According to John Tschohl of the Service Quality Institute, many people respond to a crisis by being overwhelmed by stress, which turns to fear. It is easy to be afraid when you’re in this situation, but if you remain brave, everyone around you will be too, and together you will be able to turn anything […]
According to Laurel Brunner of the Verdigris Project, many hundreds of thousands of books are published every year around the world. Supply chains are complicated and entrenched, but it’s essentially a local business. And yet, despite the fact that prints runs for works of fiction can be as low as 1000 copies, digital printing has […]
Silas Amos, designer and design strategist, discusses five ways to persuade a client to be bold and innovative with their print. Much of the media I work with is packaging and my clients are typically marketing leaders and brand managers for big brands stocked in retail outlets such as supermarkets. Over the past few years […]
According to Xerox, Covid-19 has caused many printers to sit idle in less than perfect environments, which can cause several issues. Long periods of inactivity or improper cleaning of surfaces can wreak havoc on your printer. Issues with idle printers include: – Dry ink may compact or solidify. – Paper or media may become damp […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the whole country will be moved to Alert Level 3 on 1 June. With this in mind, Printing SA has announced the latest Covid-19 developments and their impact on the industry. All manufacturing, mining, construction, financial services, professional and business services, information technology, communications, government services, and media services can […]
According to Vaughan Patterson, head of Commercial and Industrial Print at Ricoh SA, you have to focus on adding value to customers’ businesses right now. Nobody has money to spare in this fragmented lockdown that’s been thrust upon us, but everyone is looking for the same thing. On Maslow’s hierarchy, most businesses are in survival […]
Join the Sign Africa LIVE and interactive session with Midcomp, HP and Zünd. This engaging session will feature live demonstrations and an interactive Q&A session with industry specialists, suppliers and leading print service providers. The core theme for this live session is focused on the equipment used to manufacture various PPE solutions and other applications […]
Keeping up with the global trend of being agile and maximising online technologies, Africa Print’s new LIVE online platform will allow audiences to experience product launches, webinars, events and video tutorials from the comfort of their personal spaces. The LIVE Platform will feature interactive content across different online platforms (Webinars, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook Live and […]
Laurel Brunner of the Verdigris Projects says that thanks to advances in materials and imaging, flexography has also become increasingly sustainable over the years. Flexography is often considered a sort of industrialised version of letterpress printing, and capable of producing only rudimentary quality. But that hasn’t been true for years. Flexographic printing has evolved considerably […]
According to Knud Wassermann, editor in chief Graphische Revue, to a great extent the future of commercial and publishing printing lies in ‘individualisation’. The data driving this is online and forms the basis for print 4.0. Profound changes in the media landscape had a significant impact on print for advertising and publishing. A large slice […]
