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