Editor's note

If you haven't seen our new Production Print stream, from now on we'll be including some news and views here so you can catch up. Some people consider print and paper a dying medium, but recently I've been thinking about the whether the switch to online for information is anywhere near complete. Last month I went to a bike shop listed in several online directories to find it was long closed, for instance. Printers understand the time-sensitivity of what they produce, while I wonder if website managers realise that what they post has the same problems. In that vein, to keep Output as fresh as possible we're on the hunt for news from across the graphics sphere, so let us know what you've been up to.

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Sign-making

NSI combines wayfinding and wall graphics at King's College London
Top story Sign company NSI has completed a project for King's College London, UK which included window and wall graphics and directional signage in the Macadam Building on the university's Strand Campus.

M2 drivers warned to keep their distance with new road signs

HSE highlights sign installation dangers after electrical accident

UK POS talks up shelf talkers for January sales

Wide-format Print

Taking grey areas out of greener practices
Feature Sophie Matthews-Paul outlines some of the criteria which are being discussed in digital print circles.

Feature Getting connected: apps and websites for printing by Nick Smith

Mimaki to introduce dye-sub printer for soft signage and apparel

Colourgen wins exclusive UK distribution of new Kala Starter laminator range

IMI Europe's Ink Jet Conference identifies growth in textile and ceramics printing

Production Print

What next for high-volume print as Manroland falls?
Opinion James Matthews-Paul comments on the broader significance of the insolvency petition of sheetfed and web offset printer manufacturer manroland.

BPIF invites printing industry to Christmas Carol Service

Ricoh takes carbon neutral approach to document printing at tennis tournament

Xeikon heads to Labelexpo Asia 2011 for third time

TPS signs exclusive distribution deal for Shackell Edwards inks

Digital Signage

Captive Media brings pee-controlled video games to bar and pub urinals
TOP STORY Captive Media is unveiling a hands-free video game for urinals in pub and restaurant toilets, designed as a digital marketing tool.

64'-long video display promotes New York City Marathon

Keywest Technology brings digital signage to Polar Bear Passage exhibit in Kansas City Zoo

Kontron releases new Box-PC Microspace player with 3D graphics support

JCDecaux drives immersive campaign for Range Rover

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:

SIM 2011: November 28th – 30th 2011
Franchise seminars featuring Signs Express: December 1st 2011, February 2nd 2012
HP's European Latex Applications Tour: until December 2nd 2011
Trophex: January 15th – 16th 2012
Dx3 Canada: January 25th – 26th 2012
Integrated Systems Europe: January 31st – February 2nd 2012

Viscom Düsseldorf

Morwenna Kearns looks ahead to Viscom Frankfurt and the designmaker 2012 competition – where 'Design Meets Feasibility' – in her latest blog on the German visual communications show.

Video of the week

The Output office's Video of the Week has been this digital signage application from CBS Outdoor and Inwindow Outdoor. Currently live on the New York subway, the 19.5m-long videowall shows a real-time, life-size film of marathon-runner Ryan Hall sprinting the distance of the screen, with advertiser Asics inviting passersby to pitch themselves against him.

We liked how the content was created to complement the dimensions of the videowall in order to get people involved. The story of the campaign is on Output too.

There are lots more videos on Output's own YouTube channel. Why not take a look?