
Pureprint invests in back-up HP Indigo 10000 as digital orders soar
Pureprint has ordered a second HP Indigo 10000 B2 digital press following the unprecedented interest in the first machine, which has yet to complete beta testing.

BarkerBlue targets Silicon Valley with wide format investment
San Mateo, Ca-based BarkerBlue recently expanded its wide format and digital printing capabilities with a range of equipment from HP and Zund as it looks to provide branding solutions to Silicon...

Quad/Graphics posts modest Q4 profit
Sussex, WI-based Quad/Graphics managed to overcome pricing pressure and a decline in sales to post a $21m Q4 net profit, reversing a $7m loss for the same period a year earlier.

US Congressmen lodge bill to abolish paperless policies
Two US Congressmen this week introduced a bipartisan resolution that seeks to reverse a recent federal push toward going paperless for a variety of information and services, ranging from income tax...

Haybrooke brings PDQ Estimating to North America
UK-based Haybrooke Associates has launched its popular print estimating solution, PDQ, to North America, and has already inked deals with two Canadian commercial printers.

Time Warner announces magazine spin-off
New York-based Time Warner is set to spin off its entire magazine division, including UK-based IPC Media, into a separate, publicly traded company.

Cross-media is a gamble: will you lose your shirt?
Data has been described as "the new oil" for the printing industry. If that's the case, then cross-media can perhaps be likened to a new gold rush.

Business inspection Reflex Labels: Doing away with the pigeonholes
Reflex Labels has done well for itself by, among other things, eschewing job titles in favour of giving staff flexibility to grow with the business

Bell Printers upgrades to new Schneider Senator guillotine
Commercial outfit Bell Printers has taken delivery of a Schneider Senator E-Line 78 from Friedheim to replace its ageing guillotine.

Me & my: Océ ColorWave 600
Walking into Tower Printing is a bit like walking onto the set of Only Fools and Horses. For starters, the commercial print outfit is situated in Peckham in south-east London, home to Del Boy's clan.

Star product: Benford Dual UV
A retrofittable UV curing system