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Industrial Print Showcase at FESPA 2015
In cooperation with ESMA, the non-profit association of companies specializing in industrial printing, FESPA 2015 (18 – 22 May in Cologne, Germany) has filled an entire hall with industrial applications for the manufacturing of printed electronics, décor and laminates and automotives. During the Industrial Print Showcase ESMA will deliver ´Lunch & Learn´ sessions together with…
Lees meerHP to use Google Glass for serivce
For the heavier professional printers such as the T 1100 HP uses the Google Glass to deliver service.Google Glass is still alive, but just not actively in the consumer´s eye. Behind the scenes Google is working with enterprises to develop the technology further. HP is one of the development partners as I fond out during…
Lees meerLithrone G37, Komori´s new A1 format OffsetOnDemand solution
OffsetOnDemand is what Komori promises with its new A1, 640x940mm, Lithrone G37. The newest version of the KHS-AI control system handles tight turnaround. The A1 format allows for a CMS colour bar to be included in the print. More information about the G37 via this link to Komori´s press release.
Lees meer1 Juni Mediafacts Uitgeverscongres: Money Making in Media
In DeFabrique Utrecht kun je op 11 juni van een keur aan nationale en internationale sprekers horen hoe er nog geld verdiend kan worden met media. Van topmensen van krantenuitgevers, CEO Persgroep Christian van Thillo, tot tijdschriften, Peter de Mönnink van Sanoma en Fredric Karén van Schibsted van het Scandinavische mediabedrijf Schibsted laten hun licht…
Lees meerXerox: printing with gold and silver toner
Xerox brings a metallic silver toner to market which enables the Xerox printers Colour 800i/1000i to print silver also at high speed. The metallic gold and silver toners which adhere to the Pantone specifications, can enhance prints. Because of the silver and gold toners the prints appear to have a metallic shine which has a…
Lees meerBrother acquires industrial printing giant Domino
Japanese printing manufacturer Brother has acquired Domino. Domino specializes in fast industrial printers for coding and marking. It seems that Brother with its digital plans and worldwide service and distribution organization is the ideal partner for Domino. Domino has been able to withstand the pressure of digital printers with variable data possibilities. Industrial printing for…
Lees meerNew method makes 3D printing 100 times faster
Endlessly waiting for your 3D print to complete will no longer be necessary. Carbon3D has developed a technique to make 3D printing a 100 times faster. Carbon3D does not print layer by layer. Their Continous Liquid Interface Production technique – CLIP for short – uses oxygen and light to selectively cure the material. The printed object…
Lees meerFogra ProcessStandard Digital Handbook: step by step toward printing the expected
In 2014 Fogra published a handbook in which step by step helps digital printers to get an expected result. The handbook which you can download from the Blokboek.com download page is expected to be the basis of the ISO 15311, the digital equivalant of the ISO 12647-x for traditional printing techniques. There is still a lot…
Lees meerBelgian print shop proves that small quantities offset is possible with press automation
With all the noise about production inkjet marketing one could easily forget that offset is still very much alive. Make ready times and make ready sheets can be decreased by press automation. Automation also guarantees a predictable result with much less waste paper. Kliemo in Eupen, Belgium, proves this with their investment in the Speedmaster…
Lees meerSee ´art experts´ put value on a ´real´ IKEA print
Content is King, also in art and perfect inkjet prints can monetize this. That is what you could learn from the YouTube video about a remarkable experiment by Lifehunters. They placed an item from the Ikea Art collection on the Moderne Kunstmuseum Arnhem (Museum of Modern Art) and asked ´experts´ what they thought was the…
Lees meerHP and KBA join forces in an inkjet press for packaging
One of the first fruits of the cooperation between (offset) press manufacturer KBA and print giant HP: de HP T1000 Simplex Colour inkjet rotation press. The press is meant for printing corrugated paperboard packaging. The difference between traditional (offset) presses an this inkjet press is the possibility for variable (pre)printing. In principle all boxes can…
Lees meerHeidelberg and Fujifilm will build a B1 sized digital press
Heidelberg does not put all its digital eggs in one basket. It signed an agreement with Landa for nanographic presses, works together with Ricoh to add their printers to the Prinect Workflow, offers industrial printers with the Linoprint C series and is developing a digital label printer together with Gallus and Fujifilm. Now they are…
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