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Steve Crowe

Steve Crowe has been the editor of ProPrint magazine for 15 years, reporting on the printing and graphic arts industries here and overseas. He is a veteran of graphic arts and printing exhibitions, conferences and seminars around the world, including drupa, Ipex, PacPrint and PrintEx. Prior to working on ProPrint, he wrote for and edited motoring, music, entertainment, travel, photography and environment magazines.

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PacPrint stand guide: the Power of Print

22 Apr 2013 | Steve Crowe, Peter Kohn, Steven Kiernan | Comment now

From inkjet and workflow automation to finishing and colour management, there will be something for everyone at PacPrint13. We round up some of the biggest exhibitors.

Screen Truepress Jet 520

18 Mar 2013 | Steve Crowe |

Alphabet Publishing can pursue new markets thanks to this inkjet beast, says production manager Keith Moore

KBA Rapida 105

18 Mar 2013 | Steve Crowe |

Evan Atkins, general manager of Labelcraft in Sydney, is confident this packaging press will open new markets and diverse substrates

Amalgamate to accumulate

11 Feb 2013 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

Suppliers are hoovering up software firms to grab more market share and offer a wider array of tools

Roland DG Pro 4 XR-640

11 Feb 2013 | Steve Crowe |

Rosalie Harrex from Graphics@DXD was won over by the quality and reliability of this wide-format machine

These are not your desktop printers

4 Dec 2012 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

Inkjet is catching up and web presses that offer high-volume production combined with high quality and taking share from digital toner and offset presses

Can a single supplier mean a cracking deal?

6 Nov 2012 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

Suppliers say it is best to choose a single source for equipment, service and consumables, but are these deals all they’re cracked up to be?

Offset manufacturers plot a digital direction

2 Oct 2012 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

There’s a sense of ‘if you can’t beat them, join them’ as offset press manufacturers plot a course toward a distinctly hybrid future

Accidental pre-press environmentalists

2 Oct 2012 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

The battle to green up pre-press has already been won but new plate technology will tighten CTP’s eco credentials even further

Next-gen equipment on show in Sydney

3 Sep 2012 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

With so much technology revealed at Drupa 2012, this Sydney trade show will offer an opportunity to see the innovations in the flesh

Envelopes aren’t licked yet

17 Apr 2012 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

Printed post is being eroded by online channels but clever campaigns are proving it is not RIP for the humble DL.

Skills bound up in the past

6 Feb 2012 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

Highly automated equipment can only go so far to make up for the lack of skilled operators working in the finishing department

Feeling secondhand in a tight market

6 Feb 2012 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

In past recessions, the secondhand market boomed as printers chased deals. But the GFC has rewritten the rulebook and machinery dealers are paying the price.

Get it down on paper

5 Dec 2011 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

Handshake deals remain a part of the trade but without a contract, you may be exposed.

The one-stop shop on top

3 Oct 2011 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

Print buyers increasingly want a single touch point and many mid-range printers are only too happy to oblige. But are these Jacks of all trades at risk of mastering none?

Modern tech keeps it reel

3 Oct 2011 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

Cutting-edge developments in web offset machinery are ensuring the old-world mediums of magazines and catalogues can take the fight to the challenge of online channels.

Riding the price waves

4 Jul 2011 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

From regular price increases to unforeseen natural disasters, conditions in the paper market can be volatile. Don’t let surges and swells in costs drown your business, says Steve Crowe.

Love clients from hell

7 Jun 2011 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

Most nightmare customers can be managed with firm agreements and a bit of hand holding. If not, maybe it is time to say goodbye, writes Steve Crowe.

Good news travels fast

11 Mar 2011 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

Digital print’s invasion of offset strongholds has been working to some extent across the wider print landscape, except perhaps in the newspaper sector. This remains a bastion of web offset. While we won’t see a wholesale change of allegiance any time soon, that hasn’t stopped digital invaders trying for a land grab.

Right-sized and ready to rise up

9 Mar 2011 | Steve Crowe | Comment now

For many in the print industry, the view in the rear vision mirror is more a war zone than a pastoral scene. The numbers tell a story of an industry hammered by the global financial crisis (GFC) and still coming to terms with how it can accommodate the new reality of tough economic conditions and tough competition from other media.

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