working in the printing industry for five years. He joined the Witney-based supplier of large-format printers, inks and media last year.

Q&A: Paul Hewitt, owner, Generation Press 

Paul is a fourth-generation printer and left School at 15 to take on printing apprenticeship, “my teachers thought that would be better for them!” He’s married with two teenage daughters who “may or...

The Stitchliner Mark V's improved automation means it can be used in-line

Horizon unveils roll-fed saddle-stitching bookletmaker

Horizon has released its latest bookletmaker, the Stitchliner Mark V, with greater automation and in-line web to book production capability.

Proofiler 900 RS/1050 RS: an entry-level product in the premium segment

EyeC launches Proofiler Version 4.2 and introduces new RS scanner system

EyeC, the worldwide expert for vision systems for print image inspection and sample inspection, presents Proofiler Version 4.2. The newest software version offers users of the EyeC Proofiler product...

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Ricoh releases free software updates for UV flatbeds

Ricoh UK has launched a series of major software updates for its Pro T7210, Pro TF6250, and Pro TF6251 UV flatbed printers.

Balcony Shirts makes transfer and embroidered garments from its shop in Uxbridge

Balcony Shirts moves high street shop to appointment-only

Balcony Shirts has limited its Uxbridge shop to appointed collections and deliveries only, after the pandemic significantly reduced footfall from passers-by.

Agfa plates: new owner plans to capture growth in pre-press

Agfa confirms Offset Solutions sale

Agfa has found a buyer for its Offset Solutions division, and plans to sell it to Aurelius Group in a €92m (£78.7m) deal.