Author Archives: Andrew

Australia’s ‘big three’ paper merchants – Paperlinx, KW Doggett and BJ Ball – have announced paper prices will rise by as much as 8%. Printers have been informed of 7% increases at Paperlinx, effective yesterday, while there will be upcoming hikes on some KW Doggett stocks of 7%. When the 6-8% price rise takes effect […]

A colleague has just sent me a link to the most amazing new filter Adobe is considering incorporating into PhotoShop. The filter takes a photograph blurred because typically the camera shutter speed was too low. The filter tracks the direction of movement of the blurred image, removes all but the final state of the image, […]

Greenpeace and Wilderness Society slam PEFC as ‘signing off forest destruction’ The war of words between paper certifications has escalated after FSC backers Greenpeace and The Wilderness Society published a scathing report calling PEFC ‘greenwash for bad forestry practices’. The report ‘On the Ground 2011’ is a follow-up to a report published earlier this year, now […]

An excellent article from www.creative pro on how to print colours correctly from InDesign was brought to my attention a couple of days ago. The article begins as follows. Billions of years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the earth, print production managers checked documents with something called “progressive proofs” or “color proofs”. These printed pieces of […]

Letterpress is back, judging by the turnout at a launch night of boutique printer The Distillery, with hundreds of guests, including buyers from M&C Saatchi and Pacific Magazines, spilling out onto the street. More than 320 people attended the launch events held across two nights last week to officially open the firm, which specialises in […]

As a member of Adobe’s ‘service provider’ programme, we receive regular emails with helpful trip and tricks. This morning I received a particularly helpful email with a number of tips and tricks I was only vaguely aware of, or not aware of at all, in PhotoShop. Tips include dealing with distortions in photographs using Puppet […]

Our wonderful designer, Dragan Djuric, has created a new design portfolio for us, utilising work he has created for us over the last six and a half years, and incorporating other work he has done. The portfolio is very extensive and covers a wide variety of products. It consists of a moving ribbon of images […]

HP has confirmed that former eBay head Meg Whitman has been appointed as president and chief executive officer following the departure of Leo Apotheker after just 10 months in the role. Speculation surrounding Apotheker’s departurehad been rife during the past few days with the HP board reacting following investor criticism of Apotheker’s plan to migrate from […]

In a move that appears to be a swing away from the online and back to the increasingly unpopular print medium, the Telstra-owned Trading Post online has partnered with Fairfax Media to allow classified advertisements to appear under both banners. Under the agreement, general classified advertising packages for Fairfax customers will now include an online presence on Trading Post […]

We have just added two important updates to the ‘how to prepare  your files’ section of our web site. For some customers it is critical that the colour is perfect. We have added a detailed section on what to do when this is the case. You can view it by clicking here. We have also written a […]