Durst Group Introduces Open Software Initiative and Smart Factory Portfolio

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Quocirca print-business analysts predict “The future of the print industry is not about a single device, but about an intelligent, integrated, and purpose-driven ecosystem that is secure, data-driven, sustainable, and adaptive.” But achieving a secure, adaptive, sustainable ecosystem for printing businesses can be difficult. Over the years, print-service providers have adopted various estimating, inventory management, and job-onboarding tools that may …

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Epson SureColor F1070 Printer for Start-Up or Growing Custom Apparel Makers

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Epson SureColor F1070 DTG/DTF inkjet printer

Entrepreneurial creators who want to grow an apparel business may want to check out the Epson SureColor® F1070 Business Edition. With this affordable, compact hybrid printer, users can grow their custom-apparel businesses with two popular garment-decorating methods: direct-to-garment (DTG) or direct-to-film (DTF). The DTG method prints graphics primarily on pretreated cotton and cotton/poly garments that are manually loaded onto the printer. The …

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2025 Pinnacle Product Awards for Technology that Improves Printing

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2025 Pinnacle Product Award Logo

Previous posts on this blog have covered the 2025 Pinnacle Product Awards in the Output and Non-Output categories. This post puts the spotlight on the winners in the Technology category. The Technology category in the Pinnacle Product Awards program of the PRINTING United Alliance continues the tradition of an awards program previously known as the Intertech Technology Awards. The Printing …

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2025 Pinnacle Product Awards for Printing Inks, Media, Software and Other Non-Output Products

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The PRINTING United Alliance presents Pinnacle Product Awards to manufacturers or suppliers of innovative hardware, equipment, software, and substrates that are driving the print industry forward. Awards are presented in three categories: Output, Non-Output, and Technology. The Output category honors multiple types and sizes of printing devices. That category is featured in a separate post on this blog. This post …

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2025 Pinnacle Product Award Winners in the Output Category

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2025 Pinnacle Product Award Logo

Thousands of engineers, chemists, materials experts, and software developers create innovations that improve the versatility, sustainability and efficiency of digital printing systems every year. The PRINTING United Alliance highlights some of these advances by presenting Pinnacle Product Awards in three main categories: Output, Non-Output, and Technology. The awards honors the variety of digital printing devices that enable all types and …

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DTF Printing Explained: Why It’s Changing the Future of Custom Apparel

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DTF printing is a futuristic technology. It prints garments with minimal fuss and maximum impact. Until recently, most short runs of customized garments were produced either with screen printing or digital direct-to-garment (DTG) printers. Now, more and more custom garments are produced with DTF (direct-to-film) printing. DTF printing is a revolution in custom apparel designing because the process works on …

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Vomela Acquires PFL to Expand High-Impact Marketing Solutions

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The Vomela Companies, a full-service provider of visual communications and specialty graphics has acquired PFL, a leading direct mail automation and printing company. This move enhances Vomela’s national footprint and strengthens its ability to deliver data-driven, multi-channel marketing solutions to clients across industries. About PFL Founded in 1996, PFL helps marketers automate, personalize, and measure direct mail just like digital …

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Roland Unveils New Printer, Media, Paints, and Software for Textured Decor Prints

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Roland DIMENSE DA-640 dimensional surface printer

Currently, the most common method of building textures on the surfaces of wide-format prints is to jet layers of UV-curable inks and varnishes onto selected areas of the print. Roland DG’s patented DIMENSE wide-format dimensional surface printing process takes a different approach. The DIMENSE digital print solution consists of an inkjet printer, special texture-forming media, a colorless structural ink to …

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

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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

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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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