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Bringing you all the latest breaking news and in-depth features about the lighter side of print.

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Q&A: Leah Pinches 

Q&A: Leah Pinches

20 May 2013 |  Comment now
Leah Pinches at Tonic Print Production once made a wise decision to forgo bricklaying for working in print. She’s never looked back
Print's Past: How times have changed 

Print's Past: How times have changed

22 Apr 2013 |  Comment now
When we first went to college in Auckland, they had a line of Heidelberg cylinders. We were given a project to print an eight-colour Christmas card on this letterpress, one colour at a time.
Q&A: Peter Haggitt 

Q&A: Peter Haggitt

22 Apr 2013 |  Comment now
The recently appointed national franchise development manager at Snap Franchising Limited wanted to be a farmer or fly a chopper, but was sidetracked by the printing industry along the way.
Q&A: Craig Graham 

Q&A: Craig Graham

18 Mar 2013 |  Comment now
The operations manager at CMYKhub in Melbourne has a penchant for travelling - quickly and on both two wheels and four. If he had his way, he’d do it for a living.
Print's Past: A questionable solution to a misprint 

Print's Past: A questionable solution to a misprint

18 Mar 2013 |  Comment now
We used to make Klischograph blocks. At the Toowoomba newspaper, the Downs Star, we used to mount them on solid metal.
Q&A: Zita Watkin 

Q&A: Zita Watkin

11 Feb 2013 |  Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Active Display Group marketing manager Zita Watkin.
Print's Past: Holes in a story of wooden type 

Print's Past: Holes in a story of wooden type

11 Feb 2013 |  Comment now
I was apprenticed at HC Martin & Sons, who were legal printers and stationers in Chippendale, Sydney. They produced all the blue forms for the courts, as well as mortgages, lease forms, articles of association for people, anything in the legal side of it, as well as commercial printing. We did work in those days for Dalgety and people like that.
Print's Past: How the linotype won the war 

Print's Past: How the linotype won the war

4 Dec 2012 |  Comment now
On the linotype, they had those electric pots, which they call a bulb and bellows, to keep the temperature correct.
Q&A: David Kugel, Network Printing 

Q&A: David Kugel, Network Printing

4 Dec 2012 |  Comment now
It took a “brain explosion” to lure the Network Printing Studios managing director into printing in 2002. That’s strange, because the father-of-two has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology. He likes toilet humour, hates lazy people and enjoys singing on the sly. 
Print's Past: When removals go wrong 

Print's Past: When removals go wrong

6 Nov 2012 |  Bob Wittrian  |   Comment now
One of the big tasks we had was moving printing companies from one place to another.
Q&A: Joe Spano, Sunset Printing 

Q&A: Joe Spano, Sunset Printing

6 Nov 2012 |  Comment now
If the director of Sunset Printing had his way, he’d be a motor mechanic. Instead, he has spent the past 28 years running his family-owned business. He likes his soccer, his sitcoms, his stationery and his soft music. Sometimes he wishes he was invisible.
Print's Past: Even a scab has to work 

Print's Past: Even a scab has to work

2 Oct 2012 |  Terry Mitchell  |   Comment now
If you weren’t in the union, you’d never get a job.
Q&A: Alan Thomas, PrintCity 

Q&A: Alan Thomas, PrintCity

2 Oct 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Print City founder Alan Thomas.
Print's Past: Confusion of press check illusion 

Print's Past: Confusion of press check illusion

3 Sep 2012 |  Steven Jeffries  |   Comment now
I was printing a block in cyan when I was an apprentice. It had four nails – one in each corner. It was a run of three thousand and the boss came across and said: “Make sure you check it because it’s an important job.”
Q&A: Alf Puglia 

Q&A: Alf Puglia

3 Sep 2012 |  Comment now
The manager of Precision Forme Cutting likes nothing better than watching his kids play footy, or better yet, doing nothing at all. His pet hate? Idiot drivers. Oh, and whatever you do, don’t touch his model cars.
Oce machine produces packages for International Space Station 

Oce machine produces packages for International Space Station

7 Aug 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
Océ technology has helped one print firm capture the ultimate untapped market: outer space.
Print's Past: Customers from hell 

Print's Past: Customers from hell

7 Aug 2012 |  Comment now
I printed 5,000 prescription envelopes for a pharmacist. The envelopes came in boxes of 500, so it was 10 boxes. He rang up and said: “You’re 70 envelopes short.”
Q&A Pamela Christensen 

Q&A Pamela Christensen

7 Aug 2012 |  Comment now
The surf’s always up for Fuji Xerox’s national education specialist. She’s from Hawaii and owns no fewer than eight surfboards. Some people reckon she looks like former ‘lifesaver’ Pamela Anderson.
Q&A: Kelly Bourke, SOS Print & Media Group 

Q&A: Kelly Bourke, SOS Print & Media Group

11 Jun 2012 |  Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Print & Media Group sales manager Kelly Bourke.
Q&A: Debbie Burgess, Bright Print Group 

Q&A: Debbie Burgess, Bright Print Group

1 May 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Bright Print Group director Debbie Burgess.
Q&A: Paul Cavalier, Print Storm 

Q&A: Paul Cavalier, Print Storm

1 Apr 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Print Storm founder Paul Cavalier.
Q&A: Carl Mendelle, Discus Digital Print 

Q&A: Carl Mendelle, Discus Digital Print

1 Mar 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Discus Digital Print founder Carl Mendelle.
Q&A: David Downie, Kosdown Printing 

Q&A: David Downie, Kosdown Printing

1 Feb 2012 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Kosdown Printing director David Downie.
Q&A: David Holihan, Rotary Offset  

Q&A: David Holihan, Rotary Offset

1 Dec 2011 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Rotary Offset sales director David Holihan.
Q&A: Seth Watts, New Litho 

Q&A: Seth Watts, New Litho

1 Nov 2011 |  Nick Bendel  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with New Litho managing director Seth Watts.
Q&A: Baden Kirgan, Jeffries Printing Services  

Q&A: Baden Kirgan, Jeffries Printing Services

3 Oct 2011 |  Nolan Giles  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Jeffries Printing Services owner Baden Kirgan.
Q&A: Warren Griffin, Griffin Press 

Q&A: Warren Griffin, Griffin Press

1 Sep 2011 |  Nolan Giles  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Griffin Press national sales manager Warren Griffin.
Q&A: Natacha Anich, Worldwide Online South Brisbane 

Q&A: Natacha Anich, Worldwide Online South Brisbane

1 Aug 2011 |  Nolan Giles  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Worldwide Online South Brisbane business development manager Natacha Anich
Q&A: John Budgen, CBD Print Group 

Q&A: John Budgen, CBD Print Group

1 Jul 2011 |  Nolan Giles  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with CBD Print Group's John Budgen.
Q&A: Rodney Frost, Cheque-Mates 

Q&A: Rodney Frost, Cheque-Mates

1 Jun 2011 |  Nolan Giles  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Cheque-Mates chief executive Rodney Frost.
Q&A: Warwick Roden, Roden Print 

Q&A: Warwick Roden, Roden Print

2 May 2011 |  Nolan Giles  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with industry veteran Warwick Roden.
Q&A: Kellie Northwood, Geon 

Q&A: Kellie Northwood, Geon

1 Apr 2011 |  Nolan Giles  |   Comment now
A fun five-minute interview with Geon sustainability and communications manager Kellie Northwood.
 
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