Irish Printer Issue 6 2018

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ISSUE 6 2018

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29 Recycling

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31 What’s New in Print

NER Recycling is making the recycling process for printers much more straightforward

A look at what’s happening in the print industry

New machine, new market potential

Investment in a new Agfa Anapurna has opened up new markets for Belfastbased Henderson Print

13 Surecolor ticks all the boxes

The Surecolor S40600 from Epson has proved an excellent choice for Ennisbased printing firm Sticky Business

14 Strength in numbers

A new premises, more staff and a longer client list is pushing Delta Group Ireland to the forefront of the industry

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The Meath Chronicle has launched ‘Meath Life Through the Lens’, a beautiful collection of archive photographs

Colour… reignited

To find out what all the fuss was about, Irish Printer attended a special Xerox event showcasing the new Iridesse Production Press and found a machine worthy of the hype

24 Rise of the machines

Robots are fast becoming fixtures in the workplace.

Is the print industry ready and will the robot revolution lead to job losses?

22 Diary of a Brand Designer

The humble business card can lead to greater things, writes Gerard Whelan

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WELCOME Welcome to Issue 6 of Irish Printer for 2018.

This month, I went along to an event in the Aviva Stadium hosted

by Xerox. The company’s new Iridesse Production Press was the star of the show and with demonstrations of the machine running throughout the two-day event, we all got to see for ourselves exactly what the new Iridesse can do. When it comes to speed, clarity and speciality enhancements, it’s an impressive machine. According to Kevin O’ Donnell, Xerox Production Marketing Manager for the UK and Ireland, smaller printing firms, particularly in the packaging space, are expressing interest in the press. To read more about the printer’s capabilities, go to page 18.

I also caught up with Peter Mahon from the Delta Group Ireland for this month’s issue. In 2016 and 2017, the company embarked on an acquisition phase that has resulted in an expanded client list, additional staff and new markets. To account for this growth, the company moved into its new premises in Swords Business Park, Co Dublin just this summer. Finding a site with adequate office space and a large enough warehouse facility was a big ask but the new site in Swords more than fits the bill.

The Delta Group has once again been shortlisted in this year’s Irish Print Awards in the Large Format Digital Printer category. The awards, which will be held in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Northwood on Friday the 30th of November, celebrate the achievements and expertise that’s found every day in the print sector. They’re an important event in the print calendar; in the midst of political uncertainty and an ever-contracting sector, it’s good to take a step back and celebrate an industry that’s not afraid to diversify and adapt. For a full list of winners and to book your tickets, go to www.irishprinter.ie. As always, we’d love to hear from you. If you have any thoughts on this issue, please drop us a line at editor@irishprinter.ie. Enjoy!

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Editor: Denise Maguire Email: editor@irishprinter.ie Creative Director: Jane Matthews Production: Claire Kiernan Contact: Irish Printer, Ashville Media Group, Unit 55, Park West Road, Park West, Dublin 12, D12 X9F Tel: (01) 432 2200 Web: www.irishprinter.ie McGowans Print Printed by: Printed on: HP Indigo 10000 using Novatech paper supplied by Antalis.

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NEWS International Print Day Created to celebrate print in all its forms, International Print Day (IPD) 2018 was held this year on the 17th of October. ‘Collaboration’ was the theme and Two Sides, the organisation behind the event, encouraged printers to share their collaborative projects through social media using #ipd18 and #printwith. According to Two Sides, who’s aim is to ensure print and paper’s qualities are enjoyed for generations to come, videos and infographics from the company were shared far and wide, helping to reach huge audiences with great paper facts. Last year’s event saw IPD generate almost 30 million social media impressions in 24 hours across six continents.

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Ricoh

Ricoh Targets Sign And Display With Latex Launches

Set to be made available throughout Europe in early 2019, Ricoh is adding two new latex roll-to-roll printers to its Sign and Display portfolio. The Pro L5130/L5160 series prints at speeds of up to 44sqm per hour in outdoor standard mode and 25sqm per hour in indoor standard mode. Additional features include automated maintenance, a durable design, Ricoh’s GREENGUARD-certified latex inks and Ricoh print heads. According to Ricoh, its curing technology ensures jobs produced are output ready for finishing as soon as they are printed, while a three-way intelligent heater helps prevent melting or warping of thinner substrates.

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NEWS

Hacke New investment at Hackett Digital

Hackett Digital on Lower Baggot Street, Dublin recently invested in a new Konica Minolta AccurioPress C3080 from MJ Flood. Thanks to the new printer, a quicker turnaround and an expanded offering means an overall better service to customers. “Our clients’ requirements were changing; we were being asked to produce longer and oversized sheets.

We couldn’t service that market with our existing machine, we were having to print single side and then flip it so it was a very time-consuming, manual process,” said Colm Eglinton, Reprographics Manager at Hackett Digital. One of the features of the new machine is its ability to take longer sheets and duplex them automatically.

“That helped to reduce turnaround time dramatically. The printer is running really well for us. Colour accuracy and reliability is fantastic and the service I received from MJ Flood was, as always, excellent.”

Variable Data Software Solution from Hybrid Software Hybrid Software recently announced the commercial release of Variable Data Printing (VDP) for its PACKZ PDF editor and CLOUDFLOW workflow suite. The VDP Prepare option can be used to turn any PDF package or label design into a VDP design by indicating which elements (text, barcodes, images, colours, etc) are dynamic and linking them to a data source. VDP Prepare displays all iterations of the design and features special tools for quality assurance. It’s also included at no charge for all users of PACKZ 5.0 and higher. Once the graphics are VDP-ready, the VDP Execute module is used to prepare an optimised PDF file that is ready for digital output. VDP Execute is available for both PACKZ and CLOUDFLOW, with different price points based on a customer’s throughput requirements.

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NEWS Flint Group launches nyloprint WF SHARP Digital plate Flint Group has announced the launch of nyloprint WF SHARP Digital, a water washable, film-based plate for the high-end label market. The company says the new plate is ideal for high quality print jobs as well as for aluminum and plastic laminated tubes. The new product delivers digital images with up to 10.160 dpi for superior print quality with sharper images, more open reverses and finer highlights.

The digital workflow allows data transfer without loss of quality while the photopolymer plate technology allows the plate to be processed on all common types of processing equipment. In addition, Flint Group says the durability of the digital label plate leads to longer print runs and increased resource efficiency.

Walsh Graphics Celebrates 25 Years In Print After starting out in the family garage, Cork and Dublin based company Walsh Graphics is celebrating 25 years in business. The company was set up by John and Rose Walsh and their son Michael. “My Mom, Rose, my Dad, John and I started Walsh Graphics in 1993. My Dad sadly passed away in 2002. He was such an important part of Walsh Graphics and carrying on without him was very difficult.” Adapting to new trends and diversifying early was the key to the company’s success. “The litho business was our bread and butter but I could see it was not going to sustain us or make growth possible, so we diversified into sign and display. This proved a success and we have been building on that foundation ever since. Developing our website, walshgraphics.ie in 2012, also proved to be a vital part of our business strategy.”

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VAT rate for newspapers to be retained

Budget 2019 included an announcement that the 9% VAT rate for printed newspapers will be retained. For digital publications, the VAT rate is set to be cut to 9%, a move that will reduce the cost of accessing quality, independent Irish journalism for people who get their news online. Commenting on the news, Local Ireland President Frank Mulrennan said: “Most European countries apply zero or super-reduced rates to newspapers in recognition of their core societal function. We hope this announcement is a step in the right direction and that next year’s budget will see further progress in this regard.”

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NEWS MINISTER VISITS NATIONAL PRINT MUSEUM The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan recently paid a visit to the National Print Museum, which is chiefly funded by her Department. While there, the Minister viewed the current exhibition, ‘Print, Protest, and The Polls: The Irish women’s suffrage campaign and the power of print media, 1908 – 1918’.

This exhibition explores the use of print media by the Irish suffragists and their opponents in their methods of promotion and protest.

NCA DIGITAL ONSET X2 MAKES AN IMPACT AT PPS One of Europe’s biggest wide format print businesses, PPS, recently invested in an Inca Digital Onset X platform from Fujifilm. The company has reported a substantial productivity boost, a reduction in delivery times and an increase in quality since the investment in spring 2018. The Onset X2, with six colour channels and ¾ automation, installed at the company’s Berlin facility, has made such an impact that the company intends to invest in a second machine early in 2019.

STUDY REVEALS SHOPPERS’ PREFERENCES FOR HEALTH AND BEAUTY PRODUCTS Esko has released a new study showing that 14% of online shoppers returned health and beauty products due to miscommunications in online appearance versus what was delivered to their home. The study, “Packaging and the Digital Shopper: Meeting Expectations in Health & Beauty,” surveyed 3,000 shoppers in Western Europe, North America and Asia and also revealed that 63% of shoppers plan to purchase health and beauty products that are personalised for their skin/body type. A total of 28% agreed that they had purchased a new product because they enjoyed the packaging in the prior three months. According to Esko, the findings from the survey could give packaging firms insights into shoppers’ expectations when it comes to packaging in the health, beauty and personal care categories.

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NEWS

Shaping the future The new I-Form Advanced Manufacturing SFI Research Centre, hosted by University College Dublin, was officially launched in September this year. Funded by Science Foundation Ireland, the Centre will partner with seven research institutions, including WIT’s SEAM Research Centre and 31 companies. According to Professor Denis Dowling, I-Form’s Centre Director and Director of the Surface Engineering Group at UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, the Centre’s mission is to shape the future of manufacturing through research into the application of digital technologies to materials processing. A host of researchers have been tasked with investigating 3D printing at the Centre, including Brian Merrigan.

Brian started out as a printer in lithography and completed a printing course in DIT, Bolton Street.

He’s now applying those skills to 3D printing at the Centre. I-Form has already proved its worth by helping to commercialise a new plasma-processing technology for the use of polymer powders in additive manufacturing. It has worked with Irish SME Exergyn to explore enhanced efficiency for its clean-energy solution, which uses waste hot water to generate electricity. In conjunction with Croom Precision Medical, it has also also acted as a beta tester for Renishaw’s new advanced process monitoring and control technology for production scale metal additive printing.

I-Form SFI Research Centre to focus on 3D printing

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Event

Winners, 3rd Printers of Ireland, Walshe Print

Teeing off with GPMI As a thank you to customers, GPMI recently held two golf events in Portmarnock and Laois GPMI welcomed customers to its two signature events this year – the twelfth SignMakers of Ireland, held at Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links in September and the third Printers of Ireland Invitational, held at The Heritage in Co. Laois in May. Great weather, great courses and a lot of laughter was shared by all participants. Commenting on the events, Suneel Seetal at GPMI, said: “We look forward to seeing you in 2019 at our invitationals or society days. It’s our way of saying thanks!”

1st tee with the good guys!

Horizon Digital Print

Winners. 12th SignMakers of Ireland at Portmarnock Hotel Links.

Mother Nature has a soft spot for SignMakers & Shane Martin!

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L to R: Alan Ritchie, Head of Print at Henderson Group; Alan O’Brien, Director of Technology at GPMI; Peter Doyle, Sales Manager Ireland at Agfa Graphics

The new machine, a wide format Agfa Anapurna H2500i LED press, will take Henderson Print into “a new and more profitable market for the business”, according to Head of Print, Alan Ritchie. With four Roland roll-to-roll wide format printers already in-situ, this latest investment adds a Kongsberg plotter cutter machine working alongside the Agfa Anapurna H2500i LED digital wide-format press run by the Agfa Asanti workflow solution. The new Agfa kit was purchased through print supplier GPMI. “We were looking for a flat bed wide format printing solution so we could print on rigid substrates. We visited the Sign and Display exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham to assess the options last year,” said Alan Ritchie. “On our return we were given a demonstration on an Agfa Anapurna by Alan O’Brien, Director of Technology at GPMI. We were simply blown away by the demo in their Dublin showroom. Everything ran perfectly and we were really impressed by the quality of the print.” The Anapurna H2500i LED printer is a high-speed hybrid UV LEDcurable inkjet press with a printing width of 2.5m for indoor and outdoor applications. It has been designed to use minimal ink, using Agfa’s ‘Thin Ink Layer Technology’, which helps to keep the cost of consumables down. The LED-curable lamps use less power and reduce set-up time by not having to wait for bulbs to warm up. “We see a lot of our future expansion coming from the digital wide format side of our business. There will always be a market for litho, but I don’t see it growing at the rate we require and the investment size for a new litho press would be upwards of £1.5 million. The wide format market is financially easier to access and the market opportunity is there. The Anapurna quality is superb; even our customers are blown away with the sharpness, definition and colour strength of image.”

NEWS

New machine, new market potential INVESTMENT IN NEW AGFA ANAPURNA OPENS UP NEW MARKETS FOR BELFAST-BASED HENDERSON PRINT

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Products

Epson SureColor ticks all the boxes The SureColor SC-S40600 from Epson has proved an excellent choice for Ennis-based printing firm Sticky Business BELOW: Andrew Lynch, Sticky Business

Deciding whether to repair his old printer or invest in a new machine was a big decision for Andrew Lynch at Sticky Business, a printing firm specialising in signs and banners, vehicle customisation and clothing. Barry Gallagher at Infinity 2 suggested he take a look at the SureColor S40600, Epson’s four colour, 64-inch large format signage printer. “He advised me that a new printer wouldn’t be as expensive as I initially thought and he was right. I did my homework and found that this printer was exactly what I needed.”

The stand-out features of the Epson SureColor S40600 are its speed and efficiency. It’s also the right choice for printers who want a machine that requires the least amount of intervention possible. “An auto-cleaning facility is built into the printer while a fabric head cleaning device also dramatically reduces the amount of user maintenance required on the machine,” said Barry Gallagher at Infinity 2, a partner of Epson for the past 15 years. All Epson printers can connect to the Epson media cloud, a process which guarantees a perfect print for the client. The SureColor S40600 can also print on virtually any media type, from adhesive vinyl to banner materials and is capable of producing vibrant images using just four colour ink sets.

The printer is designed exclusively for use with Epson cartridges for greater reliability. “I thought that because it’s a four colour printer, I’d be going through ink faster but that’s not the case. The ink I’m using for this machine is cheaper than the ink I was using for my old printer. I’m really noticing the difference in quality; it’s faster and there are no head strikes. If it runs out of vinyl, it stops printing immediately. It’s doing exactly what I need it to do,” said Andrew at Sticky Business.

The SureColor SC-S Series solvent

printers from Epson are enabling print professionals to gain advantages in turnaround time, image quality and total cost-of-ownership. The particular machine that Andrew opted for has been described by industry experts as one of the best entry-level signage printers on the market. It has allowed him to provide his clients with a faster turnaround while advantages such as same-day lamination mean a better service all-round to the customer.

The service that Andrew received from Barry at Infinity 2 was also second to none. “It wasn’t like going online and buying a printer. Barry came out, set it up and showed me how to use it. I didn’t just buy a printer, I bought the entire service around it.”

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Profile

RIGHT: The office at Delta Group Ireland

Strength in numbers ne remises more sta and a longer client list is pushing elta rou reland to t e ore ront o t e industry

New premises at Swords Business Park

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New contracts, a rapidly growing client base and additional staff have brought the Delta Group Ireland from its premises in Ballycoolin, Dublin 15 to a much larger site in Swords Business Park, Co Dublin. The Irish branch of the Delta Group moved in just this summer and since then, has taken on 13 new members of staff. “That includes roles in everything from service and production to warehousing, systems and admin support. Sourcing staff with the right skills set can be difficult but our new location is attracting people from North co Dublin, Louth and Meath. New staff were essential; we went through a huge client acquisition phase in 2016 and 2017 so we needed to ensure we had the right people on board,” said Peter Mahon, Managing Director at the Delta Group Ireland.

At 30,000 sq ft, Delta’s new premises is well able to service the additional workload that acquisition has brought. New clients from a broad range of industries are demanding a more rounded, dynamic service. “In the past year, we’ve added an in-house creative service which is proving popular with clients. We’ve also invested heavily in production management staff, warehouse staff, printers and finishers. I think today’s clients are looking for more value-added services that give us a point of difference, not only from our Irish competitors but internationally too. I think that’s why our parent group has been so successful as have we in the past couple of years; we have invested quite heavily back into the business and that has allowed us to achieve that growth.”

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Profile

The list of services that Delta Group Ireland offers its clients is long and is set to get longer as the company continues to expand and diversify. On the installation side, fit-outs make up a good proportion of the business with Delta working with brands that want to reinvent their retail offering.

“That whole business grew quite quickly over the past couple of years and was another reason for our expansion. In light of Brexit, we also wanted to position ourselves as a European designated base and to do that, we needed a larger site. A lot of our clients have asked how Brexit will affect their requirements and we’ve taken steps to mitigate its worse effects.” A steering committee within the Group is working to identify how Brexit will impact on the movement of goods, raw materials and on the distribution of certain items that the Group requires. Identifying alternative suppliers and figuring out how to work with clients in relation to timelines is also part of the committee’s brief. “The fear is very evident and people are worried but I do think there is opportunity for Irish suppliers within our sector to become much more nimble and deliver on client requirements. It isn’t just about print anymore, it’s about solutions.”

Investment is, says Peter, crucial for firms operating in the print industry.

“To stay ahead and to ensure its survival, it’s essential that the industry invests. It’s also about keeping abreast of the changing requirements of the industry. While there have been casualties, it’s good to see that it has stabilised but even so, it remains a very tough environment.”

Automated systems have also played their part at Delta in providing clients with an efficient, faster, more user-friendly service. “Our online MIS portal, Workstream X, connects up all of our services and gives our clients control and transparency. I think clients are looking for more robust data and accountability and we all want to minimise our waste.

Automation can play an important part in this.” There’s only so much that automation can do so having the right staff is just as important, if not more, than investing in technology. “Interaction with the client and being able to understand the client’s industry or sector is so important. I think more recent recruits in client services are probably closer to what an advertising agency might be looking for as opposed to what a traditional printer might be after. Someone with high client engagement skills, someone who understands the category in which the client is operating but also understands the print production side is a highly sought after individual. The skills that a print rep has today are very different to what he or she had five or 10 years ago.”

The team at Delta Group Ireland is hoping to replicate its win at the 2017 Irish Print Awards at this year’s event. The company has once again been shortlisted in the ‘Large Format Digital Printer’ category. “We’re delighted and proud to be recognised by our peers in the print industry.

We also recently won silver at the POPAI Awards for our Applegreen promotion and we won an APMC award for our Three campaign.” With an expanding client base and new opportunities on the horizon, thanks to its new premises, Delta Ireland’s ambitions are high. “We’re very positive about the business at the moment and about its future direction. Our sector is very fast-paced and challenging but it’s also very rewarding.

We’re looking forward to the next chapter and our next phase of growth.”

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rinters that have either invested in the new Irisdesse Production Press from Xerox or have had the opportunity to take the machine for a test run, all say the same thing – it’s a game changer. In terms of image control, speed and specialty enhancements, the new Irisdesse ticks all the boxes. It was launched in Europe in May 2018 and already, three presses have been installed in Ireland. In order to showcase the Iridesse’s capabilities, Xerox recently held a two-day event in the Aviva Stadium where attendees had a chance to see the new press in action and learn exactly what it can achieve when its potential is maximised.

It took the Xerox team two days to install and set up the Iridesse in one of the Aviva Stadium’s suites for the ‘Colour Reignited’ event. The effort was worth it though; it’s one thing to read about the merits of a new press and entirely another to witness it for yourself. Attendees got a crash course on how the Iridesse works from Norman McNellis, Production Business Manager, Ireland. “In my opinion, what you have here is the best in class CMYK press. It’s the first xerographic digital press that can print six colours in a single pass. It can also deliver really fine image control for ensuring that tints, gradients, fine text and lines print as intended. Digital has been at the same quality as litho for quite a while now but the new Iridesse takes that quality to another level.”

The beauty of the new machine lies in its ability to deliver enhancements such as coatings, metallics, white inks and spot colours. These ‘wow’ factor add-ons are crucial in today’s market and according to Xerox, print buyers say that brochures, business cards, direct mail, greeting cards, point-of-purchase signage and book covers are their top applications for in-line digital enhancements. Four specialty dry inks are available with the Iridesse – silver, gold, clear and the newly launched white, delivered from either of two toner stations, one laying down ink before CMYK, the

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Cover story “It’s a no brainer” “The decision to move to the Iridesse was a no brainer — we could see the potential and real benefits we can now offer to our customers having the fifth and sixth colours Gold and Silver. When you combine this with improved speed, quality and the extra finishes that are now possible, we can see an overall increase in throughput in the whole digital department.”

Peter Cunningham & Margo Quinn, Managers, Standard Printers (Galway, Ireland)

other after. As demonstrated by Norman during a test-run of the new press, the possibilities are endless – printers can mix HD EA Silver and Gold Dry Inks together or combine them with CMYK tints to create wide ranging hues of sparkling, metallic tones. Adding HD EA Clear Dry Ink can help create vibrant spot colours, metallic gradients, photographic enhancements, high-impact floods and other effects that make visual elements ‘pop.’ The Iridesse’s impressive functionality means all this happens in-line, in a single pass, at rated speed, with tight registration accuracy and all the advantages digital printing brings for lower-cost production and faster turns.

Taking a maximum sheet size of 330 x 1.2m, the Iridesse can print at speeds up to 120ppm for A4 and 60ppm for sizes A3-SRA3. It can take stock weights anywhere between 52 and 400gsm and print at ultra HD resolution of 2,400dpi.

So it’s clear that the new Iridesse scores highly when it comes to special effects and digital enhancements. But who is its intended target market? “What has been pleasantly surprising is the number of machines we have placed into smaller businesses. Printers who have come to a point where they need to invest in new technology to stay ahead are recognising that any acquisition they’re making now

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needs to future-proof their business for the next three or five years. I think that kind of thinking is driving businesses to opt for the Iridesse,” said Kevin O’ Donnell, Xerox Production Marketing Manager for the UK and Ireland. That kind of forward-thinking is, says Kevin, prevalent among companies that are open to change and recognise the need for diversification.

“Printers are asking themselves, do I want to offer a service based on being the best in the current marketplace or do I want to do that but also offer my customers valueadded services?”

The Iridesse is ideal for the short run packaging market. “It opens up new markets for clients and allows them to tap into new services and new revenue streams. I often say, our work only begins after we supply a customer with one of our machines. We work hard to educate people on the capabilities of our digital presses and to get the very best out of them. The possibilities with the Iridesse really are endless so it’s important that digital presses capitalise on that potential and realise that with this new technology, they can diversify into new, previouslyuntapped markets.”

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MIGHTY OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW

or my latest article I decided I would write about an area that I think a lot of printers are missing out on – the good old business card. Unless you’re printing business cards for a global company with 20,000 employees, they’re probably not the most lucrative bit of business, but that’s not the point. Designers have such a broad range of options available to them that it can often be tempting to go with an online service where you can get premium business cards for a fraction of what you pay locally.

However, the differentiator between local and online printing is service. We always get our clients’ business cards printed locally, specifically for that reason. I know I can get my duplex, premium, super fine business cards printed online for less than the price of a takeaway pizza. What I miss is the ability to do anything new, different or clever. When designing an identity, we designers can get very pedantic, spending months and months fine-tuning our designs to get them to the point where we’re finally happy. The last thing we want is to fire it off to some anonymous online printer who will knock them out along with a truck load of other designs, with little or no personal attention. The point here is not the business cards; it’s the printer’s ability to demonstrate why it makes sense to ‘print local’ as opposed to shipping them off to the UK. The printers we work with know the level of quality we expect and deliver on. They understand that this is not just a business card, it’s an opportunity to reinforce why we work with them; quality, service and attention to detail. So, when the ‘big’ job comes along, guess who we’ll choose to work with? I am always amazed that no printer has ever seen this opportunity as a door opener.

Gerard Whelan is Managing Director at Brandcentral

The humble business card can lead to greater things, writes Gerard Whelan

To illustrate the point here are two projects – one is a job that we (Brandcentral) completed and one is from a great designer and all-round good guy, Dave Fitzpatrick (Dave Fitz Design). In the case of Dave Fitz Design, the project is a stunning business card for interior designer Dawn Speirs. Technical challenges included maintaining the consistency in the positioning of the foil pattern within the business card space and mimicking the dark navy paper stock used on the front out of the 4 colour process on the reverse. The project Brandcentral did was for an architecture practice called Archtexture. Here, the technical challenges were duplexing, special custom stock and a label with logo and contact info that was wrapped around the front and back of the card. In both cases we got a lot of help from the relevant printers (Dawn Speirs – Impress Printing Works, Archtexture – Print Fusion). The takeaway from all of this is – small projects can lead to big things. They allow an agency to see how well a printer can deliver, thereby building trust for that big project. From our perspective, if a printer can’t deliver on a 500 business card project to the level we expect, they won’t get the 250,000, 200 page brochure design project. As my father says, “mighty oaks from little acorns grow.”

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Robots are fast becoming a ďŹ xture in the workplace.

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hat springs to mind when you think about robots? For me, the word represents the mechanical heroes or villains on TV that as a child, you either booed at or cheered for. Characters like the Daleks, Arnie’s Terminator, R2-D2 or, if you were a child in the 1980’s, Johnny 5 from Short Circuit. Today, the reality is far removed from the fictional robots we grew up with on our TV screens. Automation technologies are slowly becoming more prevalent in workplaces around the world. Artificial intelligence (AI), analytics, collaboration tools and robots are being used to automate jobs that are too strenuous, time-consuming or just too boring for humans to carry out. Experts like Kevin Curran, Professor of Cyber Security at Ulster University, says that virtually every industry in existence

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is likely to become less labour intensive as new technology is assimilated into business models. That transition is, he says, happening quite quickly. “The main benefit of robots is reliability and repeatability of tasks. Robots are already carrying out tasks such as building technology, performing surgeries, vacuuming our floors, feeding fish and securing the outer perimeter of buildings through Dalek-like security robots.”

So where does this robot revolution leave the print industry? “We’re definitely starting to see the introduction of robots in the printing sector. There is a push to optimise the areas where a robot can replace a human.

This then allows the human to be assigned to areas such as the finishing department where they are most valuable,” says Kevin.

Although robots will undoubtedly become more pervasive in workplaces around the world and indeed in printing companies, the fear that they’ll render humans entirely obsolete is most likely an extreme view. Most experts agree that automated or robotic systems won’t necessarily take over an entire role, but rather specific tasks associated with that role.

Despite this, a recent study in the UK estimated that robots could replace four million jobs in the British private sector over the next decade. Last month, Science Foundation Ireland reported that more than one-third of Irish adults fear their jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence or robots, with 11% expecting it to happen in the next six to 10 years. Are these fears unfounded?

“If we look around, we will see humans doing many tedious tasks that are already being replaced by robots. There is no obvious reason why this trend will not continue.

In the long term, robots are cheaper than employing humans but the initial investment can be very costly. It is still difficult and time consuming to program robots to perform multiple tasks, or to even reprogram a robot to perform tasks outside its original function.

But technology always gets cheaper and more pervasive so the print industry is not immune to the arrival of robots in the workplace.”

Some companies involved in the integration of robots into the print industry include Cool Graphics who, in cooperation with Yaskawa Nordic and the Danish Technological Institute, specialise in identifying problems

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Technology within the industry and responding with robotic solutions.

Universal Robots also produce robots such as the UR10, a wireless remotely monitored robot arm which is responsible for loading and unloading build plates, then stacking finished prints onto a conveyor belt. The UR10 can manage a maximum payload of 10kg per operation. One customer is Voodoo Manufacturing, a Brooklyn-based startup that uses commoditised 3D printing technology to manufacture plastic parts and products. Since installing the UR10, Voodoo’s 3D printer utilisation has risen from a manually operated 30-40% to 90%.

Over the past few years, automation has transformed the print playing field. As technology evolves, Artificial Intelligence will undoubtedly have its own part to play.

The extent of this impact remains to be seen. Several commentators in the print space have welcomed the arrival of automation technologies while underlining the need for a human touch. One thing we do know is that technology will always fail and therefore humans will always be needed for their problem-solving abilities. Manual lifting and repetitive tasks are however, probably best left to the machines.

Over to you…

Companies operating in the print sector give their views on the impact of technology

Dave Fogarty, McGowans

processes, it hasn’t negatively

babies born today will, by

affected employment levels.

the time they leave

Barry Noonan, Web Print

Are you worried that some

In fact, at Label Tech it has

university, be employed in

Some roles in the printing

print roles will disappear

created further employment

occupations that do not

industry, such as film

as technologies continue to

opportunities.

presently exist. In the short

planning, have effectively

run, will some in the printing

disappeared. Do you think

improvement is important

Jeff Cowan, Mark Andy

industry lose the jobs

this will continue? Inevitably,

in all areas of industry and

What does the future hold for

they hold at the moment?

the process of automation

life. Naturally, some roles will

robots in the print sector?

Perhaps. In the long run,

will continue and the rise of

become redundant but people

The use of robots in industry

will automation be to blame

AI as well as more efficient

are remarkably adaptive and

is intended to take repeatable

for loss of jobs in general?

and affordable automation

most welcome change as a

tasks and either make them

No.

will result in certain roles

natural progression. We have

easier for an operator or

several printers who learned

free up an operator to focus

their trade as traditional

on other tasks. Inevitably,

Gary White, Northside Graphics

screen and litho printers but

this leads to less manpower

Have you automated your

However, there will also be new

now thrive in the digital world

necessary to complete a

systems? Yes, we have had

jobs created for highly skilled

by employing their knowledge

task. From our perspective,

to automate for two main

engineers and technicians

using new but still relevant

enabling more efficient

reasons. The amount of jobs

who can operate, maintain

methods. What they all have

printing technology allows

we were receiving through

and improve the production

in common would be an

converters to complete more

our websites increased

systems as they evolve.

unwillingness to return to the

work with the same number

dramatically so we had to

‘traditional’ past.

of operators. This enables

automate prepress to cope

the converter to grow their

with the volume. Secondly, we

Joe Hackett, Hackett Digital

business and not eliminate

were finding it increasingly

Are you concerned about

any jobs.

difficult to recruit people

the rise of robots? Any new

with the right skill sets for

technology that allows us

our industry. Young people

to be more productive is

replace jobs in the printing

Craig Thomson, Martin Automatic

appear to see print as an

of interest. It may well be

industry? No, I don’t have a

Will robots, or automation in

antiquated industry, so again

that such developments

concern right now. I am not

general, replace jobs? Yes,

automation is critical to us.

affect growth in jobs, but we

sure what role robots can

of course. I was listening

I think as an industry we

believe that investment in

play in the printing industry.

to an address at the TLMI

could all do more to persuade

new technology safeguards

The biggest change in recent

annual meeting just this

young people that print is

existing jobs and makes them

times has been the move from

morning, where a presenter

changing as an industry and

more valuable (and therefore

conventional to digital printing

(a professional ‘futurist’!)

is often at the forefront of

has the potential to increase

and although this automates

cited some statistics. One

innovation and disruption,

earnings for both business

many of the traditional

was this: the majority of

especially online.

and employees).

evolve? No. Evolution and

James Costello, Label Tech Are you concerned about the rise of robots? Will they

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Most print firms take their environmental responsibility very seriously. That commitment is made less burdensome through the add on services that some recycling firms have chosen to offer their customers. One such firm is Dublin based NER Recycling, a company that provides a waste recycling service for paper and cardboard. Operating since 2009, the firm provides an ethical solution for reclaiming and reusing recyclable materials for the printing industry.

Stephen Buckley CEO at NER says “Customers stay The ofrely paper produced bydown the print industry withvolume us as they on a waste good service, it comes is vast. One firm is making the recycling process for to servicemuch and reliability.

We always do our collections printers more straightforward on time. We’re very aware that if we’re late, work at a print firm could come to a halt due to their product not Most print firms takeCustomers their environmental being extracted. stay withresponsibility us because they very seriously. That commitment is made less burdensome know we deliver when we say we will.”

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Operating since most printers are looking for ways to offset this 2009, the firm provides an ethical solution for reclaiming increase. “choosing our services is actually a great way and reusing recyclable materials for the printing industry. of balancing those increased costs“Customers and creating Stephen Buckley, CEO at NER, said: stay more with us as they rely on very a goodcompetitive”. service. It comes down to reps revenue as we’re Our sales service and reliability.

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Customers stay with us because know we deliver when we say we will.”to installation of equipment required for business growth and needs, from quotation With the price of printing having gone up by 12%, restructuring. most printers are looking for ways to offset this increase.

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Future stream map for all commodities that customers have on site. Our services include organising the best way to increase customers’ revenue, optimising collection schedules to suit your unique needs, competitive quotations and installation of equipment required for business growth and restructuring.”

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BELOW: A future RTE presenter, Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh RIGHT: John and Paul Vaughan from Tara, bringing in the hay

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ABOVE LEFT: David Bowie at Slane Castle 1987, by Seamus Farrelly. ABOVE RIGHT: Randal Plunkett, Lord Dunsany, Nora Owen, Minister for Justice and Canadian detective, Denis Bergeron, at the 1995 return of Van Dyck paintings stolen from the castle five years earlier.

BELOW: Kathleen Lynch from Trim won £100,000 in the early days of the National Lottery, in January 1988

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