Features

The key to getting good, repeatable results from any digital printer lies in the quality of the profiles that you use with it as Nessan Cleary reports. 

Canon’s latest iteration of its long running Arizona printers is the 1200 series but how well does this stand up? Nessan Cleary went to find out. 

Are we about to see a commercial inkjet head repair facility service operating in the UK? Well, work is underway…

So you have business insurance. But is your policy fit for purpose now you’ve diversified? Scott Williams of First Insurance Solutions highlights considerations that might have escaped your notice.

Chris Boyd-Leslie, head of creative development at Oasis Graphics, devotes his time to exploring new inkjet print possibilities. His work is starting to pay off. Here’s how.

Silas Amos, a designer and design strategist, is a keynote speaker at the Drupa Cube this year.  He “helps create, interpret and express insight and strategy through design literate eyes”.

Go to Drupa 2016 and you’ll ‘touch the future’ according to the official show tagline. For ‘touch the future’ read ‘Print 4.0’ – meaning end-to-end digital workflows made possible by the intelligent networking of machines and systems, allowing for more individualisation and personalisation. And digital inkjet is key part of all that.

Scams affect every industry, but there are a couple of nasty ones targeting the large-format print sector right now. Scott Conway of Venture Banners highlights those he’s come across.

What’s having the greatest impact on your business at the moment?

I think the greatest impact on our business is yet to come, we have made a lot of investment in equipment recently which will keep us at the forefront of digital wide format printing, but with the European Referendum in the summer, and having over 800 customers from all business sectors, this has the potential to put the brakes on our continued growth, but hopefully not.

Walter Hale takes a look at how nontechnology is likely to impact the world at large, and the word of print in particular.

Epson has updated its solvent signage printers but how much of an improvement are they? Nessan Cleary went to find out.

At first glance there appeared to be a distinct lack of new large-format inkjet hardware at this year’s Fespa Digital show… but there were a few surprises tucked away. Nessan Cleary reports.