Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail - All Comments

re: BGP beyond belief

Andrew Dalton — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:20:22 GMT

Jo,

I think the best investment Roy of the Reading Rovers could have made would be the same as should have been put into Polestar Sheffield at the begining,,,,

A Revolving Door,,, after all it is the only way those exiting can avoid clashing with those entering in equal volumes.

re: FT flying the flag for savvy spending

Matthew Parker — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:40:06 GMT

Equally printers shouldn't be afraid to make investment decisions in these times (as long as they are the right ones!). Some printers I speak to have cut training budgets for next year, others are talking about investing even more in training for their sales teams and customer facing staff. Guess which ones I predict will come out best during difficult times?!

Matthew Parker

www.printandprocurement.com

re: Would others have bid for Biddles?

John Sutherland — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:05:24 GMT

Several months ago I pointed out to Rod Willett (and to Xerox) that the incremental colour page charge for his Illustrated Choice tariff was well below his actual iGen costs, and that he was cross-subsidising a loss-leader. Now we know where the subsidy was coming from -- his unpaid suppliers. I wonder how much he owes Xerox for giving away their service charges for next to nothing.

Mr Willett appears to have had an obsession with the principle of a fixed price product, irrespective of quantitiy but, as Denis Healey put it, you can't abolish the laws of arithmetic. Digital colour is expensive -- period.

Keith Sutherland

Imprint Digital

re: Progress in the war against e-tosh

Tim Webb — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:49:18 GMT

Well done, Jo, and I'm glad to see Envirowise being prepared to review their message.

re: The GQ feel-good factor

Jo Francis — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:49:45 GMT

I need to add an additional credit to my post above, I've just found out that PHMedia of sunny St Austell was responsible for the repro on the six-page gatefold cover for GQ. So 'rah to them too.

Progress in the war against e-tosh

Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:57:29 GMT

Following my rant last month regarding misleading weasel words about "saving trees" by sending

re: All eyes on what happens next in Tewkesbury

Jo Francis — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:04:14 GMT

Dear PM,

Let me think... No, not by anyone who wasn't walking away holding their own teeth

re: All eyes on what happens next in Tewkesbury

the PM — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:32:19 GMT

have you ever been called a BIMBO Jo?

Hope for SMEs battling with intransigent banks

Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:39:43 GMT

Listening to chancellor Alistair Darling being interviewed this morning, it seems as if some progress

re: Catalogues demonstrate power of print

Matt Whipp — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:37:37 GMT

This is one of the things the print world really can thank the Internet for. Dell for example only exists online, but still sends out print direct mail. Firebox.com likewise sends out its catalogue in print. The internet has allowed really niche stores access to a scale of audience that makes such a business viable (it might be an urban myth but I think eBay started out as an exchange forum for people collecting Pez sweet dispensers - now that's niche). And most of these online shops recognise that print catalogues are a fantastic sales tool

St Ives (again)

Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:00:26 GMT

I'm completely confused now. On Friday morning I checked St Ives' share price and the 52-week

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re: St Ives shares a snip at 10p

Ian Nuttall — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:33:08 GMT

Is Jo Francis going to publish a Christmas special of her favourite blogs?? I, for one would 500 miles for such a quality contribution to the festive season.

St Ives still a snip at 82p

Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:47:37 GMT

A short follow-up to yesterday's post on the erroneous 10p trade in St Ives shares. The Stock Exchanging