Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail

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• Quality is relative

  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes we in print would do well to remember this. I started thinking about this topic after hearing somebody scoff about the colour quality produced by Riso's ComColor inkjet printer, a machine that will be... Posted Mar 09 2010, 12:27 PM by Jo Francis with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Riso, Ipex 2010

• Ipex shaping up to be a good show

  Fourteen weeks today the doors at Birmingham's NEC will swing open on the first day of Ipex . Doesn't time fly? This week organiser IIR is holding its pre-show Media Summit so we're getting a clearer picture on how the show is shaping up.... Posted Feb 09 2010, 12:40 PM by Jo Francis with | with no comments Filed under: Ipex 2010

• Giveaway gifts that keep on giving

  Yesterday I was working out Moonpig's enviable margins using a Ryobi calculator given to me many moons ago by the firm's then UK distributor. This, along with last week's Ipex Marketing Day started me thinking about the role of promotional... Posted Sep 08 2009, 11:18 AM by Jo Francis with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Ipex 2010, promotional giveaways

• IIR must focus on the big one, not the also-rans

  So, IIR has bitten the bullet and canned this year’s Total Print Expo show. I’m not surprised. Exhibitions can be big business, but they can also rack up equally big losses if things don’t turn out well. Informa, the parent company of IIR, reported revenues... Posted Jul 07 2009, 12:38 PM by Jo Francis with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Northprint, Ipex 2010, Total Print Exp, IIR

• Ipex illustrates changing industry powerplay

  It's a bit freaky to realise that this time next year we'll be looking back on Ipex 2010. Yes, that's right, the show is a mere 347 days away. Please diarise the dates 18-25 May 2010 immediately, if you haven't done so already. Yesterday... Posted Jun 04 2009, 12:17 PM by Jo Francis with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Riso, Heidelberg, HP, EFI, Ipex 2010