Consumables
Sappi targets digital print market with Jaz launch
Paper manufacturer Sappi is to target the digital print market with the launch of its Jaz paper range at the Hunkeler Innovationdays in Switzerland.
Printers hit with new price rises
Paper manufacturers are poised to launch another round of price increases as a result of continuing energy and raw material costs in a move that has dismayed printers.
Robert Horne launches Yupo Tako
Robert Horne has launched Yupo Tako, a recyclable polypropylene film that sticks to flat surfaces without the use of adhesives.
TPS launches three fount solutions into UK market
Paperlinx graphic consumables subsidiary Total Print Supplies (TPS) has introduced three fount solutions to the UK market.
Technology Report: Don't get caught in the ink storm
While ink price rises may make many see red, suppliers are aiding printers with a whole gamut of ways of converting their blues into green, writes Jon Severs
Buyers' Guide: Pressroom consumables
While low-cost chemicals may appeal, they could increase costs in the long term, warns Noli Dinkovski
Administrators move in as SOS (NW) collapses
Press kit supplier Service Offset Supplies North West (SOS (NW)) has gone into administration.
Kodak blames overcapacity for poor pre-press performance in Q4
Kodak's share price dropped 30% last week after it reported a fourth quarter pre-tax loss of $73m (46m), down 115% on last year's $486m profit.
TUK Systems launches 'affordable' CtP package for small printers
Middlesex-based TUK Systems, an offshoot of the Indian pre-press and consumables manufacturer TechNova, has announced a 99 CtP product aimed at small printers.
Raw material shortages still a "major concern" for UK print
Raw material shortages will continue to impact on the UK printing industry following further supply shortages and increases in demand.