New range of UV LED curable inks
Digital PrintInk has launched PLASMA PLMF ink range for wide format UV LED curable printers. The company’s PLASMA ink is available in nine colours, including white which Bordeaux says is characterised by high opacity for use on dark and transparent backgrounds for extended application range and offers remarkable terms of performance and strength. “With the […]
INX Digital’s New Silver Metallic Ink Primed for FESPA
INX Digital International Co. introduced several new interesting products when FESPA opened in Munich, Germany on June 22. As the industrial side of the digital printing market continues to expand from impressive growth with business units switching from conventional printing or going into digital printing for the first time, the company’s new metallic Silver inkjet […]
Kodak honored in IPA, IDEAlliance Ink Optimization RoundUP
Kodak (Rochester, NY) ColorFlow Software with Ink Optimizing Solution participated in the recent IPA / IDEAlliance Ink Optimization RoundUP, achieving the best overall ink savings in the test. Judged side by side with 10 other solutions, ColorFlow Software with Ink Optimizing Solution significantly reduced ink consumption while boasting among the highest color accuracy and on-press […]
Starbucks Challenges Paper Cup Waste via Sustanability Design Contest
Starbucks Challenges Paper Cup Waste via Sustanability Design Contest. Yesterday the winner of The Betacup Challenge, a Starbucks-sponsored design contest held to tackle the overwhelming amount of coffee cup waste accrued each year, was declared. The winning entry (see below), which was chosen by a jury of designers, engineers and entrepreneurs out of a pool of […]
Ink Optimization RoundUP – 2010 Results Report
In an exhaustive evaluation of ink-saving technologies, the world’s leading ink optimization software systems were put through a series of tests designed to assess their ink saving capabilities, as well as educate printers and print buyers on the use, benefits and pitfalls of ink optimization software. Ink optimization software works by reducing the amount of […]
Raw materials and the ink industry – More challenging times ahead
People in the ink industry might ask themselves, will normal years of steady Raw Material supply and stable costs ever return? We all remember the “perfect storm” in 2008 when raw material prices were increasing fast on the back of the crude oil price surge, followed by the world wide economic collapse in 2009. But […]
