Disciplines

Q&A Seth Woodmansterne Deputy MD, Woodmansterne Publications

While most of us are still recovering from Christmas 2018, for Seth and the team at Woodmansterne planning is already well underway for the firm’s Christmas 2019 range of fine art cards and Advent...

Can AR outgrow its gimmicky image?

Long touted as the next big thing and a major opportunity for print to boot, augmented reality (AR) has hit the headlines again in recent weeks.

Picking the right route to success

Printers are facing a perfect storm with rising job numbers, shrinking average order values, a less clear-cut distinction between the most appropriate production methods and the ever-present spectre...

60 seconds with GH Display

Graham Hodson (aka Curly) started what was then called Graham Hodson Design in 1974 from his garden shed.

Star product: Gallus Smartfire

This all in one entry-level digital production line is Gallus’ offering for anyone entering the short run labels market.

The softly-softly approach brings family together

Gently does it,” says Dean Latchford – a good adage when the company you work for thinks of consolidating different strands of business by merging into one identity.

Manufacturers hit hard in the UK’s chronic skills shortage

Whether it is warranted or not, Brexit, and its potential fallout, is now held up – in the media and in much of the public discourse – as the driver of whichever of the UK’s current ills is being...

Rising to the occasion: how to deliver the wow factor

By their very nature special event and occasion printing jobs don’t crop up on a regular basis. Often this type of work is also incredibly challenging, with jobs passing through multiple individuals...

Make sure your people know where they stand

Employees not only form the core of a business, they are also one of the biggest fixed costs it will have. With access to the innermost corporate secrets and the ability to make or break a firm,...

Me & my: Mark Andy P5E and P3 Performance presses

Sato is best known as a large international maker and seller of data collection systems (DCS) and labelling machines.