Beware the false prophets of automation

As the countdown to Drupa 2024 continues, so agreement on the problems that the industry faces becomes universal. Everyone agrees that printers have to face shorter print runs, they have less time to turn jobs, they struggle to find skilled labour to run any kind of equipment, they struggle to find sales, they need to […]

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A development worthy of any Drupa
Artificial intelligence can open the door to print
Thanks for the recommendation Richard
Stand by and stand up those sustainability statements
Drupa will be different, but it will be Drupa
Look after the sensors you depends on
We need to change print’s vanishing image
Avoid the temptation of low maintenance
Take inspiration where it is presented
Print needs to count on sustainability
Strap in, it’s going to be a bumpy ride
Christmas is a time for celebration – with print
There is a time for acquisition
Long term thinking or the short sighted
Hold on tight to directionless statement
Print can exploit the Achilles heel of digital
Not all commercial printers are the same
Investors seek Cloudprinter’s silver lining
Time to end the invisibility of printing
The question about questionnaires
Celebrate the pearls before we lose them
Curiosity is a secret sauce for success
A salesforce is required, not a Salesforce
What did Rupert Murdoch ever do for us?
When Brussels is the hottest place to be
Deals are big in packaging but not for print
Printers need to step up the green mark
Print has the power to help
New dawn is needed for making paper
London is where the meeting is
Printers should not back away from ESG
Stand out with print to be counted
Holiday season can be inspiring
Hate it or love it, AI is going to change print
Remember the day that print helped us win
Toy story with opportunity for creative print
Hello, time to listen to print
Take your partners for a dance of innovation
The tide is turning in the all ways digital mood
There is a reassurance to print that suits these times
Names in the right place for print
People problems need preparation to solve
Sample thinking is a blast from the past
The chance to speak to those who decide
Homework is needed to pass the sustainability test
Nice to see you, to see you nice
Today’s treatment of our environment is tomorrow’s slavery
Where’s the flair that show business needs?
Everybody needs a secret sauce
How to put together the inkjet puzzle
A warm welcome to the new normal
Inkjet presses lack aspirational appeal
There’s no point in flocing to the same shows
Hands free can be too much of a good thing
The shape of sustainable things to come
Holy Grails are not found online
Print needs to be a shining example
All the news that is fit for a prince
Old Warde’s Almanac for 2023
When it’s all for one, it may be one for all too
Ring out those seasonal bells
Hit the lights, the show’s about to begin
Recession is coming, all change please
Farewell to the familiar facsimile
The web is still too new-fangled for some
The web is still too new-fangled for some
How to corral information in the digital age
Who will answer when opportunity knocks?
Let’s get Fidigital
Sex, lies and pages of printing
After the show closes the business goes on
Welcome to the ploughing match for print
God rest to the UK’s perfect chairman
For good service data is today’s digital tip
In honour of the humble business card
When the odds are stacked against us
Print has a hidden superpower
I wanna tell you a sustainability story
Take your partners for the marketing dance
Protect us from unfulfilled product promises
The platform to launch success in print
Prayers for the future of the print industry
Once part of the game, passing off harms all
Just blame it on the boogie
Printing needs its printers
The revolution will not be revealed at Fespa
At last we will meet again
Welcome initiative but more is wanted
The train has left the print platform
The post pandemic show takes shape
A colourful future awaits the brave
The Queen’s printed reading list
TikTok, the alarm clock is ticking for print
Lesson in the school of hard knocks
Print is the signpost on the road to understanding
The need to avoid the modern cardiac arrest
The science leading to climate change for printers
Print’s role in history has changed, not gone
Hunkered down for Hunkeler
A case of asking the right questions
The cleansing power of disruption
Print can help in Partygate
Job Seekers Allowance
Welcome back but let’s be careful out there
Energy is about to take centre stage
Unintended consequences to the big question
Only connect for expanded opportunities
A story about print with a happy ending
A virus by any other name might be handy
Warning of bumps in the supply chain
How to win the name game to win business
Printers will find out that carbon counts
Heidelberg and the footballing conundrum
Perspiration is winning over inspiration
It can take two to tango to digital success
Printers should tune up their message
Back to the future is not the answer for print
Live events face their own afterlife
New generation dotcom boom or bust
If you want to get ahead get a patent
Time is short, so is everything else
When print could be tested to distraction
In praise of the inefficiencies in print
Digital print for packaging finds its mojo
Keeping the flame of print alight
Freedom day or groundhog day?
The winning team for the Euros
Print is the industry that likes to say No
Caveat emptor can become saga loquuntor*
Print cannot escape the flight to digital
Many have called, few have been answered
Meeting some familiar old faces
Printers who can play the best tunes
In praise of the QR code
When the eyes of the viewer fall on print
Print can make really sustainable sense
Looking back on the AI Drupa
Rhine Maidens summon printers to Drupa
Time for print to join the 21st Century
When life was transparent in print
Slow boats from China
And the winner for best director is…
Sisters are doing it – if they get the chance
The double dose innoculation strategy
Suddenly my heart went thunk
Home schooling is educational for print
Simple and secure are the new guiding principles for the printing industry