The World’s First 100% Variable Magazine
One of the great benefits of managing an award competition like the Best-of-the-Best Program is seeing the great variety of work that is constantly being created by our customers. All submissions are unique in their own right; varying in target audience, intent, output, and effectiveness. I’ve always found great intrigue in reading the story behind […]
Market reacts to ’step-change technology’ launch at FESPA 2010
A demonstration of a ground-breaking new development in UV LED curing for digital ink jet and label web printing won technology pioneers Integration Technology Ltd (ITL) www.uvintegration.com record enquiries from visitors attending FESPA 2010 event in Munich last week. Sporting a bright and eye-catching new design concept, ITL’s stand hosted digital inkjet applications printing at […]
Digital printing just got greener
In a world-first, HEXIS has launched a 100% latex digital print film in what is the first truely green step away from solvent-filled PVC. Our MD Noel, is fresh from the Hexis distributors conference in France, where the boffins wrapped a vehicle in this new latex film and he was amazed at the print quality and how conformable […]
Finch Inkjet Pi
Specifically designed to meet the demanding needs of high-speed pigment-based inkjet applications. Finch Inkjet Pi is engineered to provide consistent print quality on a variety of commercial, continuous and drop-on-demand inkjet print engines. Finch Inkjet Pi secures the pigment to the paper surface while allowing the ink vehicle to penetrate for excellent drying performance and […]
FESPA 2010 ATTRACTS DECISIVE GLOBAL AUDIENCE FOCUSED ON FUTURE SUCCESS
Record number of FESPA visitors now coming to make decisions on digital More than 21,000 individual visitors from 130 countries flocked to FESPA 2010 in Munich, Germany, last week (21-26June 2010), looking for innovative solutions and applications to help their wide-format businesses ride the wave to business success. More than half of all visitors extended […]
More Capabilities for Your Money: Inkjet Printer System Features for Key Applications
A good part of our conversations in the proofing development labs in Burnaby is consumed around how to get the most out of a particular system for a certain price point. We are constantly arguing the merits of different printers for different applications or performance needs .We can’t help ourselves, even our lunch conversation will drift […]
Converter Perspectives: Digital Printing in Packaging
InfoTrends reports on the state of digital printing used in packaging and what lies ahead. In late 2009, InfoTrends, Inc. (www.infotrends.com), a market research and strategic consulting firm, conducted a Web-based survey of converters about the role and prospective role of color digital printing in their operations. packagePRINTING magazine contributed to that effort by inviting […]
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 […]
Durst says new textiles printer will build soft signage market
Durst (B1/260) has used Fespa to launch its 3.2m-wide Rhotex 320 and claimed it has created a new market – industrial soft signage. The machine prints directly onto textiles at speeds of up to 70m2 per hour. It is available with six-colours and uses water-based dispersed dye inks. As well as graphics, applications will include […]
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 […]
HP Showcases a World of Creative Possibilities Using Digital Print at Cannes International Advertising Festival
This week, at the 57th Annual Cannes International Advertising Festival, HP is highlighting the world of creative opportunities made possible by HP digital printing solutions. Advertising industry creative luminaries will join HP in a seminar discussing how digital print brings content from the virtual world to life in the physical world. Panelists will address how […]
MTL Print to set higher standards of throughout at FESPA
Israeli wide-format developer MTL Print will present its top-of-the-range, high-productivity wide-format printer, the Meital 304D, to the market at next week’s FESPA. With three early adopter units already in place world-wide, the manufacturer will demonstrate the new machine’s interchangeable print tables and superb output quality at speeds of up to 250sq m/hour, providing a vital […]