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Search for sustainable pigments
Twenty companies and the Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy will work together in the search for sustainable pigments which would be suitable for ink and other uses. The parties are joining efforts in the KLAC (Colour Application Centre) at the Green Chemistry Campus in Bergen op Zoom. The Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy is a…
Lees meer3Dprint.com: characteristics of 3D print media visualized
Just as with 2D printing, the choice of media for 3D printing is enormous. And, just as with other print technologies, the materials influence cost, quality, colour, strength and usefulness of the printed objects. Bridget Butler Millsaps visualized the current choices for 3Dprint.com. Useful tables give an insight in strength, flexibility and heat deflection of all…
Lees meerRialto 900: Xerox solution for narrow web production inkjet
One of the most surprising announcements during the Hunkeler Innovation Days came from Xerox: the Rialto 900. The Rialto 900 is a narrow web production inkjet solution for companies who produce 1.5 to 5 million impressions a month. Especially interesting is the standard roll-to-cut sheet feed which lowers paper costs and enables continuous production. The…
Lees meerThe difference between a real book and an e-reader getting smaller with an Ikea lamp
Ikea will sell lamps and furniture which will wirelessly charge e-readers, tablets and smartphones. The devices have to comply with the Qi standard. Companies such as Asus, HTC, etc. are Qi standardized. Unfortunately Apple isn´t yet. Ikea intends to sell a standalone Qi charge pad which will allow you to make your own furniture with…
Lees meerThomas Knoll: I never imagined that my digital darkroom would turn into a product such as Photoshop
19 February marked the 25th anniversary of Adobe´s Photoshop which turned the imaging world upside down. From that moment on high investment in tools as sold by Scitex and Crossfield were no longer necessary. With an Apple Macintosh any creative designer who wasn´t scared of the steep learning curve could use Photoshop to create the…
Lees meerHunkeler Innovation Days: the future of printing is digital, automation and inline finishing
The Hunkeler Innovation Days in the last week of February was ruthless in showing the future of printing. Digital printing technology, complete workflow automation from proposal to despatch and inline finishing. Regardless of whether it´s direct mail, inserts, brochures, newspapers, magazines or any other printing, the well visited innovation days showed that this is the…
Lees meerCanon introduces sheetfed inkjet press
A first for Canon, a hispeed sheetfed inkjet press, the Océ VarioPrint i300. Based on proven inkjet technology, the Océ VarioPrint i300 fills the speed an capacity ga that exists between conventional high-end toner-based, sheetfed and entry-level continuous feed inkjet presses. The Océ VarioPrint i300 features patented ink, printhead and paperfeed technology. The machine can…
Lees meerSmart content idea? Win $100K with the Google Cloud Platform Build-Off
Google is seriously busy to attract content creators to its new cloud platform. The company offers smart development tools and keeps the costs low. It has now opened a contest to show how Google Cloud Platform can be used. The first prize is a $100K Cloud Platform Startup credit, but also the second and third…
Lees meerWild Format #10: Substrates
The number of substrates which can be used for wide format printing are infinite. Nessan Cleary explains which substrate is best suited to which application in the Wild Format Guide #10, downloadable via the Blokboek.com downloads page.
Lees meerKodak introduces world´s fastest monochrome production printer
Kodak says to have introduced the world´s fastest monochrome printer, the new Prosper 1000 Plus. The Prosper 1000 Plus can print up to 300 meters a minute with a width of up to 62,2 cm. That is 4,364 A4 pages a minute. The Prosper 1000 is powered by Kodak Stream Inkjet Technology which was also used…
Lees meerKonica Minolta introduces world´s fastest spectrophotometer
Colour calibrating of printers and presses requires the scanning of a test print by a spectrophotometer. This is a time consuming process which results in machine shutdown. Konica Minolta has come up with a solution with the FD-9, an auto-scanning spectrophotometer which can scan an A3 test print within 4 minutes. The FD-9 can calibrate…
Lees meerLaurel Brunner: Processless plates unstoppable
The use of processless plates that do not need chemical processing continues to rise. In her Verdigris blog Laurel Brunner writes about the for our industry positive developments and about how the major three, Agfa, Kodak and Fujifilm intend to make 2015 the year of the processless plate.
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