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Vanguard Demonstrates Radnor Hybrid and Harpeth Printer-to-Cutter Workflow

At Sign Expo 2025, Vanguard (a Durst Group company) demonstrated two recent additions to their fleet of fast UV-LED printing systems. The Radnor is a new all-in-one printer capable of printing the wide variety of rigid and roll materials used in signs, graphics, and displays. Harpeth is a fully automated print-to-cut system that transports rigid sheets printed on a Vanguard …

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Adobe PDF Print Engine 7 Automates Prepress Tasks within the RIP

At FESPA Global Print Expo 2025 Adobe announced version 7 of Adobe PDF Print Engine. Thirty years after the dawn of the PDF era, Adobe’s remains committed to bringing advances in imaging science to commercial printers, packaging converters, and manufacturers worldwide. Adobe PDF Print Engine version 7 reduces manual interactions and supports faster, more automated production by combining challenging prepress …

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Durst Expands Its Line of Digital Textile Printers

After acquiring and merging with Aleph, a developer of digital textile printers and software, the Durst Group is expanding into printed textile markets beyond soft signage. As the 2025 FESPA Global Print Expo, the Durst Group announced their new LF GT/GF series of printers. The printers in the series will use water-based inks to decorate rolls of fabrics used in …

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Amplify Print Event Highlights Ways to Make Printed Materials Stand Out

Examples of embellished printed direct mail pieces

Amplify Print, the print finishing and embellishment event, will take place June 10-12 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois. Amplify Print features 3 days of education about processes, software, and design techniques that can make printed materials more tactile and eye-catching. Designers, brand marketers, and production professionals can learn how to add spot varnishes, metallic foils, …

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Roll-to-Roll Process for Creating Flexible Printed Electronics in Healthcare

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Linxens Health experts will be speaking and exhibiting at the TechBlick event: The Future of Electronics Reshaped June 11-12. 2025 in Boston, MA. Linxens submitted this post which explains why the roll-to-roll printing process is poised to transform the creation of flexible printed electronics in healthcare. By Sabine KacedHealthcare Field Marketing ManagerLinxens The healthcare industry is experiencing a revolution, driven …

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S-Launch Software Standardizes Order Data for Automated Print Workflows

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Significans Automation, a leader in customized workflow automation and integration solutions, has unveiled S-Launch software. This user-friendly, fully customizable “Form Builder” can help print businesses standardize incoming order data so it can automatically trigger the next critical step in a workflow. Described as “the ultimate submission portal to get data into your print business,” the S-Launch Form Builder allows businesses …

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Agfa Unveils Newest Additions to Its Hybrid and Flatbed Product Lines

At the 2025 FESPA Global Print Expo in Berlin, Agfa showed the four newest additions to their Jeti Tauro, Onset, and Ciervo families of hybrid and flatbed wide-format inkjet printers. Plus, to honor the 20th anniversary of the announcement of their first Anapuna inkjet printer, Agfa unveiled a limited-edition version of the Anapurna Ciervo. Here’s a quick rundown of the recent …

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SPI 2025: Where Screen Printing Meets the Future

Logo for Screen Print Innovations

Screen printing has evolved well beyond graphics printing. With its precision, durability, and design freedom, screen printing is redefining what is possible in manufactured products. The European Specialist Printing Manufacturers Association (ESMA) describes screen printing as an innovation driver for industrial manufacturing worldwide. To show how screen printing is powering innovation, ESMA will host Screen Print Innovations, a new conference …

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Sign Expo Surprises

At ISA International Sign Expo 2025, I looked forward to seeing the latest advances in printing and finishing equipment. But one of the joys of attending trade shows is discovering under-the-radar surprises. Here are a few things that caught my attention. PVC-Free Adhesive Materials A few days before ISA Sign Expo opened, I submitted an article to Wide-Format Impressions about …

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Plaskolite Adds PVC Sheet with Optimal White Point for True-Color Graphics

At ISA Sign Expo 2025, Plaskolite announced CELTEC White, the newest addition to their CELTEC family of PVC sheet products for signs and displays. The new product is just one of several rigid-media substrates that Plaskolite has developed for the growing number of sign and display companies equipped with flatbed and hybrid wide-format inkjet printers. CELTEC Expanded PVC CELTEC White …

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