Rod Urquhart marvels at the way web offset has met myriad challenges to become such an outstanding print process
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Print Scientist Rod Urquhart works at Monash University where many aspects of the industry are being studied. He is based in Australia.
Rod Urquhart marvels at the way web offset has met myriad challenges to become such an outstanding print process
Print scientist and awards judge Rod Urquhart says creating the perfect embellishment is all down to planning and care
The country's biggest sheetfed printer lost NZ$140.4m (A$108.5m) in the 2008-2009 tax year, as the full weight of the GFC hit the trans-tasman printing operation. Its operating loss was NZ$55m. |
USA company Presstek says it will demonstrate its new 75DI digital offset press at the Ipex show, scheduled for May 18-25 in Birmingham, UK. |
Hannapak showed its new manroland 700 with inline foiler at an industry event this week, which attracted both sheetfed and web offset commercial printers to the Richmond factory.
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More than 150 industry delegates attended DES’s Pathways to Profit' seminars last week with organisers pleased with the stronger than expected turnout from Melbourne and Brisbane. |
Digital Print industry supplier Absolute Electronics has installed its fifth new Direct Target Mailer, since its launch to market 18 months ago. The supplier says that the new DTM 8000 creates a completely personalised envelope and letter, ready to be mailed in a single pass all from an A3 or A4 printed sheet. |