Disciplines

Killer app: A spoonful of Frenzy puts Poppins in the spotlight

The Bristol Hippodrome enlisted the help of Bath-based signwriter and wide-format printer Frenzy Designs to print a range of banners and signs to signal the arrival of the new Mary Poppins stage...

Bag charge set to benefit UK industry

The effects of a new law that requires retailers with more than 250 staff to charge shoppers 5p for each ‘single-use’ plastic carrier bag will take time to filter through, but could benefit UK...

Label show expands to embrace broader packaging market

It may be Labelexpo by name, but it is no longer just labels by nature. As Lisa Milburn, the managing director of the global series of Labelexpo events notes: “This is not a pure label show anymore,...

More power to the comeback kids

Here in the UK we’ve got a proud history of sporting comebacks: Liverpool in the 2005 Champions League final against AC Milan, England against Australia in the 1981 Headingley Ashes Test or Red Rum in...

60 seconds with Premier Design & Print

Founded at the turn of the millennium, Premier Design & Print was formed by the creative partnership of Simon Hughes and Laura Hughes, now very capably assisted by their design and production team.

Has processless become the new normal?

When processless plate technology was originally introduced in the 2000s it was met with a healthy dose of scepticism from many people in the printing industry.

Star product: Xerox iGen5

Xerox's high-throughput workhorse gets a five-colour upgrade.

Me & my: Ryobi 924 LED-UV

There was a definite moment at Ipex last year that swung it for Mike Greene. The ABC Print Group managing director was looking at stepping up formats from B3 to B2 when he rolled up at the show and...

Sloppy security is making printing companies targets for cyber criminals

At first glance commercial printers might think that the prospect of cyber criminals or hackers attempting to access their IT system is fairly remote. After all, hackers typically seem to go after...

DTS paints picture of the shape of things to come

A new dimension is opening up for digital printing. The third dimension. We’re at the start of an exciting new phase in the adoption of digital printing that will see it applying images...