Welcome to Printing Industry News Digest (PIND) issue 92, providing a summary of major news items from the printing, publishing, packaging, digital, and communications technology sectors. PIND incorporates brief summaries and links to the week's key news stories so that you can look up that all important detail, digging deeper behind the headline. Do also take a look at our automated Twitter-based GenesisNews #Print Daily publication; why not take out a free subscription for a daily digital delivery!
After many years of promises, HP Indigo finally unveiled its B2 format digital machine. Many might consider the advances offered by this product to be worth the wait! The HP Indigo 10000 is capable of providing some 3,450 sheets per hour, and is expected to be priced at $1.5 million. The machine was unveiled ahead of Drupa 2012, where it will receive its worldwide show debut.
The end of printed version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica might cause a tear to be shed somewhere in the world of print, but let’s be honest: the internet is undoubtedly a superior home for this style of information based product. It needs regular updating to be of any real use in the modern world, and this dictates being on-line. A printed version of such a vast wealth of information is just not practical in our current digital age. Sure, it was always a delight to delve into this huge wealth of knowledge as a child – my parents had invested in this wonderful product back in the early 1960’s. There was no suitable alternative back then. There is now. Such is the challenge to the printed word, and the industry of printing.
In the world of packaging, we were interested to note Packaging News’s coverage of a recently developed “green” product. Split-it, jointly developed by Split-it, Benson Group, and Mecaplastic, is a cartonboard-based tray that is a potential replacement for PET products. Lighter, easier to recycle, and with reduced embedded carbon, Split-it offers a great opportunity for an environmentally friendly packaging solution.
Further to last week’s announcement regarding the release of the iPad 3, the Guardian gets its hands on one and finds out that there really isn’t that much to get excited about. However, TechCrunch believes that the new Retina display just pushes the latest version of the unit that little bit further ahead of the pack. In a pure numbers game, Android will catch up and overtake: that’s a $$$ / £££ thing; but for now Apple has a huge lead in the market.
Further to the release of iPad 3 the Guardian also looks at tech hardware, and this regularly bandied about statement referring to the death of the PC. We don’t wholly agree with its conclusion, but its final truth is probably still correct: horses for courses; or the right piece of hardware for the specific job in hand.
Budget tablet devices have been in our headlines for many months, and none more so than the ground-breaking efforts of the product known as the Aakash in India. The original target was to product a $10 laptop; this changed shape to become a $35 tablet; and finally ended up as a $60 tablet. Well, Aakash 2 is now out. Nothing stands still!
Apple’s British-born design guru Sir Jonathan Ive was interviewed in the London Evening Standard this week. The talks about the design philosophy at Apple.
Finally, do keep checking back to see what will be featured in our next edition, PIND 93. For an RSS feed of PIND, copy this link into your feed reader; and click here for the GenesisNews #Print Daily – you can even take out a free subscription for this daily news update on print, publishing, packaging and associated technology!
PIND092
Missed Issue 91, including print v. e-books debate? Then simply click here!
Issue 90: UK exhibition focus, publishing news
Issue 89: Print is Dead! discussion
Issue 88: The Sun on Sunday to launch
Get Your Print News Every Day!
Follow @GenesisNews on Twitter for regular updates.
After many years of promises, HP Indigo finally unveiled its B2 format digital machine. Many might consider the advances offered by this product to be worth the wait! The HP Indigo 10000 is capable of providing some 3,450 sheets per hour, and is expected to be priced at $1.5 million. The machine was unveiled ahead of Drupa 2012, where it will receive its worldwide show debut.The end of printed version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica might cause a tear to be shed somewhere in the world of print, but let’s be honest: the internet is undoubtedly a superior home for this style of information based product. It needs regular updating to be of any real use in the modern world, and this dictates being on-line. A printed version of such a vast wealth of information is just not practical in our current digital age. Sure, it was always a delight to delve into this huge wealth of knowledge as a child – my parents had invested in this wonderful product back in the early 1960’s. There was no suitable alternative back then. There is now. Such is the challenge to the printed word, and the industry of printing.
In the world of packaging, we were interested to note Packaging News’s coverage of a recently developed “green” product. Split-it, jointly developed by Split-it, Benson Group, and Mecaplastic, is a cartonboard-based tray that is a potential replacement for PET products. Lighter, easier to recycle, and with reduced embedded carbon, Split-it offers a great opportunity for an environmentally friendly packaging solution.Further to last week’s announcement regarding the release of the iPad 3, the Guardian gets its hands on one and finds out that there really isn’t that much to get excited about. However, TechCrunch believes that the new Retina display just pushes the latest version of the unit that little bit further ahead of the pack. In a pure numbers game, Android will catch up and overtake: that’s a $$$ / £££ thing; but for now Apple has a huge lead in the market.
Further to the release of iPad 3 the Guardian also looks at tech hardware, and this regularly bandied about statement referring to the death of the PC. We don’t wholly agree with its conclusion, but its final truth is probably still correct: horses for courses; or the right piece of hardware for the specific job in hand.Budget tablet devices have been in our headlines for many months, and none more so than the ground-breaking efforts of the product known as the Aakash in India. The original target was to product a $10 laptop; this changed shape to become a $35 tablet; and finally ended up as a $60 tablet. Well, Aakash 2 is now out. Nothing stands still!
Apple’s British-born design guru Sir Jonathan Ive was interviewed in the London Evening Standard this week. The talks about the design philosophy at Apple.Finally, do keep checking back to see what will be featured in our next edition, PIND 93. For an RSS feed of PIND, copy this link into your feed reader; and click here for the GenesisNews #Print Daily – you can even take out a free subscription for this daily news update on print, publishing, packaging and associated technology!
PIND092
Missed Issue 91, including print v. e-books debate? Then simply click here!
Issue 90: UK exhibition focus, publishing news
Issue 89: Print is Dead! discussion
Issue 88: The Sun on Sunday to launch
Get Your Print News Every Day!
Follow @GenesisNews on Twitter for regular updates.
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