OUTPUT

OUTPUT

Editorial information

Output is a magazine platform for sign, display and graphic arts industries: an authoritative, independent editorial presence which unites traditional sign-making processes, wide-format digital ink-jet printing, production print technologies and digital or electronic signage and explores the crossovers and business opportunities between them.

• Disclaimer
• Features list
• Submission guidelines for editorial

Disclaimer

Views expressed on this website are not necessarily the actual views of the authors, publisher, advertisers, the hosting company, service providers, the owner of the domain name (Metropolitan Creative Network Ltd) or any of its subsidiaries or trading names. While every effort is made by the team to ensure that only factually correct information is published, Metropolitan Creative Network Ltd and its staff can not be held responsible for any error. The Talk Print! blog is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard. The opinions and content of this blog are those of the individual bloggers and authors, and not of HP. All branding, graphics, textual and other content of this website is copyright © 2010-2012 by Metropolitan Creative Network Ltd. Our content must not be sold, reproduced, or distributed without our written authorisation. Photographs are either the copyright © 2010-2012 of Metropolitan Creative Network Ltd or other companies or authors and should also not be replicated elsewhere without express permission of that owner. Please field any enquiries to the publisher. Comments on articles are moderated and may be edited and we reserve the right to remove any offensive, malicious or defamatory material. Any third-party trademarks, service marks and logos found on this website are the property of their respective owners.

Features list

Output's forward features list is provided for guidance only and is subject to change. Generally, it is maintained on a quarterly basis. If you would like to contribute to a feature, please contact the writer directly, and well in advance of the publication deadline specified below.

Publication date (w/c)	Title	Author
February 20th	Alternative inks	Sophie Matthews-Paul
	Mergers and acquisitions	Morwenna Kearns
February 27th	FESPA Digital review	Sophie Matthews-Paul
	3D visualisation software	Nick Smith
	Education and young people in print	Laurel Brunner
March 5th	Road test: Mutoh Viper 1628TD	Sophie Matthews-Paul
	Business software and the cloud	Morwenna Kearns
March 12th	Wayfinding	Sophie Matthews-Paul
	Neon lighting: pros and cons	Nick Smith
	MIS software	Laurel Brunner
March 19th	Sign and Digital 2012 technology preview	Sophie Matthews-Paul
	Sign and Digital 2012 technology preview	Morwenna Kearns
March 26th	Augmented reality	Nick Smith
	Trends in book printing	Laurel Brunner
April 2nd	Substrate theft	Morwenna Kearns
	Why are the Big Four the Big Four?	James Matthews-Paul
April 9th	Road test: Kongsberg cutting table	Sophie Matthews-Paul
	A guide to low-cost networked digital signage systems	Nick Smith
April 16th	Health and safety	Sophie Matthews-Paul
	Security printing	Laurel Brunner
April 23rd	Point of Sale	Morwenna Kearns
	Women in print	James Matthews-Paul
April 30th	Huge-format interactivity	Nick Smith
May 7th	Road test: Mimaki	Sophie Matthews-Paul
	drupa preview	Morwenna Kearns
May 14th	Gamification with digital signage	Nick Smith
	drupa review	James Matthews-Paul

Submission guidelines for editorial

In addition to press releases (to be emailed to ), Output welcomes news, product profiles, bylined features and opinion pieces from anyone in the industry on any relevant topic. If you have details on a recent project, or want to have your say, please get in touch.

For news, we require the basic details on the project, scheme, achievement, etc., i.e. who, what, where, when, plus quote from the company or organisation involved. We also require an appropriate and legally permitted image (minimum 300dpi, jpeg). The information will be edited into an article by the Output news team. We never publish press releases verbatim.

Bylined blogs, opinion pieces and product profiles will be accepted if in a publishable state and no more than 500 words. Output reserves the right to edit these pieces to meet house style and other editorial requirements, in particular objectivity and legality. They should also be accompanied by an appropriate and legally permitted image (300dpi min, jpeg).

Contributions for the Talk Print! section are welcomed and are treated in the same way as other bylined blogs and opinion pieces.

As part of the product profiles section, the Output editorial team also produces road tests, which are reviews of equipment, software, services, events or training courses. If you would like to suggest a product for the team to review please contact .

We accept videos for the Output YouTube channel and photographs for the Outputting Tumblr page, if they meet editorial stipulations concerning objectivity and legality. Please contact with submissions.

Bylined features need to meet the same requirements as bylined blogs, opinion pieces and product profiles but must not exceed 700 words. Longer articles may be considered but may be split into two or more parts to be published separately.

We also welcome contributions (for example comment, photographs, details on products or projects) for scheduled features written by the Output team; please see the provisional forward features list. Note this is subject to change. Please contact in the first instance.

We will not consider complete articles that have already been published in print or online, but may edit such pieces to produce unique content at our discretion.

Please note that due to the huge volume of editorial material that we receive and publish, the best way to contact the Output team is via email, at (or for press releases). We will be in touch, by email in the first instance, if we require more information. We are unlikely, for this reason, to acknowledge receipt of press releases, or to inform companies when their news piece has been published.