Star product: Konica Minolta bizhub Press C8000e

A “robust” option for fast-turnaround jobs.

Print enables inspiration to take flight

You can almost touch them. In fact you can almost feel just how satisfying it was to make them. Admiring this year’s Power of Print cover’s origami cranes, you’re instantly connected with the appeal...

New tech opens up short-run options

What do the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), esoteric football magazine Pickles, and newly married Lydia and Jamie from Sheffield have in common? Answer: they’ve all produced their own newspapers...

Do UK card printers have more to offer than overseas rivals?

Going abroad for Christmas has become commonplace, and not just for holidays. Much of the printing of charity cards for the festive season takes place in the UK, but more and more customers are being...

Staff perks can be mutually beneficial

While signs that the UK economy is beginning to demonstrate sustainable growth are clearly welcome, most printers are still too conscious of the need to control costs to welcome the idea of stumping...

Growing appetite for communication

"The more conversation goes on between printers and designers, the more we can keep taking things forwards,” says Rapidity’s Paul Manning, during PrintWeek’s roundtable discussion with students on...

Overmatter: Noddy's Nuggets

Christmas is less than three weeks away, which can mean only one thing. Yes, Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody on repeat at your local shopping centre.

Power of Print 2013 introduction

It’s no coincidence that our annual Power of Print supplement, which celebrates all things ink on paper, comes out at a time of year when print’s power is at its pinnacle.

Keeping up with the march of progress

Keeping pace with technological innovations is a must for marketers. It is also a huge must for printers who, already producing the medium required to work in tandem with many new technologies, may...

M Partners Wide adds Canon kit to product portfolio

M Partners Wide, the wide-format division of printing kit supplier M Partners, has extended its product offering after agreeing a reseller deal with Canon.

Co-op print show heads south

The latest in a series of regional print shows with a co-operative format being delivered across the UK will take place in Surrey on 4 and 5 February 2014.

Calverts cuts water wastage with basic.r

London-based print co-operative Calverts has installed a Technotrans basic.r reverse osmosis system to control the water in the fount of its Speedmaster SM 74 press.