The world’s biggest press manufacturer believes that digital integration between production, back office and management delivers dramatic gains

One of the biggest buzzwords in print is web to print, and linking a web to print package into your MIS can deliver phenomenal efficiencies, reports Wayne Robinson

As the print industry moves to exploit the new opportunities in the digital era, in both new markets and production, MIS has achieved critical technology status, according to US analysts

Print and paper lobbying group APIA reports printers and print associations are co-operating to take a common message to the market

Imaging giant Ricoh is the latest company to target commercial graphic arts, with the Australian launch of the Pro C900 digital colour printer. Wayne Robinson asks its general manager, production and business solutions, Kathy Wilson about the company’s credentials

Just a year after starting from scratch Queensland Trade Print has trebled its workforce, doubled its shifts and is investing in new equipment, Wayne Robinson asks how?

Printers are set to gain a massive tax bonus, if they invest in new equipment before June 30. Hagop Tchamkertenian, national manager for Policy and Government Affairs at the Printing Industries Association of Australia explains how the 30 per cent tax break on investment in equipment works

In challenging economic times, PacPrint 09 is a chance for all businesses in the graphic arts to formulate new ideas for future success, investigate opportunities in new technology and products, arm themselves with hard information and meet the people who can help turn their visions into reality

When dealing with the complex and often confusing issue of product trademarking, packaging brand owners and manufacturers must protect themselves as well as their product on one hand, while avoiding infringement risk on the other, according to Sharon Givoni, a commercial and intellectual property lawyer.

After a six-month intensive production trial period one of the world’s oldest printers, Ziegler Druck in Switzerland, has changed completely to use only conventional offset plates on its CTP unit