Gareth Ward

Editor Print Business writing about the print industry for 35 years. Knowledge available for hire. Man in the hat. Man with the dog.

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Wonder what impact the ‘inspiring’ shirt design has had on Belgium’s performance v Senegal. Pastels don’t win cups

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February 6: Week 2 of flooded lane and fields on Romney Marsh. June 25: hosepipe ban announced.
PS: craters in road left by floods still need fixing. #KCC put up road closed signs for resurfacing But contractors never showed up #KCCfail #SouthEastWaterfail

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@davetrott Whatever happened to the tabloid staple of sending a cub reporter to fry and egg on Trafalgar Square? Fine tradition lost #phewwhatascorcher

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Hunkeler will ‘welcome competitors as exhibitors’ for Innovation Days next year. It ends the the gripe that has tainted its claim to be the ‘leading platform for innovation, knowledge sharing and networking’ Very welcome move.

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FUJIFILM brings green toner printing to Europe with launch of PC2120, six colour press that with neon pink and green can reach 93% of PMS range and a closer to RGB gamut Comes with other automation features

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I think your carburettor is flooded, sir!

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The #guardian is running a reader test today. It has repeated the TV listings from some months to see whether anybody notices. Either that or the standard of even their subs is falling fast.

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It was raining this morning, but signs of spring on the sewer. #romneymarsh #snowwhiteandhereightcygnets

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@rorysutherland The middle class equivalent of Spoons in Alicante

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Great excitement last week when KCC announced road closure for 3 days. The potholes would be fixed! On the great day, bunting was up, vehicles arrived and at the end of it the lane was opened. Potholes still there. Will Kent claim to have fixed the road?
#Reformfail #Potholegate

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@hjluks 25 years ago on the basis of an X-ray (no MRI available) the orthopedic surgeon explained his plan. That afternoon the physio at the same hospital said forget that, does these exercises instead. Took time but worked. Only now has the problem recurred.

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BREAKING . Can you run an inkjet press with litho inks? Yes say university scientists. Huge implications for industry! https://t.co/8xQMaQHunS

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This is the technology the world of print has been waiting for. It just didn’t know it.

https://t.co/0A6LVOkzUG

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Sunset over #RomneyMarsh on Saturday evening just 2 hours after a deluge of biblical proportions.

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Butterfly on 1 November.

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@TonyBurke2010 For the record: Eric Bemrose, gravure printer in Liverpool, was part of Murdoch empire. Printed colour sections for newspapers because Wapping presses could at the time, only print b&w. Bemrose, security printer in Derby, was separate company.

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You’ve got to love LinkedIn when it serves up ‘love to see you at the Print Show’ posts two weeks after the show closed #ineffectivemessaging #Oooops

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There are nine machines for applying toppings to pizzas at the #ppma show at the NEC this week. Just across from #theprintshow at same venue. Just saying

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Tried to research the impact of US tariffs on my phone. The phone crashed and is bricked and the words Don’t Panic appeared on the screen.

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Elon Musk working on an inkjet printer to work on Mars. Print Business exclusive report. https://t.co/riAZJSNPdj