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Over to you...Malcolm Cairns, Director, Graphic Print and Sign
Features
Going phishing?
As cyber crime increases should you be using simulated phishing techniques within your own staff pool to identify weak security links? Matt Rhodes, commercial services manager at Quiss Technology, explains how the company employs this test scenario within companies.
IR talks to... Rob Fisher, Event director, Ipex
For many a year Ipex was a ‘must-attend’ show for printers. But things change, and the last event at Excel in London in 2014 left many wondering if it had had its day. Organisers put their thinking caps on and came up with a plan to deliver a reinvigorated show back at the NEC in Birmingham this autumn. But is it enough? I asked event director Rob Fisher for his take…
3D with a difference
Think 3D in the print sector and you think of 3D manufacturing with specialist machines. But StackaWraps provides an alternative 3D printed product one that can be flatpacked as easy assemble kits, a concept that caught the imagination and got the financial backing of two large-format industry stalwarts…
Designs on an easier life?
CorelDraw product expert Roger Wambolt with a special thank you to David Milisock of Custom Graphic Technologies for his technical expertise and support provides useful tips on creating print ready files for wide-format output.
Let me tell you a story
Despite environmental issues falling way down some companies’ lists of priorities, there are suppliers to the large-format sector that are taking it increasingly seriously. Canon Europe is one such – it even has a director of sustainability, Stuart Poore. We asked him to outline the company’s vision and how that might impact PSPs within this sector.
Summertime for inkjet inks
We’re seeing a high level of development and growth within the large-format inks space. So just what trends should you be watching out for? Richard Stuart-Turner investigates.
Eddie Williams, managing director, Agfa Graphics UK
Agfa is starting to sell it’s own branded large-format media in the UK, but what other strategic developments should we expect from the Belgian-based group?
Alexa, where’s my next print job?
Walter Hale considers the speed at which artificial intelligence is developing and at the argument for PSPs to get in on the act sooner rather than later.
Make it your own
Want to spend no more than £50 a month on a customised ecommerce website? Venture Banners may have the answer.
Over to you...Ian Hatfield, Director, Graphics4 Business (G4B)
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Balancing act
Have you found the right balance between shop floor staff and those front of house? And do you need to think long and hard about your investment strategy in relation to that? Matic Media managing director Richard McCombe thinks it’s an area that needs proper consideration.
