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Screen Srl installs Italy’s first Screen Truepress Jet L350UV digital label press
Left to right: -Domenico Beraldi (Innovation); Angelo Meazza; Stefano-Rossetti; Marco-Mosca (Screen) Screen Srl, based in Mazzo di Rho near Milan, is the first company in Italy to invest in a Screen Truepress Jet L350UV digital press, confirming their role as pioneers when it comes to adopting new technology for printing both packaging and labels. Present…
Lees meerStonepaper
Paper can be produced from various materials such as wood, rags, natural fibres, but also stone. Stonepaper is made from minerals and its characteristics are comparable to coated paper and is, just like synthetic paper, waterproof and very strong. Contrary to synthetic paper made of polypropylene it has a low CO2 footprint and a low…
Lees meerErrol Morris: typography influences the trustworthiness of content
It´s here in black and white and other such famous sayings: we believe what is printed. Errol Morris, filmmaker of The Thin Blue Line and The Fog of War, has ´proven´ something else. Typography influences the trustworthiness of content. Especially typeface decides if we trust the contents of an article. Morris asked people to indicate…
Lees meerKolor: online game to test your sense of colour
Moro, a Spanish designer and app developer developed an online game with which you can test how good you are at recognising colour. At the end of the game you know which colours you are sensitive to. That is, if you react fast enough……………
Lees meerEFI at Fespa: Focus on complete portfolio for every market
At Fespa EFI focus is on complete solutions for low, middle, high-volume and specialty printers. Highlights are the new Vutek Go app for Android and the new Digital StoreFront 8.9. Vote Go is a Android-based, remote monitoring application for VUTEk HS Pro series that allows customers to: • Monitor real time: print queue status, ink levels,…
Lees meerThe Beauty of Letterpress: Blokboek becomes art
Our name, blokboek.net, comes from the oldest form of printing letterpress, blokboek in Dutch. Letterpress is relief printing carved from one piece. The similarity with blog-boek (blog book) made it even more interesting to choose the name blokboek.net. In the Beauty of Letterpress Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum show that letterpress has become art. 11 Special…
Lees meerSecond Truepress Jet520HD configuration in the Netherlands
The second Truepress Jet 520HD configuration for the Netherlands arrived at Screen´s European headquarters in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. The first configuration has been in use by Nic.Oud Direct Mail in Heerhugowaard since mid January and is being used for personalized direct mail. Screen services Europe, the Middle East and Africa from their head office in…
Lees meerWheat Sheet: paper made out of wheat waste
Social Print Paper, a subsidiary of Canadian printer Royal Printers, has brought a new type of paper which is made of residue of wheat straw. This is waste which remains after the wheat is harvested and has always been burnt in Asia. This Wheat Sheet paper is made of 60% wheat straw and 5% wood…
Lees meerLaurel Brunner: Measuring our industry´s CO2 emissions increasingly important
In her Verdigris blog Laurel Brunner explains why it is increasingly important to measure CO2 emissions. To improve our industry´s forest destroying image, but especially important to hold back authorities from raising taxes for the graphics industry. Read her opinion on our articles page.
Lees meerSmart wallpaper
A research team in Singapore has developed wallpaper with sensors and microphones which can be part of a Smart Home. The so-called Smart Wallpaper listens to sounds and senses changes in temperature. This allows it to cooperate with a smart phone or smart watch. All possible because of printed electronics.
Lees meerScreen launches ‘best-in-class’ roll-to-roll system for Truepress Jet W3200UV printer
Screen Graphic and Precision Solutions announces the global launch of a 3.2m wide roll-to-roll system for its Truepress Jet W3200UV. The new system integrates with the flatbed Truepress Jet W3200UV to turn it into one of the industry’s most versatile wide-format printers, producing high-quality UV print on both sheeted and roll-fed substrates at 150 sqm/hr.…
Lees meerPrint Pakt Live
Op woensdag 20 mei is CMBO te gast bij het event ‘Print Pakt Live’, dat plaatsvindt in The Awarehouse te Scherpenzeel. Met de campagne ‘Print Pakt’ richt KVGO zich op ondernemers, marketeers en creatieven èn op grafische bedrijven om de blijvende waarde van print binnen de moderne communicatiemix te benadrukken. De sprekers tijdens ‘Print Pakt…
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