12 August 2019
| by Simon Eccles
How does a small Cambridge developer produce halftone screening software intended to outperform the big pre-press players? This is the story of Hamillroad, which sells advanced Digitally Modulated Screening (DMS) technology for flexo and litho printing as an aftermarket add-on for any platesetter RIP.
12 August 2019
| by Simon Eccles
MGI’s do-it-all B1 inkjet is now set for beta trials.
22 July 2019
| by Simon Eccles
In the quarter century or so that digital colour presses have been around, most of the debate has been about if, how, and when they would take over from ‘conventional’ printing processes.
19 July 2019
| by Simon Eccles
July has seen a rash of commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, in print, TV and other media. A particularly interesting example for print geeks came with the Radio Times, which reprinted a July 1969 colour section that looked forward to the historic event.
24 June 2019
| by Simon Eccles
A robust flatbed aimed at the sign and graphics market
10 June 2019
| by Simon Eccles
Next year sees the 300th anniversary of the company that is today called Caslon Ltd. In 1720, a London based engraver called William Caslon cut the punches for his first typeface, and went on to set up a foundry that bore his name.
28 May 2019
| by Simon Eccles
A viable digital rival to B2 litho offset presses.
28 May 2019
| by Simon Eccles
Twenty one years ago David Ghent set up Minuteman Press in Bath as a small high-street print shop with two employees. This was one of the first of the originally US-based Minuteman franchise branches in the UK.
28 May 2019
| by Simon Eccles
Machines that convert large rolls of material into smaller more manageable rolls may not quite count as the unsung heroes of the industry, but they’re certainly vital and need both precision engineering and some of the latest tech. Who’d have thought that you could use Bluetooth in a slitter?
07 May 2019
| by Simon Eccles
Latest edition adds new features and sees a return to the Mac OS.
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