Print Week articles from April 2002

Print Week archives from April 2002

St Ives suffers as overcapacity hits.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... 'Significant excess capacity' in all St Ives' main markets bar book printing almost halved the group's interim pre-tax profits before exceptional items to pounds 16.6m. And the group doesn't expect to see much of a recovery in the next...

Efficiency theme at Comprint.(printing industry forum)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Production efficiencies and the need to expand printers' traditional relationships with customers were among the themes at Comprint in Lisbon this week. William Davis, chairman and chief executive of RR Donnelley, admitted his group's...

Another Komori sold to Gibbons.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... William Gibbons & Sons is understood to have placed an order for yet another Komori System 38 web press. Joint managing director Mark Gibbons was unavailable as PrintWeek went to press, while Komori declined to comment, but the firm is...

STOP PRESS: Polestar says its credit rating has been restored ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Polestar says its credit rating has been restored with two senior agents. NCM Gerling has given the group 100% cover while Standard & Poor's has raised its rating to 'B-Outlook Stable'.

STOP PRESS: Keymed to be first site for Ryobi ..(Ryobi 3404DI from DI Solutions)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... The Southend-based printing department of medical equipment supplier Keymed will become the first site in England to install a Ryobi 3404DI. It confirmed its order with DI Solutions, the Ry-Offset and Apex joint venture, at Ipex.

STOP PRESS: Amcor Flexibles Europe is to buy ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Amcor Flexibles Europe is to buy the flexible packaging and extrusion businesses of Spanish group Tobepal, giving it a 25% market share in Spain.

STOP PRESS: Beard Digital buys press.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Beard Digital in Brighton is buying a NexPress 2100 digital colour press.

STOP PRESS: Loudwater, the Milton Keynes-based greetings card printer ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Loudwater, the Milton Keynes-based greetings card printer, has ordered a Mitsubishi Diamond 3000 LC B/B press after it made its European debut at Ipex.

STOP PRESS: The BPIF has launched a grant finding service ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... The BPIF has launched a grant finding service to assist printers sourcing government funding. The J4B Professional database will search against a wide range of business criteria.

Westcoast poised for HP distribution.(seeks Hewlett-Packard DesignJet large-format printer distribution contract)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Westcoast is poised to pick up RES's Hewlett-Packard (HP) DesignJet large-format printer distribution contract in the UK after RES Holdings, RES Distribution and Calcomp European Supplies were placed in receivership. Reading-based...

Wiesloch faces strike threat.(Heidelberg faces possible IG Metall engineering union strike)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... The world's largest print machinery manufacturing plant - Heidelberg's in Wiesloch - could be affected by proposed strike action by Germany's IG Metall engineering union. The union called on its members in the German states of...

Polestar seeks new managers.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Polestar is tapping the recruitment market to assess potential managers and manufacturing directors. The positions of site managing directors and site operations/manufacturing directors will attract a basic negotiable salary of pounds...

Trinity Mirror has confirmed its massive order with Goss ..(for Colorliner 70 press line)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Trinity Mirror has confirmed its massive order with Goss for its new pounds 60m Fort Dunlop site between Birmingham and Coventry (PrintWeek, 8 March 2002). The Colorliner 70 press line, which will have 48 printing units, will be installed...

SHORTS: Prontaprint in Central Birmingham has held an open day ..(career day for 10- and 11-year-old school children)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Prontaprint in Central Birmingham has held an open day for 10- and 11-year-old school children. Joint owners Pat Lilley and Paul Paintain gave the children from Mesty Croft School in the West Midlands a taste of print-franchise work as a...

SHORTS: DotMeter maker Centurfax and its UK distributor Ripware ..(raise 1,000 pounds for Redway Special Needs School)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... DotMeter maker Centurfax and its UK distributor Ripware raised pounds 1,000 for charity after showing the AXA FA Cup trophy at its Ipex stand. Printers and suppliers donated cash to be photographed with the silverware. The money is going to...

SHORTS: The Newspaper Society has put forward the chairman ..(John Robertson)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... The Newspaper Society has put forward the chairman of Newbury Weekly News, John Robertson, as its next vice-president. If he wins AGM approval in June he will succeed Tim Bowdler as vice-president and then, next July, will become president.

SHORTS: JT McLaughlin has bought ..(digital workflow and CTP equipment)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... JT McLaughlin has bought pounds 100,000 of Agfa digital workflow and CTP equipment. Founder Terry McLaughlin went for the new Palladio violet-based platesetter. This is supported by a digital Sherpa 2 double-sided imposition colour proofer.

SHORTS: K&N Press is to install ..(to install press at Hersham plant)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... K&N Press is to install a four-colour KBA Rapida 74 press with coater at its Hersham plant in the summer. The machine will be used for education material.

SHORTS: Bradford-based printer Label Makers ..(installs new letterpress machine)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Bradford-based printer Label Makers has installed a new six-colour Lintec letterpress machine to give it more flexibility. The company backed this up with an extra litho head for its Nilpeter M3300 modular combination press.

SHORTS: Kodak Polychrome Graphics has struck a marketing/distribution deal ..(with Best)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Kodak Polychrome Graphics has struck a marketing/distribution deal with Best to allow selected European dealers access and sales rights to the First Check Desktop Color Proofer. The kit was launched at Ipex and is targeted at designers and...

SHORTS: Tony O'Connell retires.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Tony O'Connell, described as a legendary figure in the UK web sector, retired last week after 36 years in the business. O'Connell was divisional director for web at Heidelberg and also worked for ICI, Harris Intertype and Marinoni.

SHORTS: Chesapeake's profit before interest and tax fell ..(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 26, 2002... Chesapeake's profit before interest and tax fell to pounds 15.8m in the first quarter of 2002 against pounds 17.5m a year ago. The US firm attributed it to reduced sales in premium banded, luxury and technology packaging markets.

SHORTS: Print and paper industry figures raised pounds 17,000 ..(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 26, 2002... Print and paper industry figures raised pounds 17,000 for charity at a St George's Day lunch at the Dorchester Hotel on 19 April. It is the sixth annual lunch held by the industry. The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability received some of the...

SHORTS: Correction.(Column)
April 26, 2002... The picture used in last week's 'Antalis moves to revamp after loss' story on p12 was of chief executive Pierre Darrot, not UK & Eire regional director Henry Cubbon as stated.

Westfield Mill set to close as Inveresk exits labels.(Inveresk Group ceases labor papers business, Scotland)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 26, 2002... Inveresk will close its Westfield Mill in Scotland and exit the label papers business in May, with the loss of 152 jobs. In the last three years Westfield Mill made an aggregate loss of pounds 3.6m and at the end of this first quarter the...

Stora prepares to see stormy patch through.(Stora Enso Oy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 26, 2002... Stora Enso has seen a drop in business but is holding out for an improvement this year after its first-quarter net profits fell 43% to pounds 99m compared to the same period last year. 'Forecasts expect a pick up in Western economies over...

EU's import tariffs put print in sights.(European Union considers import duties on printing equipment and supplies)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 26, 2002... Printing equipment and supplies from the US could be hit by a 30% rise in import duties if punitive measures relating to the steel dispute between Europe and the US are approved. The measures could affect Xerox's high-end machines,...

Coles succeeds with MBO at Townsend.(James Townsend & Sons)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Managing director Adrian Coles has successfully completed an MBO at James Townsend & Sons, the Exeter-based wet-glue label printer, and remains 'assuredly realistic but not optimistic' about the coming year. The buyout coincides with the...

Warners hopes M600 will take profits to pounds 27m.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Warners Midlands, the Lincolnshire-based magazine printer, is hoping to boost its turnover by pounds 5m to pounds 27m with the addition of a Heidelberg four-unit M600 A24 press with Autoplate and Omnicolor control system. It signed the...

Supplier mood shows signs of Ipex optimism.(Brief Article)(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
April 26, 2002... Ipex has added to the brightening mood within the industry, according to Picon, following its latest quarterly survey of its members, suppliers to the industry. Business optimism among suppliers 'blossomed' in the first three months of...

Franks to head up Emap production.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Emap has appointed UK print buyer Andy Franks as successor to group production director David Foakes. Franks takes up the role on 1 May after spending the past seven years at the publishing group. Foakes' plans are still unknown but...

Bousfield seeks finance boss.(Bousfield Printing Products)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Bousfield is searching for a new finance director after the sudden resignation of John Paul. Bousfield head of marketing Richard Edwards confirmed that Paul had resigned but declined to disclose any further details. 'He has resigned...

Council orders polling reprint.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... A production error led to a speedy reprint of 75,000 polling cards for the Carlisle City Council elections. The council said that cards, which were produced by Harpenden-based Document Technology, had been cut incorrectly rendering each...

Mitsubishi will become the first press manufacturer ..(waterless press)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Mitsubishi will become the first press manufacturer in the UK to run a press using CTP waterless plates in its showroom. Demonstrations on a Diamond 3000 LS six-colour press will be available from early summer at Mitsubishi's Leeds...

SHORTS: Coventry-based specialist carton finisher Carton Edge ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Coventry-based specialist carton finisher Carton Edge has ordered a Bobst Media 100II folder-gluer, which will be equipped with PUR hot melt system from HSS Gluing Systems. Carton Edge production director Eddie Owen said: 'The system can glue...

SHORTS: Appointment at CDP Print Management.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... CDP Print Management in Liverpool has appointed Alban DeSouza to its board of directors as national sales director. DeSouza's promotion comes six months after he was appointed as national sales manager.

SHORTS: Xaar is celebrating a successful Ipex ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Xaar is celebrating a successful Ipex with the news that it achieved off-stand sales of pounds 1.5m. The company launched its Leopard print head at the show and has reported considerable interest in the two digital ink-jet machines on its...

SHORTS: High Wycombe-based Elan Printing has bought a new Heidelberg ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... High Wycombe-based Elan Printing has bought a new Heidelberg Speedmaster SM52 two-colour complete with Prosetter 52 CTP system. The new equipment will work alongside the company's existing four-colour Heidelberg GTO and Ryobi two-colour...

SHORTS: Sign UK 2002 has launched a chequebook incentive ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Sign UK 2002 has launched a chequebook incentive for visitors who pre-register via its hotline number. The chequebook features prize draws and discounts for products ordered at the show. Companies supporting the incentive include The Magic...

SHORTS: Colebrook Evans will sell Omnia Books' equipment ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Specialist printing valuers and auctioneers Colebrook Evans will sell Omnia Books' printing equipment from 14-16 May at the firm's Glasgow plant. Receivers were appointed to the book printer last month. Peter Geddes of Colebrook Evans said:...

SHORTS: Calendar specialist Rose of Colchester has signed an order ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Calendar specialist Rose of Colchester has signed an order for a MAN Roland 300 B2 press. The five-colour press, which can perfect four-back-one, will join the company's existing MAN Roland R202. Managing director Michael Rose said the...

SHORTS: The BAPC has teamed up with Duplo International ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... The BAPC has teamed up with Duplo International to hold a business development seminar on 22 May at London's Institute of Directors. The event will show digital printers how to generate business. Those who attend will hear from business...

[0] SHORTS: Correction.(Correction Notice)
April 26, 2002... The collators Buyers' Guide (PrintWeek, 19 April) contained incorrect information on the Setmaster collator. The maximum sheet size accepted by the collator is 1,200x1,800mm and not 120x180mm as published.

Timsons wins top gong with Fujifilm.(Fujifilm Electronic Imaging)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Timsons, the manufacturer of web offset book printing presses, and Fujifilm Electronic Imaging (FFEI) have both picked up the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise. Timsons' award was given specifically for international trade, in...

Mail-Well poised to quit labels.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Mail-Well has confirmed it will exit the label and printed office products markets by the end of the year 'if not sooner' (PrintWeek, 13 July 2001). Its label interests include Label Double S in Bradford, Customark in Cradley Heath and...

Temprint and Cornwall unite.(Cornwall Lithographic Print)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Two Cornish printers claim to have formed one of the largest sheetfed printing groups in the South West after merging. Temprint and Cornwall Lithographic Print, both based in Redruth, will now go under the name Pryntya. Temprint...

Legal Notices.(Directory)
April 26, 2002... This information is extracted from the print- and publishing-related notices that appear in the London Gazette. Further information is available from its website at: www.london-gazette.co.uk WINDING-UP PETITIONS Willis Print & Design...

Heidelberg to stop scanner production.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Heidelberg is cutting back the range of pre-press products that it develops and sells, exiting the scanner and low-end imagesetter market. The firm claims that both markets are now showing steep declines, with scanner sales down 20% and...

Samor reviews network after EFI acquisition.(Samor International Group, Equipment et Fournitures pour l'Imprimerie)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Samor International Group is reviewing its distribution network after the acquisition of French plate manufacturer Equipment et Fournitures pour l'Imprimerie (EFI). A spokeswoman for Samor said the company expected to be able to provide...

Creo is boosted by Polestar CTP deal.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
April 26, 2002... Polestar has awarded Creo and Heidelberg the contracts to meet its group-wide move to CTP (PrintWeek, 16 November 2001). Heidelberg will supply a workflow to Colchester, which already uses Heidelberg platesetters, while Creo will install...

David Bruce Imaging, the London pre-press firm ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... David Bruce Imaging, the London pre-press firm, has implemented a Vio digital workflow, making full use of the Vio Open range of applications including Send To Me, Sent From Me, ISDN To Me and FTP To Me. Managing director Paul Goodman said...

LS subsidiary Graphidec applies for Belgian Chapter 11 equivalent.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... AM Graphidec, the majority-owned Belgian subsidiary of Litho Supplies, has applied for a Moratorium, similar to US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The move follows a 'noticeable turn for the worse', which it does not expect to change....

SHORTS: Agfa and HighWater collaborate on new package.(digital proofing package)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Agfa and HighWater have collaborated to provide a new digital proofing package, combining PixelProof soft proofing software with Agfa's Sherpa 24 hardware. The combined system, which was demonstrated at Ipex, is a true ROOM solution (RIP-once...

SHORTS: NCS Group has implemented a complete colour management system ..(Storm Absolute receives equipment for color accuracy)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... NCS Group has implemented a complete colour management system into West Yorkshire-based design company Storm Absolute. The deal, which is worth pounds 20,000, includes lighting controls and calibration devices, enabling it to maintain...

SHORTS: EMS has launched its RedLining XTension to QuarkXPress ..(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 26, 2002... EMS has launched its RedLining XTension to QuarkXPress suitable for all editorial users, which it believes will become an essential part of any publisher's XTension portfolio. It is available for users of version four and the new version...

SHORTS: NCS has installed a Xerox DocuColor 2060 ..(John Siddall printers)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
April 26, 2002... NCS has installed a Xerox DocuColor 2060 digital press with Creo Spire colour server RIP and workflow server at West Yorkshire commercial printer John Siddall (Printers). John Siddall managing director Jim Frost (right) said the pounds...

SHORTS: Wolverhampton City Council invests in press.(Heidelberg Quickmaster 46-4 DI Pro four-colour press)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Wolverhampton City Council's Central Reprographics Service has spent pounds 250,000 on a Heidelberg Quickmaster 46-4 DI Pro four-colour press. It hopes to increase its pounds 1.5m turnover by 10% in the machine's first year of action, and...

SHORTS: Technologic has supplied a Xerox 4635 ..(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Technologic has supplied a Xerox 4635 digital MICR laser printer to Edinburgh-based George Waterson & Sons, which is celebrating its 250th birthday. Technologic is maintaining the equipment through an arrangement with Check Technology, which...

SHORTS: Colourgen has become the exclusive UK distributor ..(for ColorGate)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Colourgen has become the exclusive UK distributor for ColorGate's range of wide-format RIPs and colour management products. ColorGate managing director Thomas Kirschner said: 'There is little doubt that Colourgen is the most experienced and...

SHORTS: Remploy Manchester is installing a Heidelberg ..(Heidelberg Digimaster 9110 to publish JCB handbooks)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Remploy Manchester is installing a Heidelberg Digimaster 9110 to fulfil a contract to produce handbooks, parts books and manuals for JCB. The deal starts at the end of May. The 47-staff firm will initially run the Digimaster on day shifts,...

SHORTS: Art Systems will officially launch the Mutoh Toucan ..(ink-jet printer)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 26, 2002... Art Systems will officially launch the Mutoh Toucan wide-format UV ink-jet printer at Sign UK (NEC, 21-23 May). The printer comes in 87in and 64in versions, providing maximum print widths of 2,159mm and 1,600mm. The Toucan is designed...

SHORTS: Impact of ink-jet technology to be minimal.(IT Strategies report on ink-jet printers v. offset printers)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... The impact of ink-jet technology on commercial printing products will be 'minimal' over the next five years, according to a new study from IT Strategies, the US-based research firm. Ink-jet will not match the speed, quality and cost of offset...

SHORTS: IBM's first-quarter net income fell 32% ..(IBM United Kingdom Ltd. 2002 finances)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 26, 2002... IBM's first-quarter net income fell 32% to pounds 821m (dollars 1.19bn) on revenue down 11.8% to pounds 12.7bn. Sales were down 21%, but pre-tax income was up 212% in its Personal and Printing Systems division.

Industry slams SEPA line on Wastepack.(Scottish Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... The paper sector has criticised the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) for dealing leniently with Wastepack after if failed to comply with its obligations for packaging waste in 2001. As PrintWeek went to press SEPA was...

IP encouraged by high profits in first quarter.(International Paper )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 26, 2002... International Paper has reported its first-quarter earnings of pounds 44.9m (dollars 65m), compared to a loss of pounds 30.4m for the same period last year. However, sales were down 13% year-on-year from pounds 4.8bn to pounds 4.1bn. ...

Mougeot plans to ditch carbonless.(Papeteries du Leman takes on Papeteries Mougeot S.A.'s carbonless paper production machine)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Papeteries Mougeot is to sell its carbonless paper production machine to a subsidiary of Bollore and will cease carbonless production at the end of the year. Mougeot produces carbonless paper for export to Europe, and manufactures the...

Minister backs UPM recycling plans in Wales.(UPM-Kymmene)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... UPM-Kymmene's Shotton Paper site in North Wales has been visited by Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan to signal the start of work on its new recycling plant. The plant is being built following UPM-Kymmene's competition award for new...

BRISK BUSINESS FOR CARBONLESS DESPITE PRICE RISES: A number of carbonless paper manufacturing mills are reporting brisk business, despite the raft of price increases seen last month, writes Andy Scott.(Papeteries Mougeot )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 26, 2002... One merchant said that both of its supplier mills had been very busy, with extended lead times being reported. 'Sales on reels have shown a modest growth each month since January, but sheet sales remain static,' said the source. The...

Harlands unveils label brand.(Harlands Labels produces 'Wrap and Peel' label for The Body Shop)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Harlands Labels has produced the first commercial application of its new 'Wrap and Peel' label for The Body Shop. The Hull-based firm printed 250,000 labels on its Gallus presses for The Body Shop's new Hemp Serum moisturiser. And...

Checkprint set for expansion.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Checkprint, the specialist cheque printer based in Hinckley, has taken on all of Software Stationery Specialists' personalisation and cheque printing contracts along with seven staff. The deal, which is worth 'six figures' in incremental...

EU Tenders.(printing industry)(Brief Article)(Directory)
April 26, 2002... Below is a selection of the latest public EU contracts in the printing sector. Please read the important notes at the foot of the page, as PrintWeek cannot supply any additional information or pass on your details PRINTING London...

COMMENT: Keeping chin up is vital to combat downturn.(optimism in face of recession)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... It was rather tempting to pen a suitably joyless Comment this week given the downbeat messages emanating from the direction of St Ives (though I hasten to add that while it has taken a bashing along with the rest of the industry, it is still...

OPINION: Look at your ISDN bill and say you are happy.(saving on telecommunication service charges)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... It will come as no surprise that Oftel has identified that 60% of businesses pay unnecessary extra cost on their telecommunications. In an industry where the transfer of large amounts of data is an everyday occurrence, the cost of...

ANALYSIS: Finkbeiner outlines Roland's strategy for DICO and beyond - One of the stars of Ipex was the DICOweb, but that's not all there is to MAN Roland, writes Lauretta Roberts.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
April 26, 2002... Gerd Finkbeiner's Ipex must have been capped with the announcement of the sale of a 16pp heatset DICOweb to Turkish short-run magazine printer MAS Matbaacilik. The MAN Roland chief executive had set out to 'prove the (DICOweb) critics wrong'...

WALLIS: Famous Belgians aplenty if you try hard to find them.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Belgium is a constant butt of jokes. Even statesmen can be sniffy about it. Charles de Gaulle asserted that Belgium was 'invented by the British to annoy the French'. Justification aplenty some would say: I dare not comment. For six years I...

ANALYSIS: Print to suffer for a better health service - The chancellor's first tax and spend budget will hit the print industry hard in its pocket, as David Ross explains.(Brief Article)(Column)(Statistical Data Included)
April 26, 2002... Watching Gordon Brown present his budget it seemed too good to be true, at least for the first half hour. In his usual confident style, the chancellor lulled the print industry into a false sense of security. After reviewing the UK's...

FINANCE FOR DIGITAL PRINT: Buying digital equipment outright is not always the best financial option. Rachel Barnes looks at leasing.
April 26, 2002... Whether investing in digital or litho kit, businesses are switching from traditional ownership models to acquiring state-of-the-art equipment without huge outlays. The basic price of a press can often be surpassed by hidden costs. Things...

IPEX REVIEW: Visitors were down but business was done over the nine days at the NEC, writes Lauretta Roberts.(Ipex 2002)(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... When Ipex president Michael Knight declared the 2002 show open at 9.30am on Tuesday 9 April there was a tangible feeling of excitement in the air. When, a few hours later, the screaming hordes failed to materialise, a mild panic set in. But...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Product of the Week - Ryobi 524HE. Ryobi has focussed on an often neglected area of the B3 market: the simple, low on automation four-colour press, writes Karen Charlesworth.(Evaluation)
April 26, 2002... All the media attention that's been paid to the headlong rush towards five- and six-colour presses in the 52cm format over the past two to three years tends to overlook one crucial aspect of the multicolour market: small-format printers still...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Me & My Machine - Xinet WebNative. Colour Systems' installation of WebNative enabled it to offer its customers more, writes Sally Cousins.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
April 26, 2002... Repro house Colour Systems deals with work from many of the main publishing companies in London. The Islington-based operation copes with repro work for 85 magazines, which includes a mixture of consumer and trade titles. Colour Systems...

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: Buyers' Guide - Large-format sheetfed presses The onset of digital is forcing offset to up its technology. Karen Charlesworth looks at large-format sheetfed options.(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
April 26, 2002... Conditions within the two main market sectors for large-format sheetfed presses (packaging print and general commercial print) are driving technology developments on-press. The future for large-format sheetfed offset presses is faster, more...

JO'S HELP LINE: Jo Francis tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Vinyl bother I am having trouble finding someone who can print onto vinyl. I am trying to print photographs onto A4 vinyl in short, highly specialised runs and none of the companies I have contacted can help. Can you? Charlie Ablett...

INSITE: www.graphicbrain.com.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... In a nutshell GraphicBrain.com is the Google of the graphic arts industry. And now that Insite has discovered it (or rather a nice man called Eddy Hagen has alerted us to its existence) we sense that we're going to use it a great deal. ...

DIARY DATES.(Brief Article)
April 26, 2002... Interpack 2002 24-30 April Dusseldorf Contact 00 49 211 45 6001 PPA Magazines 2002 7-8 May London Contact www.magazines2002.net European Rotogravure Association Annual Meeting 13-15 May Barcelona Contact 00 49 89 439...