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The polymer banknote will replace the paper banknote. That is if we believe Martin Sutherland, CEO of banknote printers De La Rue. Sutherland says polymer is “the substrate of the future”. Polymer is cleaner, more durable and more profitable he says. De La Rue is world´s largest commercial producer of banknotes and passports. The print…

If you want to know about the latest inkjet technology and its applications the Inkjet Conference on 7 and 8 October in Düsseldorf Germany is the event to visit this year. With more than 40 presentations, keynotes and in particular networking, all aspects of inkjet printing are highlighted during the second conference about this disrupting…

Inkjet has seemed to be taking over the printing market, but Xerox has invested $35M in a plant to increase its emulsion aggregation toner capacity by 40%, 75 years after the first xerographic print. According to the company this is necessary to be able to supply enough colour and black-and-white toner for the 295 billion…

If you would like to determine if euro banknotes are real or counterfeit, you can use the new app by De Nederlandse Bank (Dutch National Bank). By scanning the note with the camera of your phone the app can determine if the note has the correct characteristics such as ink, watermark and hologram. The bank…

The European Digital Press Association granted two Awards to Agfa for their Asanti Color Management software and their Anapurna M3200i. Asanti got the Award for best color management solutions and Anapurna for best wide format roll-to-roll printer up to 3.3m. More information about the EDP Awards and Agfa via this link.