Technical Feature

Have we binned our commitment to recycled paper?

Recycling is something we all do so naturally now that we barely stop to think about it. All of us have at least two bins in our driveways, if not three or four, and we are far more conscious of the...

Digital manufacturers seek to cash in on pumped-up inkjet

Very high speed inkjets look set to shake up the large-format printing market in the coming year. The mighty HP will bring its PageWide technology to market, battling existing Memjet technology that...

Seven smart investments that won’t break the bank

We’ve put aside the big ticket items and six- or seven-figure budgets in order to take a look at some wide-format ‘bargain buys’ – useful pieces of equipment or software that cost less than £10,000.

Lessons from ink’s past teach the best of both worlds

It was Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana who came up with the aphorism “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” and it’s certainly true that the past has much to...

Look after your kit and it will look after you

In daily life keeping your cool is crucial to stop small problems snowballing into bigger ones. It’s the same in your press hall, literally, when it comes to the chillers that are the key to keeping...

Fespa 2024 will take place in Amsterdam's RAI conference centre

Wide-format event prepares for lift-off

As befits any summer blockbuster, Fespa 2015 has an epic trailer, complete with animated intro, plentiful CGI and what appears to be the music from the 2010 Christopher Nolan box office smash...

The promise of sci-fi fibres

As the recent woes of merchanting giant Paperlinx show, the paper industry is under pressure. Like the print market it serves, the onslaught of alternative media is shrinking demand for its core...

Understanding your traffic

Apple’s recently launched iWatch is the latest bit of wearable technology. At the heart of this wearables revolution is the use of gadgets to keep track of vital signs. The idea of this ‘quantified...

Niche specialists can look forward to a solid future

In the 12 months since PrintWeek first took a serious look at the prospects for 3D printing, the market has both evolved and stayed pretty much the same.

Bringing post-press depts up to speed

There’s an apocryphal, but believable, story of an early Indigo press user sending a 100-copy job to a trade finisher, who duly phoned up the next day and said “Right, we’ve set up on the overs, can...