Dutch printer in Pro Carton Awards finals

Door Marco den Engelsman | 20/09/2016

Dutch cardboard producer Snel has made it to the Pro Carton ECMA Award 2016 finals, in the “Volume Markets” category. For the design of its perfume mini spray Reload asked design bureau Kasper from Ghent, Belgium to help. The Pro Carton ECMA Award is in its 20th year. During this period the awards have grown…

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What the print industry can learn from a luxury bag brand

Door Rob van den Braak | 20/09/2016

Just like the print industry bag makers are dealing with a saturated market where cheap copies push down margins. The solution found by 1Ateltier, a startup that combines digital technology and craftsmanship, is combining quality and intensive internet marketing. The ease of ordering via the web combined with quality which previously could only be found…

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New Xitron Network CTP Interface to be Shown at Graph Expo

Door Rob van den Braak | 19/09/2016

Xitron, the leading independent developer of RIP and workflow products for commercial, digital, and high-speed inkjet printing has announced that Graph Expo will be the North American launch venue for two new products. Raster Blaster 4.0, the industry’s first “intelligent” TIFF catcher will make its debut along with the much-anticipated Xitron network CTP interface, known…

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Tomato boxes made from tomato plants

Door Arthur Lubbers | 16/09/2016

Cardboard for tomato boxes from tomato plant fibres. Not only the contents (tomatoes), also the box is produced by the tomato plant. How is that for environmentally friendly! Any way, it is the winner of the Packaging Europe Sustainability Awards 2016 in the biobased packaging category. The company, Solidus Solutions, together with other companies in…

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Xerox introduces Direct to Object Printer

Door Marco den Engelsman | 15/09/2016

We saw it at drupa. Xerox´s The Direct to Object printer. And it is available now. The printer offers new possibilities for on-demand personalisation of threedimensional objects and is unique because of the innovative architecture of miniscule steel nozzles. The nozzles located inside the print heads are so precise that they can print objects as…

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3 million HP DesignJet printers in 25 years

Door Arthur Lubbers | 14/09/2016

HP launched it’s net inkjet large format DesignJet printer in 1991. The machine replaced pen plotters and revolutionized the way architects and engineers designed large format technical drawings. The original monochrome model made printing easier, faster and cheaper. Later on new colour models came to market and made new applications such as printing of GIS…

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Xanté reports doubling of digitally printed envelopes

Door Rob van den Braak | 13/09/2016

Xanté proudly reports that the number of envelopes printed on its Impressia printers has doubled to 107 million. This was a surprise also for Xanté. According to CEO Robert Ross the growth is mainly from the non-business market. Envelopes for party, graduation or wedding invitations is a growth market for personalisation. Ross expects an extra…

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Are you prepared for the Multi Channel Publishing eruption?

Door Rob van den Braak | 08/09/2016

After the DTP and POD revolutions our industry will now be faced with the MCP eruption. This Multi Channel Publishing eruption will disrupt current business models and forever change the way we publish. Driving force behind MCP is the simple fact that content has become too valuable to publish via one channel only. Valuable content…

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