Disciplines

Get out of the office. It’s show time!

Decisions, decisions. We’re well into industry’s peak season, when printrooms across the land are (hopefully) at their busiest.

Skills still make an impression

It’s apt that halfway through his interview with PrintWeek Patrick Roe spots an old Field-Marshall tractor trundling past his office window. Once a farm staple in the 1940s, these days such machines...

Ipex: Action speaks louder than words

For some, it might feel like an age since Ipex was last resident in its long-term home at the NEC in Birmingham – seven years can certainly feel like an age in such a fast-moving industry, especially...

Time spent on SEO will be richly rewarded online

There are more than 6 billion word searches on the internet everyday. More than 4 billion of those are on Google. More than 94% of those searches lead to an ‘organic’ link click, with just over 5%...

How can print benefit from the booming creative industries?

In a recently published review commissioned by the government and headed up by ITV chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette [see boxout], the wide variety of disciplines that make up the creative industries and...

Star product: Onyx Graphics Software 12.2

A RIP and workflow for wide- and grand-format printers.

Me & my: Domino K630i

Black on white is still the clearest way to print text for easy reading, which explains why there are so many mono presses on the market dedicated to book work.

Fire preparedness is a burning issue

In ancient Greek and Roman tradition, fire was one of the four elements alongside earth, water and air that were used to explain the nature and complexity of matter. But irrespective of how it’s...

Sector stays upbeat on Brexit gamble

The past few weeks have been a white-knuckle rollercoaster ride for Britain’s Brexit negotiations. Speaking in Florence towards the end of September, Theresa May unveiled a bit more detail around the...

MBE acquires AlphaGraphics

Mail Boxes Etc (MBE) has acquired AlphaGraphics, the US-headquartered print franchise chain that was formerly owned by Pindar.