Editor A trend report “Hello, Print in a Digital World 2018” illustrates more than 70 creative ways brands are combining the tactile, sensory nature of print with the real-time technological powers of digital. Thanks to augmented reality technologies or specialty inks, printed billboards, posters, magazine ads, and packages are serving as platforms to more engaging and immersive digital experiences. The report was …
The Wallpen E1 vertical inkjet printer by Wallpen GmbH uses Xaar inkjet technology and UV-curable inks to print large pictures and graphics directly on indoor and outdoor walls and other vertical surfaces. It prints in brilliant, durable and high-definition colors directly onto a wide variety of substrates including plaster, wallpaper, wood, stone, plastic, tiles, glass, metal and concrete. The Wallpen can …
International Print Day is an ideal time to discuss three interactive print projects that demonstrate how printed pages can be linked to rich, online media. At the Print 17 show in September, I picked up two books and a magazine that use three different link technologies and apps to showing how printed pages can be connected to video, motion graphics, …
At Label Expo Europe 2017, Screen staged the official commercial launch of the versatile Truepress Jet L350UV+LM inkjet label printing system. With its low-migration (LM) inks, the Truepress Jet L350UV+LM can help label converters meet the growing demand for small to medium-length runs of printed food labels. The ongoing diversification of consumer preferences has stimulated sustained growth …
Durst is presenting the latest addition to its Tau 330 Series of single-pass UV inkjet label presses at Labelexpo 2017, September 24-28 in Brussels. The Tau 330 RSC features a 13-inch (330 mm) print width and 8 color stations (CMYK+W+OVG). With newly designed high-pigment inks, the press delivers flexo-like print quality with close to 98 percent coverage of the Pantone …
Epson America has introduced its latest SureColor dye sublimation inkjet printer for polyester textiles and apparel. The new 64-inch Epson SureColor® F9370 delivers industrial-level production with speeds of up to 1,169 square feet/hour. It is designed to support high-speed, economical medium- to large-volume dye-sublimation transfer printing for applications such as fabric production, customized promotional products, soft signage, cut-and-sew sports apparel, …
Engineered Printing Solutions (EPS), a leading manufacturer of custom industrial inkjet printers, is launching the Roto-JET direct-to-object inkjet printer at Pack Expo 2017, September 25-27 in Las Vegas. The multi-color, UV-LED, high-resolution inkjet printer is designed specifically for decorating cylindrical objects – including bottles, tapered pint glasses, souvenir plastic cups, and flat-walled bottles. The EPS Roto-JET is ideal for wineries, breweries, …
All the hype about advanced digital printing equipment obscures the fact that most high-volume print jobs are still produced on offset, flexographic, and gravure printing presses. While these analog printing methods are considered mature, the newest systems incorporate technologies and automation that make them more competitive with production digital presses. So when print companies decide to replace their older analog presses, …
At the PRINT 17 show in Chicago September 10-14, Dr. Harvey Levenson and John Parsons will introduce a new approach to book publishing. They will unveil a prototype of the next edition of Levenson’s highly regarded textbook, “Introduction to Graphic Graphic Communication.” The prototype book will use Ricoh’s Clickable Paper Technology to trigger related digital content and interaction with the …
This month, I had the privilege of interviewing Sean Broihier, CEO of Pixels, a technology and lifestyle company based in Santa Monica, California. Sean is a brilliant e-commerce entrepreneur. Over the past 10 years, he has quietly built global print on demand (POD) marketplaces through which more than 15 million images from 500,000 artists, photographers, and designers can be printed …