Screen Truepress Jet L350UV+LM Can Print Food Labels and More

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 … Read more

Durst Showcases 8-Color Tau 330 RSC UV Single Pass Inkjet Label Press

Durst Tau 330 RSC

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 … Read more

Epson Introduces Next-Generation SureColor Dye-Sublimation Inkjet Printer

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, … Read more

Direct-to-Object Printer for Bottles, Glasses, and Cups Debuts at Pack Expo

EPS Roto JET

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 … Read more

Innovative RMGT Offset Press Will Run at PRINT 17

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 … Read more

Interactive Book Printed on Clickable Paper Will Debut at PRINT 17

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 … Read more

Pixels Expands Global Print-on-Demand Marketplace with Conde Nast Partnership

Pixels.com screen grab

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, … Read more

ChromaLuxe Unveils Sublimatable, Durable Flooring

ChromaLuxe floor panels

ChromaLuxe is a leading supplier of durable metal and wood photo panels for inkjet dye sublimation. They also make tabletops for inkjet dye sublimation. Recently, ChromaLuxe announced durable, sublimatable floor panels. Owners of inkjet dye sublimation printing systems can custom-decorate the ChromaLuxe floor panels with company logos, artwork, graphics, photography, or brand messages. In branded … Read more

HP Unveils Latex Print and Cut Series and Two Latex Superwide Printers

At two big trade shows this spring, HP made some major announcements about their HP Latex printers. Their news releases also included some interesting statistics about the global adoption of HP Latex printers. When HP introduced water-based HP Latex technology in 2009, they established a whole new category of inks for wide-format inkjet printing. Today, … Read more

GMG Software Simplifies Color Managed Workflows

PrintFactory screen shot

At ISA Sign Expo 2017, GMG will demonstrate its color management tools for wide-format printing and automated printing workflows. GMG tools can help sign printing providers keep production-ready files flowing to their digital inkjet printers. Even better, GMG tools can assure that the printed colors on the artwork will match corporate brand colors. This is … Read more