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Printer takes digital route
Having operated his printing business for 25 years, Sumate Kittitheeraporn, the managing director of GP Cyberprint, now has a new hope - to turn his medium-sized printing facility into a new plant where all the processes are controlled by digital technology.
Computers have come to play an important role in the printing industry, and Sumate acknowledged that if he didn't catch up with technology he would lose business opportunities.
Epson says printing from television will be popular
Epson says printing from television will be popular
Printing content will no longer be limited to just Word documents, Excel spreadsheets or other personal computer-based applications.
In the future, people will enjoy printing public content from broadcasting media right away from their home digital television sets.
"Whether it's printing PC-based, document-scanning and photo content, people will soon have more fun printing out public content.
Increasing prospects in the hi-tech world of printing
PRINTING is one of our most important means of mass communication and today, in Australia, accounts for the spending of billions of dollars annually.
For the ambitious, this is good news, for although starts for apprentices in the industry are down 50 per cent over the past three years, there are growing prospects for two classes of people _ the unemployed and those who want to change their career
path.
Independent Newspapers considers its options for 'greenfield' operation
INDEPENDENT Newspapers is examining the feasibility of setting up a greenfield printing operation and has looked at a number of potential sites in the Dublin area.
Setting up of dedicated state of the art printing operation is one of a number of options being considered to improve the group's printing capabilities and the option is linked to Independent's aim to become involved in the rescue of the troubled Irish Press group.
Old technology, lack of trained printers afflict publishing industry
Only a handful of printing and publishing companies in the Philippines have adopted the state-of-the-art technology of digital printing.
As a whole, the local printing and publishing industry uses outdated printing technology exemplified by reconditioned printing machines from Japan, the United States and Germany.
Technically speaking
Print straddles manufacturing and the service industries to distort statistics.
Even though official statistical data is not yet available, it is clear that 2006 has been a difficult year for the printing industry in the UK. Competition is tough, some high-profile print service providers have gone bankrupt in the past two years and more industry consolidation is expected.
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