Roland DG announced the sale of its 420,000th vinyl cutter

Door Rob van den Braak | 16/01/2015

“We often hear that the cutter market is mature,” said Yuko Maeda, Roland DG general manager for sign products. “However, we believe that the needs for using a cutter, for both professionals and consumers, are still strong, and we remain committed to exceeding our users’ expectations with our market-leading technology. The sale of our 420,000th…

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Two and a half meters of Pantone colours

Door Rob van den Braak | 13/01/2015

Wim Koning, together with CMI has produced a Pantone fan of 2,5 meters long on the Screen Truepress jet L350 UV Label printer. He is so convinced of the quality that there is nothing he likes better than showing people. Anyone who is interested in this super long colour fan can request one for free.…

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NFC tag in BMW advertisement

Door Rob van den Braak | 13/01/2015

BMW will place an advert in the German magazine Spiegel Wissen which will make use of NFC tags. NFC (Near Field Communication) makes it possible to adjust content to specific users at specific locations. By holding their smart phones against the advert readers can download the BMW app immediately. Through this digital interaction potential clients…

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Laurel Brunner: Paper recycling in France

Door Rob van den Braak | 09/01/2015

Laurel Brunner pays attention to Ecofolio on her Verdrigris blog. EcoFolio is a French state-accredited non-profit organization focusing on paper recycling. One of its goals is to increase recycling rates to over 50%. If you want to know about how they intend to use the 230 million euros to reach this coal read Laurel´s Verdrigris…

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Ink changing colour by breathing on it

Door Rob van den Braak | 08/01/2015

Chinese scientists have developed ink which changes colour according to the level of humidity. One use for this could be ascertaining the authenticity of money simply by breathing on it. This would be a much more efficient and cheaper way than previous colour changing methods. The printing of colloidal and photonic crystals has up to…

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Wild Format #5: Printhead Technologies

Door Rob van den Braak | 07/01/2015

Inkjet systems are built around printheads which ensure that ink drops of the right size and colour land in the right place on the material to be printed. Nessan Cleary describes how this happens and what the different techniques are, in the fifth Guide in the Digital Dots Wild Format series. This and the other…

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Video: Landa S10 Nanographic Printing Press Update

Door Rob van den Braak | 22/12/2014

It took longer than Benny Landa promised us at the last DRUPA, but the assembly of the first Landa S10 Nanographic Printing Press has started. Landa explains in a press release there were two reasons for the delay. Accessibility for the press operator had to be improved which meant that the press needed to be…

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Wild Format #4: Colour calibration and colour profiles

Door Rob van den Braak | 19/12/2014

The reproduction of predictable colours and producing these within quality norms is an essential part of the production process of every graphics company. How to get from digital data to the ultimate end product is the subject of the fourth Digital Dots Wild Format Guide written by colour and standardisation expert Paul Lindström. This and…

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Efficient way of printing Christmas trees

Door Marco den Engelsman | 18/12/2014

Printing a Christmas tree has just become that much more efficient. Scientists have come up with an algorithm which makes it possible to print a 3D Christmas tree without any waste of material or time. A 3D printer prints an object layer by layer by stacking melted layers of plastic. When the shape sticks out,…

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Visual keyboards for iPhone in Pantone colours

Door Rob van den Braak | 15/12/2014

Brightkey already supplied visual keyboards for the iPhone with different themes, but you can now choose a number of Pantone colours. A clever way to stand out or to support your company´s branding. Apart from colours and themes this free app also offers clever things such as saving much used texts such as ¨honey, I´m…

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