Adobe Affirms Printing Industry Support
February 8th, 2010
Following the closure of its Print Service Provider partner programme, Adobe has re-affirmed its commitment to the printing industry. The closure of the Adobe Partner Connection Print Service Provider Program was announced at the beginning of January, "due to declining membership".
John Cunningham, of Adobe UK, said that the closure was simply "just that the official programme, which was created to help with the transition to InDesign, is no longer required."
Speaking of the print...
iPad hopes to revolutionise the publishing industry
January 29th, 2010
This week saw the much anticipated launch of the iPad, the latest gadget to come from Apple.
At first glance the iPad may look like a giant iPhone but Apple hope that this will revolutionise the publishing industry. Included with the features you would expect such as email, calendar, iTunes and App Store, Apple have included an iBooks application.
The iBooks application is essentially an e-book reader program, though it doesn't use the same e-ink technology that devices such as the...
The rise of targeted mailings
January 22nd, 2010
Targeted mailings are becoming more common, and a new report by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) has found that this trend is leading to a decline in the volume in door drops.
The report, which excluded items that are inserted into newspapers, found that in 2008 the average UK household received an average of 9.1 items every week, a fall of around 25% on 2005's figures. The amount of door drop literature fell to 9 billion, down by 11%. The expenditure on door drop items also fell...
New designer joins the eslstudio team
January 12th, 2010
Matt Wilkinson is an experienced Graphic Designer who has over ten years background in the Creative and Publishing industries. Matt has joined ESL Studio from Delineo, one of Manchester's leading Advertising Agencies.
Matt is a Graduate in Design Studies from Salford University and is also in the process of obtaining a Licentiateship from The Royal Photographic Society. He brings experience of working on accounts as varied as HM Government, the NHS, Jaguar, The Guardian, and...
World shortage on xerox toner
December 18th, 2009
Xerox have announced that it experiencing a problem in supply toners for its digital print machines. Xerox who are a worldwide manutacturer of digital printing presses have been hit by increasing demand for certain digital presses. The xerox 700 is one of the machines in question which supply is short.
It is understood the short supply is not just in the UK but global. Kevin Perlmutter (European Head of Corporate Communications for Xerox) has been quoted saying - "It is our number one...