Talk Print!: advice, comment and features on wide-format printing, powered by HP and brought to you by Output, an authoritative and independent magazine for the signage and graphics industry.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/The digital march goes ever forward. In years to come we will look back on drupa 2012 and it will be clear that it was the drupa when print started moving into the cloud for real.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/technology/printing-goes-mobile/Mon, 21 May 2012 10:47:00 GMT All this digital technology can be baffling. Experience in running printing machines is one thing, but finding out more about what makes the whole process tick from start to finish is something which might seem harder to achieve or, indeed, to quantify.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/intelligence/where-do-we-learn-more/Thu, 17 May 2012 09:33:00 GMT We've been staggering around the halls of drupa for what seems a lifetime. But here's the thing, we keep hearing about improvements in new engines that are very difficult to put into a meaningful context, apart from price of course. http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/technology/benchmarking-measuring-and-the-meaning-of-data/Mon, 14 May 2012 10:49:00 GMT Were there fewer familiar faces from the UK's display producers at drupa? I've been here for more than a week and I've certainly bumped into lower numbers than I usually do, and that may mean they've decided, this time, to stay at home. http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/trends/familiar-faces-catching-up-at-drupa/Thu, 10 May 2012 15:15:00 GMT When you ask customers what they want next, do they really know? This is a key question when manufacturers are asked about how they plan future solutions. But people can't jump into new markets without the right equipment.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/technology/jumping-ahead-needs-manufacturers-help/Tue, 08 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT Sitting here at yet another drupa press conference we have had yet another question about the stuff that analogue can do that cannot be done with digital machines. The demise of offset printing has been the source of much anxiety and excitement from people disinclined to think through such a premise.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/technology/the-end-is-nigh-for-offset-not-for-those-who-move-with-the-times/Fri, 04 May 2012 13:45:00 GMT So Adobe is launching CS6 in a fanfare of publicity and I can't wait to upgrade my CS5.5 Design Premium to the latest version. But, in reality, do I really need to do this? http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/technology/the-constant-upgrade/Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:45:00 GMT Buying an expensive printing engine has never been simple. The surge of electronic enhancements that provide considerable boom for the print engine buck have accelerated new kit turnover, so much so that machines get replaced with quite alarming frequency.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/trends/getting-a-return-on-investment-into-printing-kit/Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:30:00 GMT I can't fail to notice, the minute I visit many American states, how in the UK our use of billboards is really pretty minimal. This was brought home again to me recently when I visited Las Vegas.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/applications/blog-on-the-landscape-billboards/Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT There is a massive business in most industries in producing long, fat and expensive reports. The graphic arts sector is no different and there are loads of companies offering up such doorstoppers. But are they really any use in business planning, particularly for sign and display producers?http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/intelligence/industry-reports-showstopper-or-doorstopper/Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:00:00 GMT At Birmingham Airport, waiting to greet you as you stagger off your flight, is a rather unpleasant example of an interactive screen. I'm all for funky designs and innovative displays but there's a time and a place for such installations.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/intelligence/the-suitability-of-siting/Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:20:00 GMT With the environment steadily moving to the top of print's agenda, sign- and display-makers are starting to pay attention as well. The problem is that in this very dynamic and competitive market there are so many other more pressing matters to deal with.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/trends/working-on-a-carbon-footprint/Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:59:00 GMT Competitions are a bit like Marmite – you either love them or you hate them. But they are unique in that they give companies a great opportunity to show off their talents in front of a panel of impartial and independent people.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/applications/judge-and-be-judged-hp-s-print-excellence-awards/Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT Ideally education and training should be a lifelong process, but in one's work it can sometimes be hard to prioritise. The obvious difficulty is with the motivation and the cost, but there is also the small matter of productivity.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/intelligence/training-is-an-ever-present-evil-for-printers/Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:00:00 GMT Printers have traditionally measured their business according to the volume of work going through the factory. Print business owners generally keep track of the number of jobs coming in over days and weeks, using this metric as a guide to the business's health.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/technology/taking-a-different-view-of-measuring-profit/Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT When does a new technology become established? Well, in the case of HP's latex printing technologies, I'd hazard a guess that it earns that title once the rivals start knocking on the door. Now Sign and Digital UK sees the Designjet 1.54m L26500 and 2.64m L28500 lining themselves up as top attractions at the show.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/technology/hp-at-sign-and-digital-uk-great-expectations-and-practical-realities/Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:57:00 GMT Why do people really visit drupa? How many are trotting out to Düsseldorf having established, first, that their pockets are deep and their financial advisers friendly? Or are most planning to attend the show to keep up with the Joneses by viewing the latest revelations?http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/intelligence/the-drupa-effect/Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:54:00 GMT Much to the annoyance of the Control Freak Division (CFD) of ISO's Technical Committee 130, digital printers are getting certified for compliance to the ISO 12647 standard.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/intelligence/making-iso-12647-2-print-certification-work/Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:00:00 GMT We all know that Sophie Matthews-Paul likes to get under the bonnet of wide-format machinery and nose around in manufacturing facilities. But why does she do it? She reveals the value of plant visits for PSPs from the home of HP Scitex in Israel.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/technology/manufacturing-more-than-skin-deep/Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:30:00 GMT We are caught up in a frenzy of pre-drupa news, and it can start to feel more than a little overwhelming. However, receiving so much information in advance is a great aid to forward planning.http://www.outputmagazine.com/talk-print/intelligence/preparation-is-all-hp-s-pre-drupa-webinar/Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:00:00 GMT