Sections

British Printing Society promotes letterpress at Essex show
Members of the Essex branch of the British Printing Society (BPS) have demonstrated the craft of letterpress printing to Essex Country Show visitors.

Huge estate sale of Felix Dennis's assets
The upcoming sale of the assets of the late publishing magnate Felix Dennis includes Eric Gill engravings, a collection of rare books and a Rolls-Royce Silver Spur.

Future printers could be robots
There’s good news and bad news for printing industry workers in a new study about the likelihood of robots taking over from humans in certain jobs.

Easyfairs' London event poised to be biggest yet
This week’s Packaging Innovations & Luxury Packaging London is set to be the largest yet with more than 170 exhibitors putting the final touches to their stands in advance of the show opening...

Hubergroup to celebrate 250th anniversary with special event
Printing ink manufacturer Hubergroup will hold a ceremony next month to celebrate its 250th anniversary in business.

60 seconds with JR Print
JR Print evolved out of the Crawley Courier back in the 1960s. David Want (pictured) and David Meadham “the two Daves” took over in 2000 and developed it into a litho digital mix commercial print...

Overmatter: PassIT! on
The final phase of the year-long fundraising campaign for PrintIT! is underway and it involves a 565km run – the equivalent of running to, gulp, Drupa.

Q&A: John B Easson, owner and entire staff, The Quarto Press
John started drawing lettering at school and took up printing as a student in 1963 while studying physics. He lectured on printing technology for 20 years and ran The Quarto Press, printing and...

Print has learned the marketing lesson
At the tail end of last month PrintWeek Towers was a picture of (organised) cardboard chaos, with the atrium of St Jude’s crammed full of boxes of all descriptions in anticipation of the four judging...

Take your print out of the gutter
In a market where even digital print is becoming commoditised, the once-humble bindery is emerging as the place to add value and hopefully restore profits. Short-run or one-off books and brochures can...