The 6-color Helix® Hi-Fi photorealistic digital rotary printer manufactured by Inkcups has earned a 2019 SGIA Product of the Year award in the non-flatbed, Direct-to-Shape Printers category. Ideal for promotional and retail markets, the Helix® Hi-Fi prints multi-color graphics and photos on straight-walled cylinders, tapers, and objects with limited wall curvatures. The Helix® Hi-Fi uses UV LED ink and prints …
The Kornit Atlas is a heavy-duty system for industrial garment-decoration businesses. Capable of running to 350,000 impressions per year, the Atlas is being marketed to highly productive garment decorators, mid- to large-sized screen-printing firms, and innovative businesses. “This is a huge leap forward, not only for Kornit, but also for the direct-to-garment printing industry as a whole,” said Omer Kulka, Kornit’s VP of Marketing …
Many printing businesses are already using wide-format printing equipment to create banners, vehicle graphics, signs, window graphics and backlit displays. So, what other types of applications can growth-oriented printing businesses create? A new ISA white paper, “Leveraging the Wide Format Application Opportunity,” provides a road map into areas such as wallpaper, fabric soft signage, industrial products and apparel. The how-to …
Visitors to the 2018 ISA Sign Expo can learn about creative applications of the large-format Massivit 1800 3D printer. The Massivit 3D printer uses Massivit’s proprietary Gel Dispensing Printing (GDP) printing technology to quickly produce lightweight, hollow, 3D-printed models up to 6 feet high. Printing, sign, and display companies can use the Massivit 1800 to create super-sized advertising, promotional, and …
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 …
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, …
Duggal Visual Solutions in New York is an excellent example of how a company that began as a big-city photo lab has evolved to offer whatever types of digital imaging, printing, and ancillary services their clients might need. Over the past 50 years, Duggal has helped some of the world’s leading image-makers communicate visually with their customers and audiences. Duggal’s corporate clients include …
At the Photokina “Imaging Unlimited” show in Cologne, Germany, leading manufacturers of inkjet photo papers and canvases for aqueous inkjet printers showcased their newest products. Most of these inkjet photo papers and canvas products were geared for fine-art printmakers and professional photographers who sell art and photographic prints that will last for generations. Some new materials were geared toward producers of …