One of the biggest areas that money goes out of print business is in ink usage. Printers expend huge expenses in this vital department of printing.
And when not careful, they also record damages to sensitive units in their machines – and in some cases – outright total damage that is beyond repair. WHERE To Print Investigates reveals that due to its sensitive nature, this problem is more prevalent in the digital large format print business. And this forms part of the reasons we are featuring series of experts’ guidance on CONSUMABLES & PRINT QUALITY, starting with this issue COVER STORY titled: PRECIOUS FLUIDS: WIDE-FORMAT INKS ARE OPENING UP NEW APPLICATIONS FOR GRAPHICS PROVIDERS to help you look at the basics of wide-format ink and the choices available.
Open to page 24 and 25 to learn from Print Expert from WhatTheyThink COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS segment – Richard Romano in this part one of the series that will be concluded next edition.
Also in this issue, we serve you our regulars: – SMEs MANAGEMENT & ACCOUNTING ACCORDING TO FEMI (page 28), PRINTERS’ FOOD (page 32), SMART PRINT CELEB (page 38), and PRINT & ENRIRONMENT (page 40). We also feature series of SPECIAL FEATURES that culminates in the report of the just concluded AFRICA PRINT REGIONAL EXPO and SIGN AFRICA REGIONAL EXPO concurrently held at Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town South Africa on 29th and 30th May, 2013. As great avenues for networking to boost their businesses, participants gain a wealth of experiences from their interactions on latest market trends and unique ‘once-in-a-bluemoon’ business deals. Due to its importance, we start the report of the shows from page 2 to pages 18 and 28 with exclusive pictures.
And in what observers term ‘killing two birds with a stone’; participants from Nigeria to the signage and digital print shows also used the opportunity to visit a number of presses to learn from their counterparts (in South Africa) experiences; best business practices; and alternative sources. See page 21 for an Exclusives’ on PRESS & FACILITY VISIT 2013. Before I sign off; I implore you to try the power of networking to boost your business by joining us to a number of upcoming international shows from this month of June (FESPA 2013 – from the 25th to 29th at ExCeL | London UK) to August (SIGN AFRICA/ AFRICA 2013 – from 21st to 23rd at Sandton Convention Centre | JHB South Africa) and September (PRINT 13 – from 8th to 12th at McCormick Place | Chicago, IL USA). WHERE To Print magazine – as the Official Media Partner to these shows – will characteristically report (with Exclusive Pictorials) these three events in next issue. Join us then!
Until next edition, thank you for doing business with us – and happy networking!
