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From the Editor
Sustainability
54 TwoSides:Goingpaperlessisanonsense
Millions of us are being encouraged to ‘go paperless’ with bills and statements, receiving them digitally rather than in print. But could this do more damage to the environment and our finances rather than less?
Software
56 Colour your world – and manage it well
Unless you’re producing black-and-white art prints or running off pages and pages of text-only books, colour is an integral part of the printing process. Jake Nelson speaks to colour management experts.
60 Spicy Talks sets platform for
Chili Smart Templates
Chili publish announced version 6.0 of its Chili publisher Smart Template software at the end of the year, promising turbo-charged speed, and mixed ink combining spot and process colours. Print21 editor Wayne Robinson was at the Chili Spicy Talks conference.
62 Meeting the market for print
Cost plus is a terrible way to price printing, yet it continues to be the industry’s preferred method. Patrick Howard argues there must be a better way.
Columns, News, Views, Reviews
Welcome to 2020
Most in the printing industry will be welcoming a new year, especially one that promises new opportunities, and a drupa year.
It has not, however, been a great start for print businesses in East Gippsland, Kangaroo Island, the NSW South Coast, or the Blue Mountains, who spent much of the holidays battling fires, and now have to deal with the aftermath.
In all the despair, though, it has been heartening to see the print industry pull together, with multiple offers of support and assistance to those in need. Go to the Print21 website and key in Fire to find all the information you need.
Print21 kicks off the year with a major feature on wide format printing, with the latest on technologies, and a look at print businesses putting those technologies. We also feature the first part of the Top 20 Tips for successful wide format printing – follow these and you will give you operation a kick start for the year.
Wide format is now not just for posters and banners, but for emerging applications including textile printing, and this issue has a feature from drupa on digital textile; a look at a print business that has ramped up its t-shirt printing; and the launch of a new textile print technology.
Finishing systems get the once over, and we have a report from the inaugural ThinkSmart Factory concept in Japan, which explores internet-enabled connectivity. We also feature well-known trade finishing supplier Twin Loop.
Software is key to an efficient print business, and this issue is rich with software insight: we look at colour management as well as optimising your pricing and profitability, and we have an exclusive report from the Spicy Talks event in Berlin.
With the features complemented by informed comment and analysis, the first Print21 of 2020 will provide real value for you.
65 Mental Health
Mental health advocate offers simple ways we can ensure we are well grounded in 2020.
69
PVCA
Latest news from the Print and Visual Communication Association.
PrintNZ
Association CEO Ruth Cobb is looking ahead to a big year for Kiwi print.
66 Bushfires 70 Special Report
The printing industry has
shown its best side as
bushfires raged around the country, with printers in affected regions receiving a wave of support.
68 Legal Issues
Commercial lawyer says inserting a Retention of Title clause in your T&Cs is strongly beneficial, especially
if the client falls over.
72 People in Print
Ten pages of news from the industry’s movers and shakers.
82 Print Diary
The big upcoming events of 2020 across the ever-eventful print industry.
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Wayne Robinson
– Editor
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