Q&A: Gary Smith Account director, Rival Colour

Gary has worked in the industry for getting on for 30 years, having quickly decided that being a “chippy’s mate” didn’t offer the career prospects, or warm office, that he aspired to.

Bloody image commemorates atomic bomb deaths

Harry Pearce is a partner at design agency Pentagram Design, which has offices in London and across the globe. Shrewd in business, he has a superb creative mind, according to Gary Bird, managing...

Never mind the bollocks, here’s print

After last Monday’s PrintWeek Awards, it’s difficult to have anything other than warm and fuzzy feelings about the world of print – once the post-celebration headaches and queasiness pass, of course.

Star product: Morgana BM500

This modular bookletmaker has been designed to handle bigger booklets and thicker stocks than previous models.

Me & my: Durst Rhotex 322

Delta Group is a diversified group of companies, founded in 1991, that cover marketing, design, and fulfilment of both print and digital media. Lick Creative is a shopper marketing agency that...

Why your next new press need not be new

Perhaps it was meant to be. Imega Print was not even on the lookout for a press – new or secondhand – until the email arrived in managing director Ken Varnham’s inbox.

Overmatter: future shocks

Back to the Future Day had PrintWeek readers reminiscing about the industry 30 years ago, and now.

60 seconds with PCL Digital

PCL was formed as Professional Communications Ltd in 1972 as a typesetter, before moving into repro in the 1990s.

Wide range of applications wins fans for sublimation

If you think Dai Sub is a Welsh submariner then you could be missing out on a low-cost technology with the potential to grab a bigger share of your existing customers’ print spend and open up a range...

A fragile truce binds printers and managers in partnership

Around a decade or so ago PrintWeek published its inaugural print management league table. The table ranked the UK’s 20 biggest print managers by turnover and was headed by corporate behemoths like...

Help your staff step up and take charge

When print was simpler, more muscular industry, stepping up to management from the printroom rarely caused an issue. Indeed, part of the role usually entailed staying in that print room: the majority...

KCS targets e-tailers with 2D barcode facility

KCS Trade Print aims to capitalise on the burgeoning ‘returns logistics’ market for e-tailers with its new 2D barcoding capability.