Rob van den Braak
Content is King, also in art and perfect inkjet prints can monetize this. That is what you could learn from the YouTube video about a remarkable experiment by Lifehunters. They placed an item from the Ikea Art collection on the Moderne Kunstmuseum Arnhem (Museum of Modern Art) and asked ´experts´ what they thought was the value of this IKE Andrews ´painting´. Watch the hilarious video on our video page.
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Heidelberg does not put all its digital eggs in one basket. It signed an agreement with Landa for nanographic presses, works together with Ricoh to add their printers to the Prinect Workflow, offers industrial printers with the Linoprint C series and is developing a digital label printer together with Gallus and Fujifilm. Now they are announcing a cooperation with Fujifilm to manufacture a B1 sized inkjet sheetfed press. All under the name Time for Digital. Whether the market leader in offset presses is in time to catch up with this digital move remains to be seen and we will have to wait for the DRUPA 2016 to see which presses they will show.
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Screen zal tijdens de Fespa 2015 in Keulen de high-speed, 150 m2/uur Truepress Jet W3200HS tonen met een rol-tot-rol optie. De W3200UV is een zes kleuren plus hoog opaque wit printer die materiaal tot een maximale breedte van 3,2 meter verwerkt. De met automatische cleaning en nozzle mapping uitgeruste groot formaat printer is ook beschikbaar in een standaardversie die 85 m2/uur verwerkt. Tijdens de Fespa, 18 t/m 22 mei, zal de Truepress JetW3200 een aantal uitdagende opdrachten printen waaronder 5 en 7 laags backlit materialen en lenticular opdrachten. Meer informatie over de W3200 vind je via deze link of bekijk de Truepress Jet W3200HS YouTube movie via deze link.
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The Save the Memory Project is a project sponsored by Ricoh working to return damaged photos to the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011. With the help of Ricoh products and software more than 400,000 photos which were found in the area by volunteers are being digitalised, restored and catalogued. More than 500 volunteers have already given back 100,000 photos to their rightful owners. Read more about this special project via this link.
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Since the worldwide paper production is decreasing the recyclable paper is becoming scarce. Demand exceeds supply. This means that paper manufacturers need to cut trees to produce paper. According to a press release by PPI the amount of recycled printed paper in Finland has decreased by 10% every year since 2008. According to Kyösti Pöyry, CEO of paper manufacturer Paperinkeräys Oy the inferior quality is also a problem. Read the whole story about this remarkable trend on PPI magazine via this link.
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SCREEN demonstrates the superb capability and flexibility of the latest high-speed 150sqm/hr Truepress Jet W3200HS UV flatbed printer at FESPA 2015 (Stand U20/Hall 6, 18-22 May in Cologne). Plus, for the first time worldwide, visitors will see the new 3.2m wide roll-to-roll option which turns the Truepress Jet W3200UV into one of the industry’s most versatile machines capable of handling a variety of flexible and rigid materials.
A joint development between SCREEN and its subsidiary company Inca Digital, the Truepress Jet W3200UV printer is a six colour + white device designed to meet the demands of the POS, signage and decor markets today. It has the ability to print onto a wide range of rigid and flexible media up to 3.2 x 1.6m in size and up to a maximum 50mm thickness. Using vibrant Truepress inks including high-opacity white, light cyan and light magenta, the Truepress Jet W3200UV delivers high-definition, wide-colour gamut print quality with excellent resistance to the bending and cutting of a variety of print substrates. To ensure maximum quality, reliability and production uptime, the printer features automatic cleaning and nozzle mapping.
During the show SCREEN will print a variety of challenging graphics so visitors can see the printer’s ability to produce smooth tints, vivid colours and sharp 4pt text. The aim is not only to demonstrate the printer’s significant 150 sqm/hr productivity at great quality, but also how easy it is to print high-value products, including 5 and 7-layer multi-layer backlit and day/night graphics and accurate 75lpi lenticulars at over 50sqm/hr.
The Truepress Jet W3200UV is available in both standard (85sqm/hr) and high-speed (150 sqm/hr) versions and users can easily upgrade from standard to high speed as the needs of their business grows. Both models are supplied as standard with the Caldera GrandRIP+, including the EasyMEDIA option for ICC profiles. Integration to a range of other workflows is also available.
VIGC BOPE 2025: Redefining print. Success in a digital world. Met o.a. Peter Luit als gesprekleider binnen het panelgesprek ‘Platformeconomie, kansen voor grafimedia bedrijven?’
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