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Meet Creators of Branded Environments and Wayfinding Signage at ISA Sign Expo

February 10, 2025 by Editor

The Society for Experiential Design (SEGD) will hold two full-day educational programs concurrently with the 2025 International Sign Expo, April 23-25 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. The SEGD is a community of graphic and exhibition designers, fabricators, architects, media developers, creative technologists, teachers and students who design experiences that connect people to places. The co-located …

How a Long-Time Book Publisher Retooled Its Business to Handle Orders from Ten to Millions of Copies

January 3, 2025 by Editor

Paltz collaborative robot at Core Publishing Solutions

By Eileen Fritsch The digital transformation of printing that began in the late 1990s didn’t really take off until the Great Recession of 2008-2009 forced publishers and distributors of printed books. newspapers, and magazines to cut costs by publishing more of their content online or in e-books. One company that has successfully adapted to the dramatic drop in demand for …

Press-Ready 2025 Time-Travel Calendar with Color-Logic Print Embellishments

December 20, 2024 by Editor

Color-Logic has produced a visually striking 2025 Calendar for print-service providers that use Color-Logic print embellishment technologies with their digital printers. Designed to be printed with CMYK and white inks or toners on a metallic substrate, this calendar serves as both a functional planner and an elegant piece of art. Mark Geeves, Color-Logic Director of Sales and Marketing, said, “As …

HP Latex F Series Are Upgradeable Superwide Latex Inkjet Printers

December 20, 2024November 21, 2024 by Editor

The HP Latex FS50 and FS60 3.2-meter (126-in.) industrial roll-to-roll inkjet printers for mid- to high-volume graphics production are built to last. Instead of having to be replaced and scrapped as the internal printing technology ages, the HP Latex FS printers can be enhanced periodically with new hardware and software technologies that HP develops. Print-service providers (PSPs) can choose the …

12 Common Obstacles to Print-Workflow Automation

November 15, 2024 by Editor

Worker managing task board with sticky notes

Improving automation is critical to the profitability of modern print-service providers. But automating workflows doesn’t happen overnight. It requires an ongoing effort to integrate the software for use with a mix of old and new equipment old and continuously update variations in job costs and pricing. It often also requires adjusting some traditional practices and employee attitudes. In an education …

Printful and Printify Announce Merger

November 8, 2024November 6, 2024 by Editor

The pioneering platforms Printful and Printify enable hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses to use the efficiency of on-demand production to build their own e-commerce businesses. On November 5, 2024, they announced plans to merge. The merger has satisfied regulatory review and received overwhelming support from the shareholders of both companies. Today the two companies serve hundreds of thousands …

Mimaki TS330-3200DS is a New Hybrid Digital Textile Printer

October 28, 2024October 26, 2024 by Editor

Mimaki TS330-3200DS hybrid sublimation-textile inkjet printer

At PRINTING United Expo 2024, Mimaki USA introduced a new hybrid textile printer that can easily be switched from printing on sublimation transfer paper to printing directly on polyester textiles. The Mimaki 3.2-meter TS330-3200DS prints 4 colors of water-based sublimation inks on rolls of transfer paper or polyester fabrics up to 127.6 in. wide. Based on proven Mimaki 330 printheads …

International Print Day Raises Awareness of of Rewarding Careers in Printing

October 18, 2024 by Editor

On International Print Day Wednesday, Oct. 23, print professionals around the world will declare their love for printing by posting “printspiration” across their social media channels. To join the celebration, use the hashtag #IPD24. This year’s theme is #PrintLife and will show why print can be a fun, rewarding career. According to International Print Day founder Deborah Corn of the …

Organizers of drupa 2028 Announce Shortened Event

October 22, 2024October 17, 2024 by Editor

To meet the changing preferences of drupa attendees, the 2028 drupa global trade fair for printing technologies will be two days shorter than the drupa 2024 was. The 2024 edition of the drupa trade fair for printing technologies ran 11 days from May 28 to June 7 and attracted visitors from 173 counties to displays in 18 exhibition halls in …

Production Sublimation Printer: Durst P5 TEX iSUB with Inline Fixation

October 31, 2024October 16, 2024 by Editor

The Durst P5 TEX iSUB industrial-grade roll-to-roll sublimation printer with inline fixation makes it easier to print directly to rolls of polyester textiles up to 3.4 meters wide. The printer can be used to print soft signage for events, trade shows, retail displays, and visual communications as well as fabrics for interior decor. iSUB fixation technology eliminates the need to …

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