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Can do it better
Can do it better
We're not doing too bad on the environmental front, but in recession are we letting our attention slip? Michael Savage, Envirowise production specialist, provides a revision lesson on how we can improve.Making it personal
Making it personal
Can we reap the benefits of customisation in wide-format production? The answer is yes, says Sophie Matthews-Paul.Has the dust settled?
Has the dust settled?
Investment continues to be made across all wide-format printer types. But what's working and what's not? Sophie Matthews-Paul assesses the uptake of new kit.Joining the dots
Joining the dots
See the whole picture more clearly. Link togehter networking and workflow as Sophie Matthews-Paul explains.Diversify or die
Eight players from the digital wide-format sector, Chris Stringwell from Digital Plus, Ian O'Connor from Superior Creative, Andy Wilson from Press On Digital Imaging, Steve Hart from reddhart Graphics, Justin Murray from Pyramid Visuals, Iain Morning from Screaming Colour, Mark Roblett from Riot of Colour and Austin McKinlay from Universal Imaging Systems, discussed and hotly debated the idea of ‘diversify or die’ and other key messages at the recent widthwise 2010 roundtable.
“The cost of entry into large-format print is so low compared to other industries, or even other print sectors, that you can almost do it on a whim and see what happens. It doesn’t surprise me that such a large number of those polled for the Widthwise 2010 survey said they are looking to diversify to survive because we’ve seen so many new entrants.” So said Iain Morning of Screaming Colour, setting the mood of Image Reports’ third annual Widthwise Round Table which brought together the heads of eight companies to discuss the key findings of this year’s poll of the UK and Ireland’s large-format printers.