The Print Business

November 2007 • Vol 3 • Issue 11

4 From the Top

8 Upfront
Three questions for new PCC president Barry Hibbert; PrintIT numbers; Update
from Hunts

12 My favourite business read
For Océ’s Bron Curley it is a small book with a big impact

14 Supply chain
What Debbie Read has brought to Emap since joining as production director

16 Finance
A look at the inspirational Enterprise Business Model

18 Analysis 1
What lies behind Xerox’s newest colour press

18 Analysis 2
St Ives results suggest that the tide is on the turn

22 Dispatches
Big win for Williams Lea; new player in web2print; and demand drives Henry Ling
to 24 hour digital

COVER STORY
26 The Communisis challenge
Steven Vaughan declares that a new way of doing business is coming to print

WEB2PRINT SPECIAL REPORT
32 Make way for web2print
The technology is going to transform the industry’s landscape

36 Starting a dialogue
Howitt renames a subsidiary to build on a new way of working with clients

38 United we stand
German print company has struck gold through internet sites

40 Capital decisions
Capital Print has improved customer communications through web based technology

44 Symbio of success
OA Symbio is a company talking the language of automation

46 TripleArc changes gear
The print management company is switching the emphasis

48 Look no hands
The industry is on the verge of the fully automatic guillotine with Perfecta leading
the way

50 The process of change
A head of steam is building behind the idea of process control

52 Going soft
Target Colour is teaming up with Adstream to deliver and control digital monitor
proofing

54 On the map
BVD is the Liechtenstein printer that has been recognised as a leader in JDF
implementation

58 Need to know
All about printing blankets

64 Innovation
What was on show at Digital Print World

66 Tailpiece
Alistair Gough explains why paper merchant Paper Co is increasing its products and services