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Change is hard, hard, hard.

Change is hard, hard, hard.

Yesterday there were two illuminating developments in the campaign against microplastic pollution generally and, specifically, in the context of our industry, gitter. The first was an article in the Guardian that reported how scientists had examined 62 human fetuses...

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Squeegee blade profiles

Squeegee blade profiles

Tony Palmer writes a monthly column for Images online magazine in which he responds to printers' technical questions. In the February edition he addressed a question about "the best squeegee blade profile to use." His opinion on this is worth considering even though...

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Share but don’t disclose

Share but don’t disclose

In a recent article in a prominent industry magazine, a writer offered advice that I need to take issue with. As usual, there's nothing to be gained by naming the magazine or the writer, not so much because it might come across as unnecessarily confrontational but...

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Apple iPhone stolen device feature

Apple iPhone stolen device feature

RGCS of Edinburgh has reported in their newsletter that Apple IPhone users are being urged to use a new feature called 'Stolen Device Protection' which was rolled out in a recent update to IOS. You should take notice of this if you use an iPhone or if your employees...

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A changed opinion of passwords

A changed opinion of passwords

I recently had my website developer install Wordfence, a website security service for WordPress sites. We're trying out the free version at the moment on an e-commerce website I own and I've just received the first weekly report. To say that it was an eye opener would...

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Oh well.

Oh well.

So, the glitter and microplastic issue continues! A few months ago I contacted the textile and apparel editor of a prominent printing industry online magazine and explained my quest to persuade textile screen printers to stop using glitter. She agreed to publish an...

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The argument for sampling

The argument for sampling

T-shirts are perfect for sampling. But there's an effective way and a less-than-effective way to sample. The purpose in sampling is to show off the product with the intention of provoking a sale. And the more the act of sampling and the nature and quality of the...

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A Dozen Ways Copilot Can Help Your Business

A Dozen Ways Copilot Can Help Your Business

Artificial intelligence as a business tool, even for small businesses, has burst onto the scene in the last little while. It's one of those tools that you as business owner or manager should at least investigate to see if it can benefit your business. The risk in...

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Older posts are archived

Older posts are archived

For more than 10 years, this blog has been steaming along at the rate of two posts a week. This last post is here merely to explain that older posts are archived and that we only show three-month's worth of posts in order to keep the site current and limited to a...

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