KBA C16: an innovative new commercial web press

With commercial printers still reeling from the impact of the economic meltdown, overcapacity and price erosion, most reports of new investments in the Europeans web offset market tend to focus on high-volume press lines for 64, 72, 80 and even 96 A4 pages on the cylinder. But the proliferation of such presses over the past […]

NewPage and Spicers Paper announce new partnership on Discovery Brand

NewPage Corporation and Spicers Paper announced today a definitive agreement for NewPage to supply Spicers Paper with a private label brand of coated papers, Discovery, effective immediately. Discovery is a recognized and long standing Spicers Paper brand that is the foundation of the company’s exclusive Advantage Grade family of coated paper products. Discovery, supplied by […]

UK Mailing industry hit by double closure

The UK mailing industry has had a difficult month, with at least two mailing houses going into administration in April. Mailing house Packmail has closed its doors after going to into administration on 9 April 2010, while Colourfolio in Rossendale, Lancashire appears to have closed after going into administration on 13 April. Martin Pickard and […]

Marketers Seek Print That Delivers ROI and Innovation

According to some of the world’s leading marketers, the role of print is changing— not dying, but delivering new ways to innovate and achieve ROI in a world of 360-degree marketing. That was one of the key takeaways from the opening keynote panel I moderated at the On Demand Conference and Exposition in Philadelphia this […]

Heidelberg presents at Ipex new sheetfed Offset Press CX102

Heidelberg will be introducing the Speedmaster CX 102 on the occasion of IPEX 2010. This will mark the world premiere of a new printing press for industrial offset printing with a production speed of 16,500 sheets per hour. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will be showcasing the Speedmaster CX 102 at IPEX 2010. This will mark […]

Get Hired: 15 Best Job Boards for Freelancers

Nowadays financial issues seem to be a common problem, with everyone complaining about what difficult situations they’re in and how they have no money. Freelancers face the same problem as all other people. Projects are fewer, payments are very low and the request for work is enormous. To help freelancers in their search for work, […]

Apple CMYK display design could be boon for print production

Graphic designers and photographers know the pain of translating RGB image information on screen into CMYK print on paper. Even with the best understanding of the alchemy of color management, RGB displays and CMYK printing processes simply cannot recreate the same hues and intensities of every color. Apple has filed for a patent on an […]

More On USPS’ Summer Sale

As it did last year, the U.S. Postal Service is looking to try discounts on standard mail postage between July and September to coax more companies into using direct mail during the slow summer months. At deadline, the Postal Service was still expecting the Postal Regulatory Commission to approve this year’s summer sale by mid-April, says […]

15 Insanely Awesome Toolkits for Icon Designers

Icon is a visual anchor which helps us to navigate through the interface. Icon design is the process of designing a graphic symbol that represents some real, fantasy or abstract motive, entity or action. Icon designs may be of many designs and can be simple with 2d drawing or a black silhouette, or complex presenting […]

40 Top Notch Print Based Tutorials

There don’t seem to be enough print related tutorials online, so in this round up I wanted to cover as many print specific articles as possible. I also wanted to mix in some that weren’t directly print related, but that help create print related products like movie posters, ads, cd covers, etc. The tutorials in […]