John Charnock
Traditional printers will stay relevant through refinement
Drupa is purported to be the 'inkjet web press show'. With fewer and fewer traditional printing machines being installed at the show, I can see why the organizers like the sound of this. With digital...
Tight budgets and a sector in a state of flux. Could a consultant be the answer?
Having moved from gainful employment in a print company to establishing a network of consultants around the world, I have been amazed at the dichotomy of opinion regarding this area of the sector.
Print companies' reluctance to take up emerging technologies is nothing new
The times they are a-changin', Bob Dylan once said. This is demonstrated no better than in the printing sector.
Know your data and you stand a better chance of adding value to digital print
While at Ipex, I was involved in several conversations with printers and suppliers who were saying 'it's all about data data data', in light of the digital print revolution clearly demonstrated at the...
If finishing fails to establish standards it risks being commercially unviable
Such is the prevalence of standards in the print industry these days that you would be forgiven for thinking that even the car parks were subject to some independently verified rules. ISO 14001, ISO...
Resist the urge to buy yourself an early Christmas present at the 'inkjet' Ipex
As every parent knows, come Christmas, the kids will be pestering for that must-have toy. A similar phenomenon occurs in the run-up to Ipex, when printers start to get excited about all the shiny new...