Kornit Digital is acquiring Custom Gateway, an innovative technology provider of cloud-based software workflow solutions for on-demand production business models, in order to create an end-to-end web-to-print textile workflow.

While the digital revolution is lapping at the shores of the offset press world, and is transforming the way printers work, offset presses are themselves in constant development, and opening up new opportunities.

Hilton Laminating is currently celebrating its 40th year in business, with the family owned business still run by founder John Peck, and committed to innovation in laminating for the local market.

In the latest of a series of analysis pieces from inkjet specialist Régis Thienard he says we are at a clear tipping point for inkjet to become a dominant technology.

Andrew Bailes-Collins at Enfocus says quality control and automation should work hand-in-hand to ensure job files are up to scratch, and stay that way, throughout the print process.

One printing file to output the same colour standard on any substrate from any type of output device – the nirvana of printing – in a multimedia landscape is a step closer, as David Crowther, aka the Colour Doctor, brings the IdeaAlliance G7 methodology to the region.

HP Indigo users in Australia and New Zealand are seeing their waste consumables recycled into steel, laptop cases, roads, and back into presses, through the Close the Loop initiative.

With print business owners and managers operating in a high-pressure environment, and now the coronavirus Covid-19 to contend with, mental health advocate Steve Gamble says there are simple steps we can all instigate to ensure we are well grounded.

It is easy to come a cropper with wide format printing, resulting in reprints and wastage, but a lot less likely if you follow the Top 20 Tips from John Buitenkamp at industry supplier Starleaton.

The Internet of Things (IoT) has hit the world of finishing, with the inaugural ThinkSmart Factory in Japan hosted by print finishing systems developer Horizon highlighting the possibilities of connectivity. Currie Group's Bernie Robinson took some Australian printers along to the event.

In a crowded marketplace big spending brands need perfect colour reproduction for their instant customer engagement, and print delivers. The latest issue of Print21 magazine talks to the colour experts to discover how your print can be perfect every time, to keep those valued customers coming back for more.

From humble beginnings, printing T-shirts on a single direct-to-garment machine at founder Jared Fullinfaw's home in 2011, the Print Bar has built a thriving fabric printing company, built on what it bills as ethical manufacturing. Print21 talks to the boss.

Cost plus is a terrible way to price printing, yet it continues to be the industry's preferred method, says Print21 editor-at-large Patrick Howard, who assesses better ways to price.

As digital printing continues to grow and evolve digital finishing equipment is similarly evolving. Whether inline or offline, automated cut sheet finishing is a staple of any printhouse worth the paper it prints on. Print21 magazine examines the latest in finishing technology and asks what printers should be looking for.

A new Smithers Pira report highlights how postpress will increasingly look to incorporate digital technologies as it adjusts to changing nature of the global print marketplace.

Sonja Angerer explains how you can add textile design to your market offering – and says why you should do so.