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.
Recent articles for Steve Crowe
Historic firm with focus on the future
From its early beginnings in regional newspapers to its recent track record of acquisitions, the Sydney-based printer has had an ...
Smarter shopping
You don’t want to bust the budget in pre-press purchasing, but while cheap and cheerful plates can carry the lowest price tag, there’s ...
Keep print green upfront
New plate technologies mean the pre-press department has never been more sustainable, though questions over cost and performance remain, ...
On track to win the race to the bottom
As print prices continue to plummet, getting the right margin on work could mean the difference between business longevity and becoming ...
Adding value or adding a margin?
Few topics polarise the industry as much as print management. Have brokers really reinvented their service offering or do all the old ...
Offshore horizons
The march of print being outsourced to Asia may not be all it is assumed. Steve Crowe talks to printers and clients to separate the ...
Stock standards
In the process to meet ISO 12647-2 standards, printers need to consider many things,not least of these is the paper, discovers Steve Crowe.
Gone fishing for finance
The economic rebound has been slow going and credit markets remain tight, making finance elusive for many printing companies, industry ...
Studying printing’s sustainability shift
As the global community continues to search its soul over its environmental track record, Phillip Lawrence talks to Steve Crowe about ...
Gunning for growth amid the downturn
While most print companies were ducking for cover in 2009, Pettaras Press made large investments in both technology and infrastructure, ...
Print’s great Body of Work
The Body of Work is one print job that really stands out from the crowd. Steve Crowe takes a look.
Pinnacle reaches new digital heights
A Melbourne commercial printer has taken on digital printing to better service client expectations.
Cutting in at the beach
A Sydney trade services company is building on early success through the simple strategy of customer service. Steve Crowe went to ...
Konica Minolta opens new headquarters in Sydney
Konica Minolta Australia opened its new Australian headquarters in Sydney on Friday.
JPE to tackle digital future at AGM
Steve Ball, production workflow manager at Fuji Xerox Australia, will be the special guest speaker at the Junior Printing Executives ...
Graph Pak takes on Iberica agency
Graph Pak has added well known manufacturing company Iberica AG to its growing list of agencies in Australasia.
NIPPA conference warned of crisis down the track
At the Network of In-Plant Print Professionals Australasia (NIPPA) annual conference being held in Hobart this week, delegates were told ...
Moran and Yeates score LIA Graduate Awards
Anna Moran and Pascale Yeates have taken top honours at the biennial LIA National Graduate Recognition Awards, held on Friday night at ...
Ferag brings newspaper publishers back into the fold
Ferag has used its annual media day to unveil its latest technology development: a folding system for newspapers that generates a third ...
Seidl leaves Dainippon Screen Australia
Dainippon Screen Australia general manager Gary Seidl has been made redundant after a tenure of more than 20 years at the company.