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30 September 2025
Planned Obsolescence: the Phoebus Cartel History

Have you ever been dissatisfied because your smartphone started to freeze exactly one year after you bought it? Or because your printer started displaying a message about replacing the cartridge, even though the cartridge was not yet empty? Or maybe something suddenly broke down right after the warranty expired?   If so, you’ve encountered planned...

Which Country is Best for Buying Printing Equipment?

Many clients — especially from the Caucasus and Central Asia — often ask me the same question: Which country is best to buy used printing equipment from? And each of them wants to buy a printing machine from… From Germany. of course! It’s a logical concern. After all, printing machines are a major investment, and...

Market Of The New Printing Machines: What Is Happened?

The market for offset printing machines manufactured in Europe is changing rapidly: delivery times for new machines are getting longer, components are becoming more expensive, and demand for used equipment is breaking records. What is happening in the industry, why are used machines becoming scarce, and how can you protect yourself when buying? We analyse...

How it all started

I started to study printing in 1989, and had time to catch up with letterpress printing with its linotypes and flatbed printing machines with manual overlays. I studied at Minsk Vocational School No. 32 on Vera Khoruzhaya Street. 7 in Minsk. In those times there was no talk about any adequate quality control of the impression at all.

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