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As digital printing keeps up its steady march across the graphics landscape, it’s easy to forget about progress in conventional print. In addition to improvements in makeready times and energy efficiency on press, great strides have been made with consumables, especially printing plate technologies. Most attention gets paid to processless plates such as Agfa’s Azura,…

Janssen Repro opts for the Mimaki JFX200 -2513 Dutch print specialist Janssen Repro, based in Nijmegen, recently purchased a printer to print directly onto (plastic) plate material. Research was done, decisions were made. But as it turned out, the printer was too big to fit through the front door. Luckily, dealer Igepa came up with…

It’s not unusual to encounter examples of environmental ignorance or to hear alarming comments from people who should know better. We experienced both in a recent meeting whilst discussing the need for environmental standards in the graphics industry. We were told in no uncertain terms that environmental science is really very simple. We were also…

Last time we checked there were almost five hundred different eco labels around the world. Most of them applied to food and coffee, or soil or some such. But a handful, such as the Nordic Swan, apply to any type of business, including the graphics industry. The Nordic Swan label is amongst the most internationally…

Wesly Printing & Packaging in Maastricht, the Netherlands, introduced a new press last year. A ROLAND 706 EVOLUTION DirectDrive with six printing units, a coating unit and extended delivery. Wesly Printing & Packaging prints a range of packaging every day. From cake boxes for supermarkets to trays for aviation, and all with lightning speed. Owner…

Wow. Hard to get the noggin around the fact that this is the 250th Verdigris environmental blog we’ve written. Over the last five years or so we have covered all manner of environmental matters relevant to the graphics industry. But has it made any difference to the market’s sustainability awareness? It’s no more than a…

For entrepreneurial designers and printers looking to provide new services, DtG is a no brainer because it is ideal for short runs. DtG makes garment design and printing simple, accessible and cheap, especially compared to traditional screen printing. Put a DtG printing system at the back of a web to print platform, supporting online customisation…

Taking the long view can be difficult in business, but it’s especially hard when it comes to sustainability. It’s tempting to look only at one’s own interests, especially for the small and medium sized businesses that make up the bulk of the graphics industry. Most of us are content to let the major blue chip…