Disciplines

Jacrac installs UK's first Samsonn Digital UV flatbed
Jacrac Display has taken delivery of the first Samsonn Digital UV flatbed printer in the UK.

Newspapers embrace augmented reality to support Poppy Appeal
Nine national newspapers have added augmented reality to their mastheads in a fundraising link-up between them, the Royal British Legion and Blippar.

KBA back in the black, ups digital R&D spend
KBA’s latest quarterly results show more effects of its wide-ranging restructuring – the group is back in the black and more than 60% of sales now come from the packaging market.

60 seconds with Quantum Print & Packaging
Quantum was formed in 2005 from the combination of EW Box Co and Holmes Printers. The company thrived under its management, and this culminated in an MBO in 2014 that saw Giles Foden (sales director...

Killer app: Datum adds fizz for Bollinger’s secret 007 screening
How do you get invited to an exclusive champagne breakfast screening of one of this year’s most hotly anticipated films? You do a top job of printing the invitations of course.

Can the Pre-Pack Pool make a difference?
It is one of the thorniest issues in business, and particularly in print, a sector that seems to have had more than its fair share of them – whether to pre-pack and what others think of those that do.

Could new charity regulations increase use of direct mail?
There is likely to be change ahead for printers that produce charity mailings after the government agreed to create a new register, the Fundraising Preference Service, to which members of the public...

One failure doesn’t reflect the wider sector
The demise of digital doyen 1st Byte sent shockwaves through the industry that in many ways seemed out of proportion to its relatively modest size.

'St Bride’s is a living, breathing thing that pulls you in’
As chief executive of the St Bride Foundation, Glyn Farrow is in many respects the de facto trustee of print’s proud heritage.

The first line of defence
Making the print is only ever part of the job of meeting the client’s need for a product to convey their messaging. It is usually necessary to finish the print to protect and/or enhance it, ensuring...