Convertible UV Printing – Do You Think Your Saving Money? Seriously?

While you were sitting in the board meeting or alone in your office this past week studying last quarters P&L, did you determine your company’s profitability by the bottom line or shake the piggy bank to see what’s left over? Were you looking at a realistic outlay or just the balances on the A/P and […]

Océ Phantom Code pushes publishing to new horizons

This invisible ink technology provides added value to printed publications where information required to track and trace items with orders is greatly enhanced and where information cannot normally be viewed on a book cover

Unprecedented FESPA success for IGS UK’s Elements 'green' printer range

Following its successful attendance at FESPA, IGS UK has announced that the launch of its Elements green wide-format printing solutions met with unprecedented approval from end users and distributors world-wide. The company’s Atom printers, which incorporate Epson MicroPiezo TFP print-heads, combined with proprietary H2O water-based durable inks, Krypton Eco-Media materials and Chromium RIP, generated high […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Elements goes on-line in run-up to FESPA

As the final count-down starts for FESPA 2010, IGS UK has announced its new Internet presence at www.elementsps.net which covers the entire Elements range of green printers and complementary inks, materials and software. The immense levels of interest generated since the initial announcement of this truly versatile and environmental production solution has also resulted in […]