Andrew Tribute writes a monthly syndicated column that is published by many of the key international printing magazines throughout the world.

In the USA he writes a weekly column published under the heading “Tribute’s Tuesday” by whattheythink.com, the leading online publication for developments within the printing and publishing markets. He also speaks regularly at conferences throughout the world.

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Presentation at AGI Grafiske Dager Conference is Oslo      8th October, 2009 Download (2.9Mb)

This presentation covers the current state of the graphic arts printing markets and loos at future developments to come in this market.

Presentation at HP Open House      14th May, 2009 Download (326Kb)

This presentation given at the HP Open House at O'Neil Data Systems covers disruptive trends in the industry and defines new business models that could be established for book and newspaper publishers and data and transactional printers using the HP Inkjet Web Press.

HP Inkjet Press White Paper      8th May, 2009 Download (191Kb)

White Paper written for HP covering trends in the market brought about by challenges from the Internet and other media, and the opportunities for printers and publishers to utilize the HP Inkjet Web Press to build new business applications to leverage the industry trends.

Inkjet at drupa 08      26th March, 2009 Download (408Kb)

Article published in print-publishing europe covering a review of the digital colour pres developments introduced at the drupa exhibition in May 2008.

Presentation at IGEPA Conference, Belgium      3rd December, 2008 Download (3.5Mb)

This presentation on Printing Tomorrow was given at the launch conference for a new digital supply business of IGEPA in Belgium. The presentation covers trends in the printing industry and the the future potential for digital printing.

The Future E-Reader Market      2nd December, 2008 Download (384Kb)

This article published by WhatTheyThink looks at the potential of E-Readers such as the Kindle, iLiad and Sony Reader and assesses how they will be used. It also looks at the future Plastic Logic Reader due for launch in early 2009. It is interesting to see that current Christmas demand for the Kindle at Amazon exceeds supply. Perhaps there are too many computer geeks that buy without thinking!

Presentation at ADDA Singapore      27th November, 2008 Download (1.7Mb)

This short presentation outlines the industry trends and the challenges facing the printing industry as it moves to adopt digital printing technology.

The Real Impact of Digital Printing      30th October, 2008 Download (4.7Mb)

Keynote presentation given at the London College of Communication (a member college of The University of the Arts London) for their Colour Print Symposium. This covers thoughts on the future of the printing industry and the position of digital colour printing.

Economics of Newspaper Publishing      21st October, 2008 Download (71Kb)

This article by Andrew Tribute was published in the September edition of the Premedia Newsletter - World Edition. It covers the development of the world's largest newspaper printing operation at Newsprinters in the UK, and looks at the economics of this in light of the reducing revenues for newspapers. This is shown particularly compared with the revenues of Newsprinters parent company, News International.

Presentation at Xerox Forum 2008 in Barcelona      23rd September, 2008 Download (1.1Mb)

This presentation on the subject of Managing a Digital Business for the Future was given by Andrew Tribute at the Xerox Forum 2008 in Barcelona. This event, the largest Xerox event in Europe, comprised the Digital Print User Forum for non Xerox users that was moderated for Xerox by Andrew Tribute, and the Xerox European iGen3 User Group Conference. The two events came together for day two of the Forum and this presentation was for the joint conference.

What is Workflow      23rd September, 2008 Download (342Kb)

Article published by WhatTheyThink.com on October 23, 2008 covering the subject of the development of workflow and how workflow today has changed from just the management of prepress operations, to the management of the total working of a printing organisation.

Future of Printing (in Latvian)      16th September, 2008 Download (1Mb)

The scan of this article from the leading B2B magazine in Latvia for SMEs covers the future of print. It was the coverage of an interview given in Riga following the presentation by Andrew Tribute at Xerox Innovate Latvia. (At least that is what I we understand it is about but since it is in Latvian we cannot really comment!)

Inkjet Technologies Moving Forward      12th September, 2008 Download (1Mb)

Article by Andrew Tribute published in The VIEW Journal XPlor European Edition Issue 5 July 2008 covering developments in inkjet technologies being exhibited at drupa.

Build it and They Will Come      2nd September, 2008 Download (406Kb)

Article covering the development of the International Print Media Production Zone in Dubai. This article should be linked to the video found in the Video section of this site of an interview with the Executive Director of the Media Production Zone. This article was published in August 2008 by WhatTheyThink.com

Post drupa Selections      31st August, 2008 Download (448Kb)

Article on "hot picks" of new products launched at drupa. Published in PrintWeek (UK) in June 2008.

Digital & Offset Printing Status and Trends      31st August, 2008 Download (3.5Mb)

Presentation on trends in offset and digital printing given at the Xerox Innovate event in Riga, Latvia on October 4, 2008.

Colour Measurement      31st August, 2008 Download (647Kb)

Article on the different tools for measuring colour published in Australian Printer in August 2008.

Digital Newspaper Printing      31st August, 2008 Download (657Kb)

Article on the potential of digital printing of newspapers published in Print Pack Publish Asia in August 2008.

Digital Editions      31st August, 2008 Download (364Kb)

Article on new publishing approaches for magazines using the Internet as well as print. Published by WhatTheyThink.com in August 2008.

Kill Your Product      31st August, 2008 Download (370Kb)

Article on the EFI acquisition of MIS competitor ePace with criticism of EFI's history of failure in consolidation of acquired companies' products. Published by WhatTheyThink.com in August 2008.

What's Happening to Agfa      31st August, 2008 Download (344Kb)

Article on problems with Agfa in potential for possible demerger. Published by WhatTheyThink.com in April 2008.

Integration & Print Shop Workflow      28th August, 2008 Download (1.3Mb)

Presentation given to the Heidelberg High Performance Club at the Heidelberg Baltic Summit on August 21 in Tylösand, Sweden.