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Sell more print with more accurate colour
Business Advice

Sell more print with more accurate colour

Avoiding inaccurate colour is the difference between profitability and unnecessary waste. ChromaChecker Cloud can help printers achieve this.

24-05-2021
How to keep supply chains strong
How to Guides

How to keep supply chains strong

Chris Green at Antalis discusses how the firm managed overstretched supply chains during the pandemic, why honest communication is key – and what the future holds.

24-05-2021
B Corps and ‘green swans’
Business Advice

B Corps and ‘green swans’

B Corporations want to use profits and growth to help people and planet, and printers can get on board too.

21-05-2021
Meet the Digital Squeegee
Business Advice

Meet the Digital Squeegee

Michelle Moxley, Innovation Director at M&R Printing, explains how the Digital Squeegee and digital hybrid printing can enhance and embellish DTG work.

21-05-2021
Press-ready files – who is responsible?
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Press-ready files – who is responsible?

FESPA Colour Ambassador Paul Sherfield asks if the client or the printer should ensure that files are press ready.

26-04-2021
Revolutionising retail: customer experience, personalisation and print
Tomorrow's World

Revolutionising retail: customer experience, personalisation and print

COVID-19 has had a huge impact on retail but it may have only sped up existing change.

26-04-2021
A common language for printing?
Tomorrow's World

A common language for printing?

Dr David Penfold, Edgerton Publishing Services – formerly Senior Lecturer at the University of the Arts (London) and Visiting Fellow at Nottingham Business School – on standardising printing terms.

23-04-2021
A new, streamlined PitStop preflight software package from Enfocus
Business Advice

A new, streamlined PitStop preflight software package from Enfocus

Andrew Bailes-Collins unveils Enfocus’s new and improved functions of this year’s much anticipated preflight software upgrade.

23-04-2021
A preview of FESPA’s Technical Guides: an introduction to colour management and reproduction
Business Advice

A preview of FESPA’s Technical Guides: an introduction to colour management and reproduction

We take a look at colour management and reproduction in this preview of the second edition of the FESPA Technical Guides.

21-04-2021
How Printing SA’s new member benefits can help your business succeed
People in Print

How Printing SA’s new member benefits can help your business succeed

Four experts discuss how, in the wake of the pandemic, the organisation has raised its game to help members.

21-04-2021
PIFSA – Celebrating a milestone of 110 years
People in Print

PIFSA – Celebrating a milestone of 110 years

Printing SA's CEO, Dr. Abdool Majid Mahomed looks back on the federation's history, future and how it has remained relevant.

14-04-2021
How to support circularity with eco-friendly solutions
How to Guides

How to support circularity with eco-friendly solutions

Einar Ek of Re-board assesses the value of fibre paper board over synthetic materials and how to ensure durability.

30-03-2021
A preview of FESPA’s Technical Guides: an introduction to printed packaging
Business Advice

A preview of FESPA’s Technical Guides: an introduction to printed packaging

We take a look at printed packaging with a preview of the second edition of the FESPA introductory Technical Guides.

29-03-2021
The bigger picture on plastics in print
Tomorrow's World

The bigger picture on plastics in print

Printers need to consider alternatives to plastic while recognising the need to match performance and durability. Any steps towards lower carbon products can only be positive.

29-03-2021
How to maximise staff wellbeing during a pandemic
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How to maximise staff wellbeing during a pandemic

Abdool Majid Mahomed, chief executive of Printing SA, used outreach, eLearning modules and webinars to keep member companies and employees happy, healthy and motivated during the pandemic in South Africa.

26-03-2021
Bright future for bio inks
Business Advice

Bright future for bio inks

Daniele Uboldi of EPTA Inks on how bio inks improve upon existing technologies.

26-03-2021
A preview of FESPA’s Technical Guides: an introduction to ink
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A preview of FESPA’s Technical Guides: an introduction to ink

We take a look at ink in this preview of the second edition of the FESPA introductory Technical Guides.

26-03-2021
A post-COVID boom in industrial printing?
Tomorrow's World

A post-COVID boom in industrial printing?

Peter Buttiens of ESMA looks at future opportunities for printers in post-COVID markets and new inroads in biomedical printing and textiles.  

23-02-2021
A preview of FESPA’s Technical Guides: an introduction to decorative interiors
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A preview of FESPA’s Technical Guides: an introduction to decorative interiors

We take a look at printed interiors with a preview of the second edition of the FESPA Technical Guides.  

23-02-2021
Peter Buttiens of ESMA: print as an integrated production solution
People in Print

Peter Buttiens of ESMA: print as an integrated production solution

The CEO of ESMA, the European Specialist Printing Manufacturers' Association, on the unique challenges in his sector, from industrial inkjet to biomedical applications.  

23-02-2021