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Mobile First Strategy
Putting mobile at the centre of things is the core idea of British research titled Mobile First Strategy. The research, sponsored by Ricoh, investigates if productivity is increased when using mobile technology. It researches the printing industry and entrepreneurs who monitor the order process via mobile apps and enables customers to place and monitor orders…
Lees meerPrintable paperboard lids for food packaging
Paper manufacturer International Paper Foodservice Europe has designed a paperboard lid especially for take away soup and other hot or cold foods. Contrary to current food lids which have two layers, this design has only one paperboard layer. Instead of small vent holes the paper lid has specially designed pleats to allow the steam to…
Lees meerPizza box as beamer for films
Eating pizza and watching a movie – the ideal combination. That´s what Pizzahut thought. In Hong Kong they now deliver pizzas in a special box which can be transformed into a film projector. Perforations allow a hole to be made in the box where a lens can be placed which is also delivered by Pizzahut.…
Lees meer21 technologies which will change the digital future
Mobile payments, on-demand-everything and virtual reality are only a few examples of technologies which will change the digital future. ZDNet put them together in an infographic which clearly shows what will influence your job and your company. In the case of printers it is machine learning, presses which learn from mistakes and manage their own…
Lees meerLaurel Brunner: why we need an ecolabel for print
Every country and every product group has its own ecolabel. In her Verdigris blog Laurel Brunner explains how this has come about and why we should have our own, international ecolabel for print.
Lees meerWindowsketch: interactive window display advertisements
The Dutch company Windowsketch offers a new type of window display advertisements. Interactive and focused on the people passing by. The ads are projected on the shop windows which have a sunlight reflecting layer making the content visible whilst keeping the sun out. Via sensors and software the window ´sees´ the public in front of…
Lees meerX-Rite Color Data Exchange format becomes ISO standard
The ISO TC130 committee has finally made a decision and approved the Color Data Exchange format developed by Pantone/X-Rite as the standard. Because of this decision we now have one data format for the exchange of colour details between different platforms. Color Exchange Format Version 3, CxF3, is an open standard which stores colour variations…
Lees meerDomino: digital cold foiling
Print manufacturer Domino has developed a system for cold foiling using digital printing. Domino´s K600i single colour inkjet printer is housed in an AB Graphic machine. The K600i first prints an adhesive and creates an image which is laid over with conventional metallic foil after which it is UV cured and delaminated. According to Domino…
Lees meerJoshua Tallent: Different ebook formats a blessing
The different ebook formats supplied by Amazon, Apple, Kobo and others can drive an ebook reader crazy. But there are advantages to this however, such as the use of interactive functionality and the amount of data. In a blogpost on Digital Book World Joshua Tallent expands on why a standard EPUB format is not always…
Lees meerApple WWDC 2015: the biggest news is the NEWS app
During the World Wide Developers Conference Apple put a bomb under the way we gather news. The new News app will be able to interactively put together beautifully laid-out news pages gathered from newspapers, magazines, television, blogs and other internet sources. News turns this into typographically correct pages enriched with animations, audio and visuals. The…
Lees meerApple buys augmented reality company
Apple has taken over a German company specialised in augmented reality. This was announced on IT news site TechCrunch. Metaio was founded in 2003 and its AR software has been used for apps for Ikea amongst others. Augmented reality is made by adding a digital layer of information over live camera images. For example, if…
Lees meerBobst installs first inkjet press for corrugated board
Using Kodak Stream inkjet heads the packaging machine specialist Bobst installed its first inkjet production press for full colour printing of corrugated board. Model AG in Weinfelden, Switzerland is the first to enjoy the (beta) version. The machine has a speed of up to 200 meters per minute and can handle sheets of up to…
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