Technology

Countering the threat from electronic publishing

Speaking at the Cartagena, Colombia edition of the Hay Literary Festival in January, acclaimed US author Jonathan Franzen struck a blow for print when he insisted that, for the serious book reader -...

Quad/Graphics Launches Media Solutions Division

Quad/Graphics has become the latest major US printer to unveil a cross-media strategy, following the formation of Quad/Graphics Media Solutions, which it said would help customers better leverage...

Print must prepare for the screen test

When it comes to magazines, print, essentially, is having its pockets picked. You see, as magazine printers walk down the dark alley of UK-wide economic uncertainty, preoccupied with depleting...

Drupa preview: presses and digital stand-by-stand

PrintWeek's pick of the new press products on show at Drupa

Xeikon to offer glimpse of future toner tech at Drupa

Xeikon will unveil a new toner-based print platform at Drupa that it claims will combine the quality of its 1,200dpi colour printers with "inkjet-like speed" and cost of production.

The four legs of colour control

This month in the clinic: David McDowell on colour management; Martin Gercke on asset monitoring; and Clive Lewis on controlling staff expenses

Automations missing letters

At Drupa 2004, the buzzword was JDF (or job definition format to the uninitiated). So much so that some industry pundits christened the show the JDF Drupa. The aim of JDFs backers was for the...