May 2009
4 From the Top
6 The news
What’s happening in the world of
print: HP’s high-speed inkjet press is
demonstrated in the US; Xerox opens
dedicated centre of expertise for
continuous feed; Friedheim and Duplo
team up
11 My favourite business read
Norman Revill nominates Lou
Gerstener’s story of how he saved IBM
12 Innovations & investments
In a new feature we provide a round-up
of the latest installations around the
country, explaining why printers are
buying, and we introduce the product
launches from the last few weeks
22 Need to know – prepress
The latest developments in PDF
workflows
24 Heidelberg open and lean
Heidelberg is stressing the importance
of lean manufacturing at its open house
next month
26 Pride in Print
This month’s collection of quality
printed work that demonstrates why ink
on paper is more powerful than dots on
a screen
COVER STORY
30 MBA graduates with a First
The north London company has become
the fi rst in the UK with the Xerox highspeed
digital web press
SHORT RUN – SPECIAL REPORT
36 What the researchers found
Reports from Infotrends track the
continuing decline in print runs and
suggest that sheetfed litho is not the best
way to cope with the changes
38 Getting equipped for short run
Short run needs more than a digital
press. Fortunately suppliers are gearing
up from MIS to finishing systems that
can cope with short run print jobs
46 Litho fi ghts back
Apex Digital Graphics reckons that
changes made to the latest Ryobi presses
make them a viable choice for much
short run work
48 Partnership for change
The Digital Print Partnership is a trade
print service for the 21st century, offering
printers the ideal way to service digital
print needs without owning a digital
press
50 Cypher for change
Cumbrian printer invests in short run
book production
51 Going for a Ricoh
Burton College has transformed the way
it produces internal print following
investment in Ricoh machines
52 The house of Windsor
Windsor Print has found that investment
in web to print is leading to new
opportunities to win short run print
work
54 View from the Alps
A French printer invested in a Fuji
workfl ow and has found effi ciency has
improved
56 Merchants of change
Alistair Gough told paper merchants
they needed to change during his speech
at the NAPM annual dinner. But what is
happening?
56 Tailpiece
Kevin Joyce from Kodak explains why
printers need to embrace data processing
to survive in the future
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