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Replacing paper ledger with blockchain is frightfully expensive – the monetary cost
Paper is out of fashion. Though it has been in vogue for 2000 years, the last two decades of digital dominance has created a myth of it being replaceable.
Epson and Konica Minolta in signage, POP and textile show
The Screen Print India 2018 took place in Mumbai from 20 to 22 April at the Bombay Exhibition Centre. This year’s edition was organized by Messe Frankfurt India after it acquired the show last year.
3-way collaboration for WEBjet 200D and WEBjet100D presses
Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA announced its latest production printing device for the commercial print industry – the WEBjet 200D and WEBjet100D continuous feed inkjet presses
Latest UV, soft signage and digital textile solutions
ColorJet India Ltd, a leading manufacturer of wide format digital printers in India, will showcase live demonstrations of the finest UV, soft signage and digital printing solutions at
New curing system works for conventional UV also
Delhi – NCR based Provin Technos is a distributor of MHI-PPM, RMGTL range of sheetfed offset and heat-set web offset printing presses in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In January 2013, the joint
INMA London subscriptions summit shows freemium model rising
As publishers increasingly embrace the art and science behind the economics of content, the freemium model for digital subscriptions is clearly emerging as the most popular choice for
Komori India begins with Hirofumi Hoshino as MD
In February 2018, the formiddable Japanese press manufacturer acquired a majority stake in its Indian distributor’s offset press sales operations for an undisclosed consideration. The new joint venture between
The need to measure impact across platforms and channels
A mainstream business daily reported last week that rising investments in digital marketing are expected to reach US$ 300 billion in 2020. On the other hand, a digital media audit firm says that as
Baldwin to acquire Digital Ink System From QuadGraphics
Baldwin Technology Company has reached an agreement with QuadGraphics to acquire the intellectual property rights for the Digital Ink System. This will enable continued development of the technology.
Seeking revenue and new business digital platforms
Xerox investor’s lawsuit targets CEO Jeff Jacobson
On 18 April 2018, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg updated their reports on lawsuits by Xerox’s biggest and third biggest investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason
Fujifilm launches new website for the inkjet orienting segment
On 18 April, Fujifilm India unveiled a dedicated website (www.powerofinkjet.in) for customers in the inkjet printing segment. The unveiling was done by Sandip Thanawala of Mumbai-based
Illustrators’ Corner to showcase creative talents at ADIBF 2018
A select group of famous painters, calligraphers, animators, graphic designers and comic artists are all set to showcase their artworks at the Illustrators’ Corner at ADIBF 2018.
WAN-IFRA joins forces with journalism organizations
The formation of a Global Council to Build Trust in Media and Fight Misinformation was announced at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy. The World Association of Newspapers and News
Andheri’s Shraddha Jumbo Xerox buys Konica Minolta AccurioPress C6085
After running a successful digital print shop for many years in Vile Parle East, Shraddha Jumbo Xerox branched out to the Koldongri area of Andheri East in search of bigger volumes.
FIPP Asia to take place in Wuhan, China
FIPP Asia 2018 will be held on 14-15 September 2018 at Wuhan, China in partnership with the China Periodicals Association and Hubei Administration. The event will bring the world’s leading
Color measuring in a running offset press
InkZone Inline retrofits legacy as well as new sheetfed and web printing presses from various manufacturers with up-to-date inline color measurement technology. Combined with InkZone Loop, Digital Information’s proven automatic color control system, InkZone Inline enables older printing presses to achieve incredible gains in efficiency and print quality.
#DeleteFacebook or forget privacy – that is the only choice
Facebook could be in legal trouble as parliaments call for action, for it has never asked authorization for what it would do with the user data. Privacy violation to sway public opinion has been going on since Arab Springs. Seven years ago,
Sorry once again
The first round of Congressional hearings of the joint Senate Judiciary and the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Facebook data privacy case was held on Tuesday 13th April. A barrage of questions
Jamalon of Dubai signs for Taopix Photobook Designer
At the London Book Fair on 12 April 2018, Jamalon, the Middle East region’s largest online book store with a catalog of over 10 million titles, announced a strategic partnership with Taopix,
NYRF the official rights trading fair of BookExpo
Book Expo America, which last year changed its name to BookExpo, and the New York Rights Fair initiated by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in a collaboration with Fiera Milano and others, announced
Recent developments at the European book fairs
Apart from the Frankfurt Book Fair in October, Europe’s other major annual book fairs are rapidly following each other within a time-frame of six weeks in the early months of the year. Between 22 and 25 February, the Brussels Book Fair
Kodak announces Sonora X plates
Sonora X is described as more robust thanks to a proprietary enhanced anodizing and coating technology that allows it to cope with highly automated or fast-paced operating environments.
Pune-based Kadam Digital commissions HP Indigo 12000
Pune-based Kadam Digital commissioned a brand new HP Indigo 12000 press on 25 February 2018 and has conducted rigorous trials on a range of media before being ready to put the press in full service. Kadam Digital is
manroland web systems retrofit to reduce waste
Manroland web systems offers a wide range of service upgrade solutions to give its customers the possibility to reduce costs and increase quality – both important aspects at the highly competitive market for commercial printers
Keeping investigations of threatened journalists alive
Amid the growing threat to journalists’ safety in many parts of the world, a collaborative project called Forbidden Stories is working towards combating this unsettling trend by pursuing
Esko at FESPA 2018
The analog-to-digital transformation is sweeping through the sign, display and corrugated markets as sign providers and corrugated converters look beyond their production equipment to find an automated
KM sells first AccurioJet KM-1 UV sheetfed inkjet press in India
Konica Minolta Business Solutions will be installing its first AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet press in India soon. The sheetfed inkjet press solution which comes with a B2 plus sheet-fed was first unveiled at drupa 2012
Color management for wide format interiors
Since large format digital printing offers solutions to print on almost any type of material, there are some challenges when it comes to managing color appearance. But understanding the limitations
OneVision Software develops Automation Suite for publishers
With 25 years of experience in prepress automation for printers and publishers, the German software manufacturer OneVision Software has developed an Automation Suite to meet the needs of book publishers.
Fujifilm at FESPA 2018
At FESPA Global Print Expo 2018 in Berlin, from 15-18 May, Fujifilm will focus on two new high-end platforms. The first is the new Acuity B1 modular system, previewed at FESPA 2017, while the
Inaugural INMA South Asia Festival – New Delhi 6 to 10 August 2018
INMA has announced the inaugural INMA South Asia Media Festival to take place from 6 to10 August 2018 – a five-day event offering new ideas, best practices and growth strategies for
INS seeks increase in government ad rates
Lately the newsprint prices have shot up in India and worldwide. Recently, the government of the United States of America hit the Canadian forestry industry with duties and also held to
Hindi daily to add two new locations in FY 18-19
When we wrote about the Hindi daily Amar Ujala a year ago, it was in the process of installing and establishing five new automated presslines in its Meerut, Agra, Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi
Edifice Technologies holds Mumbai road show to promote HP and Canon technologies
Andheri East based Edifice Technologies organized demo sessions for Canon imagePRESS C650 from 5 to 8 March at the newly set up demo center at its office. Along with running the imagePRESS
Thane-based Neelkamal Xerox adds solutions from Epson and Konica Minolta
Thane-based digital print services provider Neelkamal Xerox has overhauled its printing set-up in the last six months by adding new machines for wide format printing as well as regular commercial
WAN-IFRA Women in News Editorial Leadership Award
WAN-IFRA in partnership with Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, has announced the launch of nominations for the 2018 Women in News Editorial Leadership Award.
Shortlist revealed for LBF International Excellence Awards 2018
The shortlist for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2018 has been announced, with Brazil leading the way with five nominations, closely followed by USA with four, and a record-high 27 countries represented overall.
Xerox shows Versant 180, 3100 & Color C70
In early February 2018, Fuji announced the takeover of Xerox in a US$ 6 billion deal that will make Fujifilm 50.1% majority shareholder in a combined entity expected to clock annual revenues of US$18 billion.
It’s ‘all’ about reader revenues, say Innovation Report editors
Without generating revenues directly from readers, journalism is doomed, write the editors of FIPP and Innovation Media Consulting’s Innovation World Report in their editors’ letter for the 2018/19 edition.
The most efficient newspaper industry in the world!
The latest IRS Survey released last month after a period of four years and incorporating a larger sample of respondents (320,000) seems more fantastic than realistic. Various reasons have been
New Straits Times redefines its aims
New Straits Times Press (NSTP), a Malaysian conglomerate of publishing companies owned by Media Prima, is transforming its footprint on digital platforms. NSTP has redefined its vision and
Prism’s Canon imagePRESS C10000VP
Started by the Kharbanda brothers seven years ago, Prism Printers is committed to providing quality print for brochures, catalogs and booklets. The company works for jobbers and has been outsourcing to various digital
Finding the right digital mix for your content
The Digital Media India 2018 Conference, held from 9 to 12 February in Mumbai, discussed ways to refurbish content strategies for publications on the digital platform. One of the key topics of
KM 1 equipped with key technical components
Konica Minolta has come up with the AccurioJet KM-1 UV inkjet press. Konica Minolta is committed to be amongst the top manufacturers in the commercial and packaging printing arenas, and is investing a substantial amount in R&D.
GroupM estimates India’s 2018 advertising expenditure to grow by 13%
GroupM, the media investment group of WPP, in its ‘This Year, Next Year’ 2018 report, launched on 13 February, has forecast India’s advertising investment to reach an estimated Rs. 69,346 crore this year, representing a growth of 13% for the
DB Digital’s AI-based ‘Wisdom Next’ maps and analyzes content in real-time
Dainik Bhaskar’s in-house digital arm, DB Digital has come up with an AI-based powerful content recommendation engine called ‘Wisdom Next.’ The software helps targets its readers through advertisements using algorithms and AI.
Skeptics flay Kodak’s cryptocurrency
Kodak announced an initial cryptocurrency coin offering (ICO) on 9 January 2108, in an effort to apply blockchain technology to solve copyright issues faced by photographers.
Where Books Mean Business
The Indian publishing industry is at the center of global attention: in 2017, the total size of the Indian book market was pegged at US$ 4.6 billion, according to a Nielsen report, making India the second-
Journalism that makes a difference
Created in 2000, Publish Asia is an annual meeting place for the Asian newspaper and news publishing industry. More than 400 media executives from over 30 different countries will gather in






















































