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Web-to-print world is getting busier

Gosh, aren't things getting busy in the world of web-to-print? Most intrigued to read about Tangent's plans to create some sort of B2B print supersite (or should that be superwebsite) with its Printed.com offering, which will replace the Digital Print Partnership. The bit of Tangent that includes...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 11-07-2011
Liberation via shared resources

Will the principle of 'shared resource' find favour with UK printing companies? We should find out soon enough because this is exactly what Precision Printing is doing with its tie-up with Italian firm Pixartprinting , to bring the Pixart-style web-to-print offering to the UK. It seems that here...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 05-19-2011
Web-to-conventional-print is a need-to-know

Until recently, if the words web-to-print were mentioned then my thoughts automatically turned to the sort of web-to-digital-print model exemplified by Moonpig, Moo and Snapfish, among others. I've revised my thinking, though, because it seems to me that web-to-conventional-print is one of the most...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 01-14-2011
Sorry print tale has lessons for all

A chum recently had a disappointing print-related experience, and naturally I heard all about it. The sorry tale flagged up a couple of potential perils for those selling, and buying, printed products online. She purchased a digitally-printed mural at something of a bargain price. Unfortunately this...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 08-19-2010
The rise and rise of Vistaprint

How many printing companies handle 57,000 orders a day? How many could? Not many, I'd wager. In fact there might just be the one - Vistaprint. A chance encounter with the Financial Times' Executive Appointments supplement caused me to think afresh about this business, because last week Vistaprint...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 03-08-2010
Future of print is fun and funky

Following up on the ongoing "future of print" debate (which at least has merit in generating lots of column inches...), I came across something yesterday that seemed to be the perfect example of harmonious pixel and print interaction. Web designer John O'Nolan printed loads and loads of...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 11-12-2009
Another new business enabled by web-to-print

I don't know, you wait the best part of a decade for the personalised greetings card market to take off, then along come two new entrants in the space of a couple of months. First the mighty Marks & Spencer decided to muscle in on Moonpig's market, now new entrant Whamoosh wants to get in...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 10-27-2009
Simple M&S card not-so-simple after all

Today I bring you a world first - a review of my experiences using the new M&S Personalised greetings card service . I ordered two cards on Friday, one to be delivered to a Nottingham address, the other to Francis Towers in Brentford. Verdict on the user interface: fairly friendly and straightforward...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 09-17-2009
Pigs in space

What a stonking set of results from Moonpig , and what a great success story the firm is, especially when you consider how many of its early dotcom compatriots soon fell by the wayside. Here's a headline that puts today's figures into perspective: "Moonpig sales up to £7,000 per day"...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 09-07-2009
Web-to-print worries for some

Web-to-print is easier said than done for some, as evidenced by a recent conversation with someone working at a high street print chain. Frustrated by a lack of action on this front from head office, they were investigating how they could implement such a system themselves. Looking at the websites of...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 04-29-2009

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