Editor's note

This week is a special one for Output as we celebrate our first birthday. Like all one-year-olds we've suffered a few topples and tantrums, but we have a fantastic network of friends, industry colleagues and readers, and I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported us to this milestone.

As I mentioned last week, we're celebrating by launching a new Production Print stream on Output, with articles and videos on the world of small-format digital printing and how it fits into our sector, as we know it's something that's part of many of your businesses. Now, time for cake!

Morwenna Kearns, editor
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James Matthews-Paul, publisher
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Nick Smith, editorial assistant
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Last week, we asked our experts:

What's the difference between PDF and PostScript?

"The printing community, already drenched in PostScript blood following years of making it work, embraced PDF."
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"PDF is an open standard which takes on board everything within a document that's needed to display it."
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Remember that Talk Print! is yours to get involved in. If you want to answer the QOTW, or pose your own, get in touch.

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Sign-making

Building bridges to the future: wide-format and sign-making educational resources
Feature Like any smart industry in times of financial hardship, the wide-format and sign-making sectors are looking at education and training solutions. Nick Smith looks at some of the UK institutions supporting these educational schemes.

Franchising conference receives 'positive response' from MPs

Vista System's modular signage picks up award at Reklama'2011

Signs Express Nottingham on the green for golf club signage

Wide-format Print

Output road test: HP Designjet L26500
Product profile Sophie Matthews-Paul tests the HP Designjet L26500, one of the two new HP Designjet latex printers to have been introduced last week.

FESPA Asia 2011 meets 'strong demand' in regional marketplace

The Marketing Bureau takes floor graphics to Jersey streets

Photographer turns to HP Designjet for Twitter-inspired project

Epson Stylus Pro adaptor allows 'eco-solvent's first' borderless graphics

Digital Signage

Scala aims to educate 'dummies' about digital signage with handbook
Top story A new title has been added to the popular For Dummies series of introductory handbooks, called Digital Signs and Displays For Dummies, commissioned by digital signage company Scala.

Paradigm Audio Visual moves to larger premises following 'steady growth'

Keywest Technology presents 'smallest, lightest' digital signage player

Eye brings digital signage interactivity to 'receptive' consumers at Gatwick Airport

Digiadvans tour brings Disney Universe to UK streets

On the calendar

Do you want to have Output's comprehensive, always up-to-date calendar of industry events directly on your own electronic calendar or smartphone? Now you can.

Right-click on the link below and 'copy link address'. You can then paste this link into Outlook, Google Calendar and other popular calendar programmes so you can plan your diary, without having to do the hard work of putting it all together.

You can read our full list of industry events on Output, but here's what's coming up shortly:

Ipex Digital Middle East: November 14th – 16th 2011
Avery Dennison Graphics Workshops: November 17th – 18th 2011
Spandex Open House: November 17th – 18th 2011
Franchise seminars featuring Signs Express: November 17th, December 1st 2011, February 2nd 2012
SIM 2011: November 28th – 30th 2011
HP's European Latex Applications Tour: Until December 2nd 2011
Trophex: January 15th – 16th 2011

Show update: Viscom Düsseldorf

In her latest blog on Viscom Düsseldorf, Morwenna Kearns considers how the German show will move to Frankfurt next year as part of its dual-location approach, and how the right setting is essential to all trade fairs.

Video of the week

With another week comes another exciting new video from Output's Talk Print! series made at HP HQ in Barcelona. Standing with the HP Scitex XP2750 3.2m UV-curable hybrid print machine, industry heavyweight and Talk Print!'s travelling expert Sophie Matthews-Paul tells her son – and Output's own – James about why you might want to invest in machines with both roll-to-roll and flat-bed capabilities.

Stay tuned for more original Output videos from Barcelona and beyond in our Talk Print! series. In the meantime, have a look the latest industry video content on the web, at our YouTube channel.

And remember to watch out for #OutputVideoFridays every week on the web.