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3D printing vindt steeds meer toepassingen. Voor printbedrijven biedt 3D printing, zoals printexpert Sonja Angerer in deel 21 van de Wild Format beschrijft, nieuwe kansen.
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3D printing is increasingly more applicable. For print shops 3D printing offers new opportunities, as print expert Sonja Angerer describes in part 21 of the Wild Format series. Read her overview of the opportunities and how to make the most of them on our articles page.
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Packaging waste is one of the biggest polluters. Per person we dump about 30 kilos a year. In Laurel Brunner´s Verdrigris blog on our article page she writes about this sore point and explains why graphic companies, such as Tetrapak with its Tetra Rex fully recyclable material, can help.Verpakkingsafval is een van de grootste vervuilers. Per persoon dumpen we 30 kilo per jaar. In haar Verdigris blog op onze artikelenpagina legt Laurel Brunner de vinger op deze zere plek en legt ze uit hoe grafische bedrijven, zoals Tetrapak met zijn Tetra Rex volledig recyclebare verpakkingsmateriaal, daar wat aan kunnen doen.
Om ook de “onderkant¨ van de markt te bedienen heeft HP de HP PageWide Web Press T235 HD geïntroduceerd. Met een maximumsnelheid van 122 m/min is de T235 HD langzamer dan zijn snellere broers, maar die snelheid kan later opgevoerd worden. Volgens HP is de “cost of ownership” van de T235 HD zo laag dat het ook voor bedrijven, die minder productiecapaciteit nodig hebben, rendabel kan zijn.PERSBERICHT
The new continuous-feed inkjet web press uses HP’s High Definition Nozzle Architecture (HDNA), which was first announced for HP’s inkjet web presses in Se 2015. HDNA has a native resolution of 2,400 nozzles per inch.
The T235 HD is a low total-cost-of-ownership platform for publishing, production mail and commercial print needs. It can be upgraded to the HP PageWide Web Press T240 HD for increased productivity.
“With the introduction of the HP PageWide T235 HD, it’s easier for more PSPs to make the analog to digital transformation,” said Eric Wiesner, general manager of HP PageWide Industrial Division. “As the HP PageWide Web Press platform reaches a milestone of 210 billion customer-printed pages, it further reinforces the market’s adoption of HP Thermal Inkjet technology.”
The press prints at a maximum speed of 122m/min in performance mode and 61m/min in quality mode, which is around half the maximum speed that the HDNA technology is rated for and around 25% slower than the T240.
“HP’s high-volume PageWide solutions allow print service providers to add greater value to high-volume data-driven print communications with uncompromising performance and color quality that brands demand,” said Wiesner. “The HP PageWide T235 HD makes it possible to deliver cost-efficient, relevant and targeted print that engages customers in more creative ways.”
“We found an opportunity at a lower end where we could offer a lower-speed entry-point.
The new continuous-feed inkjet web press uses HP’s High Definition Nozzle Architecture (HDNA), which was first announced for HP’s inkjet web presses in Se 2015. HDNA has a native resolution of 2,400 nozzles per inch.
The T235 HD is a low total-cost-of-ownership platform for publishing, production mail and commercial print needs. It can be upgraded to the HP PageWide Web Press T240 HD for increased productivity.
“With the introduction of the HP PageWide T235 HD, it’s easier for more PSPs to make the analog to digital transformation,” said Eric Wiesner, general manager of HP PageWide Industrial Division. “As the HP PageWide Web Press platform reaches a milestone of 210 billion customer-printed pages, it further reinforces the market’s adoption of HP Thermal Inkjet technology.”The press prints at a maximum speed of 122m/min in performance mode and 61m/min in quality mode, which is around half the maximum speed that the HDNA technology is rated for and around 25% slower than the T240.
“HP’s high-volume PageWide solutions allow print service providers to add greater value to high-volume data-driven print communications with uncompromising performance and color quality that brands demand,” said Wiesner. “The HP PageWide T235 HD makes it possible to deliver cost-efficient, relevant and targeted print that engages customers in more creative ways.”
“We found an opportunity at a lower end where we could offer a lower-speed entry-point for some of those print service providers that may now be entering the market,” said PageWide director of marketing and business development David Murphy.
Source: FESPA
At www.doosjesdeal.nl they understand modern internet sales. In plain and simple steps you’ll look into their ample range of boxes with, for example autolock bottom, post box or presentation binders that suit your company. They have the die cut blades, you only have to pick the finishing touch and numbers. Order your product in no time at all, it’s delivered right away and available in small numbers. Cheap POS solutions and even puzzles for your kids’ party are also available.
A design is easily made with the die cut schemes that can be downloaded for free. For those with a creative streak but lacking graphical software there is also a unique online design tool. After finishing your design all you have to do is upload it and confirm your order, it really is that easy!
Doosjesdeal.nl has only just started but can already offer a very versatile range of die cut patterns and new products are added all the time. Can you not find what you want? Doosjesdeal.nl can also make customized products. They are more than happy to develop a new product together with you. You’ll always receive a sample first.
Doosjesdeal.nl is part of GVO printers & designers, a mid-sized, independent graphic company in Ede, The Netherlands. GVO offers a wide range of folding boxboard, marketing and book related products, all made under the same roof, using state of the art machinery.
Should you have any questions about the products or the process, the Doosjesdeal team is more than happy to help you! Just call 0318 – 545 043 or send an email to: info@doosjesdeal.nl.
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Van 28 tot 31 maart richt Agfa Graphics het spotlicht op zijn brand reputation oplossingen Arziro Design en Arziro Authenticate.
Lees meer over wat je tijdens de Xeikon Café van Agfa Graphics kunt verwachten in onderstaand persbericht.
PERSBERICHT
To help businesses battle against counterfeiting and protect their valuable brand reputation, Agfa Graphics developed high-end security and authenticity verification software solutions which can be seen at the Xeikon Café Packaging Innovations 2017 (www.xeikoncafe.com), set for 28 to 31 March. Agfa Graphics will join close to 40 other industry suppliers to show total solutions of digital applications in labels and packaging.
With twenty years experience in high-security graphic design software solutions, Agfa Graphics brings expertise in helping businesses battle against counterfeiting. At the Xeikon Café, Agfa will present its Arziro Design powerful security design tool and Arziro Authenticate unique software-as-a-service solution that generates secure, copy-proof QR+ codes. Designed for the general security printing market, the ultimate goal of the Agfa Graphics Arziro solutions is to make the job of counterfeiters as tough as possible by pushing the limits of design, creativity, and surveillance.
“Agfa Graphics welcomed the opportunity to be a part of the Xeikon Café to connect with an audience that is highly interested in both innovative digital printing technology and unique security systems for label and packaging applications,” said Luc Bruyneel, Agfa Graphics Business Manager Security Software. “Agfa Graphics has developed a prominent position in new segments of industrial inkjet printing with our integrated prepress solutions, which we look forward to sharing with visitors to the Café. We anticipate that the combination of innovations from Xeikon and other participating suppliers with Agfa security and anti-counterfeiting solutions on show will inspire visitors to consider increasing protection from the growing threat of forgery.”
Bringing security design and brand protection in-house
While many anti-counterfeiting efforts tend to overlook the graphic design, Arziro Design acknowledges it as one of the most basic and important elements of document and brand protection. Inspired by high-end security software, it incorporates the aspect of security into the initial step of document or product creation.
Arziro Design offers a multitude of security design tools to safeguard documents and products from the growing threat of forgery, and enables in-house protection and full creative freedom in a known software environment. The resulting creations are extremely difficult and expensive to reverse engineer.
Verifying the genuineness of an item
Tackling counterfeiters flooding the market with fake creations, Arziro Authenticate software generates secure, copy-proof QR+ codes that can be printed directly on a counterfeit-sensitive product which enables consumers to verify whether the item is authentic with a simple scan using their smartphones.
The tool, shipped with Arziro Design (Plus) also connects products to the internet, thus driving customer engagement and enabling track-and-trace functionalities. Moreover, it gives brand owners access to vital market information for future business strategies.
Applications for Arziro Design and Arziro Authenticate in combination with digital printing equipment such as Xeikon include labels, packaging, tax stamps and security documents. At the Xeikon Café, visitors will see these Agfa Graphics solutions integrated in live pharmaceutical label and packaging applications.
ABOUT THE XEIKON CAFÉ PACKAGING INNOVATIONS
The Xeikon Café Packaging Innovations is a platform offered by Xeikon and its Aura partners, offering the opportunity to understand, evaluate and experience digital production, and enabling printers and converters to consciously make a business decision. Through demonstrations, presentations, workshops and discussions, participants receive first-hand actionable information and advice on industry innovations and trends.
- Date: From Tuesday March 28th until Friday March 31st
- Opening hours: daily from 09:00h till 17:30h, except on Friday till 16:00h
- Location: Xeikon HQ, Belgium (Duwijckstraat 17, 2500 Lier)
- Website & registration: www.xeikoncafe.com
- Cost: the event is free for all attendees
PARTICIPATING XEIKON CAFÉ PARTNERS
Taking part of the Xeikon Café Packaging Innovations 2017 to showcase integrated solutions are: AB Graphic International Ltd, Actega Terra GmbH, Advanced Track and Trace, AGFA Graphics, Argos Solutions, Avery Dennison, AVT, Bograma, Brotech Graphics Co., Ltd, Cartes, CERM, CHILI Publish, Diamond Photofoil Limited, Esko, Flint Group Flexographic Products, Flint Group Narrow Web, Flint Group Sheetfed, Grafisk Maskinfabrik, Grafotronic AB, Highcon Systems Ltd., Hybrid Software NV, Iggesund Paperboard, Label Traxx, Lake Image Systems Ltd, Meech International, Metsä Board, Michelman, OneVision Software AG, Rietstack, Scodix, Sei S.p.A., Smag Graphique, Stora Enso, ThermoFlexX, Treofan Germany GmbH & Co. KG, Tresu Group, Tronics, UPM Raflatac, Xeikon, Yupo Europe GmbH, and Zünd Systemtechnik AG.
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Mr. Toru Miyakoshi, president, Robbert Amse, commercieel directeur Wifac, Mr. Yuichi Ikea, MD Miyakoshi Europe.
Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co., de Japanse fabrikant van rotatie-offsetpersen voor het drukken van labels en verpakkingen voor de grafische industrie, tekende met Wifac een contract. Daarmee is Wifac de nieuwe distributeur en exclusieve importeur voor de Benelux-markt van de rotary en semi-rotary-serie van Miyakoshi.
Speerpunt van de samenwerking vormt de MLP semi-rotatie offsetpers voor labels. Een prachtige drukmachine, geknipt voor labels van hoge kwaliteit in relatief kleine oplages. Alle drukwerken worden aangedreven door digitaal aangestuurde servomotoren. De machine kenmerkt zich door korte insteltijden en een zeer lage inschiet.
De MLP-serie kent vier verschillende modellen. De E-variant met een snelheid van 120 druks/minuut, de C-variant met 250 druks/minuut en de H-variant met 300 druks/minuut. Daarnaast bestaat er een waterloze variant, voor een zeer herkenbaar proces voor de flexo-drukkers, met een snelheid van zowel 200 als 300 druks/minuut.
De breedte van het substraat – en daarmee het te bedrukken oppervlak – varieert per model. De MLP10A kent een maximale breedte van 260 mm, de MLP13A van 350 mm, de MLP16A van 420 mm en tot slot de MLP 13C met een maximale breedte van 350 mm. De maximale diameter van de rol bedraagt 600 mm. Substraten verwerkt de MLP van 50 tot 265 gram per vierkante meter. Desgewenst is de basisconfiguratie verder uit te breiden met onder andere units om te ontlijmen, cold- en hotfoil aan te brengen, units om te lakken, vernissen of lamineren en inline rotatief stansen.
De belangrijkste toepassingen zijn die voor labels voor de voedsel- en drankindustrie, cosmetische labels, etiketten voor wijnflessen en vele andere labeltoepassingen.
Label- en verpakkingsmarkt
Commercieel directeur van Wifac, Robbert Amse, kijkt uit naar het pionierswerk waarmee Wifac de Miyakoshi MLP op de Benelux-markt gaat introduceren. “We nemen de tijd om de mogelijkheden te onderzoeken. De machines zijn robuust gebouwd en door de Japanse ingenieurs vernuftig ontworpen. We concentreren ons voorlopig op deze hybride offsetpers voor de labelprinters.”
Deze machine past exact bij de marktvraag die ontstaat. Oplage- hoogtes lopen terug, waardoor flexo een te duur proces is. De labelproducenten hebben de duidelijke wens om flexibeler te worden, met lagere productiekosten. De Miyakoshi MLP semi-rotary machine past perfect in dit plaatje.
Naast de labelmarkt bedient Miyakoshi met de MHL variant ook de verpakkingsmarkt.
Breed portfolio
Wifac zet met het verder verbreden van het productenportfolio, nog sterker in op de groeiende markt voor labels en verpakkingen. De semi-rotatieve offset machines van Miyakoshi zijn vooral geschikt voor kleine en middelgrote oplages. Voor kleinere runs tot oplages van circa 500 levert Wifac met de inkjetprinters van Durst een oplossing op maat.
Benelux
Miyakoshi is opgericht in 1946 en is nog altijd een familiebedrijf. Het hoofdkantoor is te vinden in Narashino, Chiba in de buurt van Yokohama in Japan. Het is een belangrijke speler bij de productie van machines voor offsetrotatie en flexo. Kwaliteitslabels en commercieel drukwerk vormen de belangrijkste producten die van de Japanse persen rollen.
Het Europees hoofdkantoor van Miyakoshi staat in Madrid. Wifac gaat zowel de MLP-persen als de offsetmaterialen leveren voor de markt in de Benelux. Bovendien verzorgt Wifac het technisch onderhoud van de apparatuur.
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A printer that prints chocolate is still a thing of the future, but Kennislab (knowledge lab) in Steenwijk, the Netherlands, makes it possible to print a pancake.
A paper print we know, but a pancake? Jasper van der Geest is enjoying his Miffy pancake, “tastes great”, he says between bites. In the Kennislab of the library in Steenwijk children can design their own pancake with a computer.
“The design is put on an SD card and the pancake printer gets to work”, says Geertje Tissingh who works there. “The batter comes out of a tube above the printer and the printer makes the design and cooks it.” The printer display shows when the pancake is ready. “It would be great if the pancake would roll off the printer, but for now we scoop it up.”
Jasper is certainly into it “I´m now making a bearhead pancake. Look, they are already preparing everything.” He is ready to attack as soon as it´s done. “The food printer that produces the delicacies comes from the US”, says employee Herma Rijkeboer. “There is also a printer which makes chocolate and we´d like to have that here as well”. Jasper´s sister Carlijn has tried to make a heart. “It didn´t really work as the batter is too thick. I will try another one”. She is now drawing with a 3D pen which is “really fun”.
The Kennislab officially opened in October, but has been accessible for 6 months now. “It was very busy in the beginning, but it slowed down a bit during summer. People go on holiday.” During the Christmas break there were 70 visitors. “Not just children, parents may enjoy it even more”.
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Muller Martini noemt het Finishing 4.0. Finishing 4.0 staat voor de complete automatisering van het afwerkproces, een trend die alleen succesvol kan zijn in combinatie met production printing.
Finishing 4.0 op de Hunkeler Innovation Days 2017 bewees dat afwerking niet alleen in pas loopt met de digitalisering van onze industrie. Het heeft zelfs het voortouw genomen en stimuleert fabrikanten van production printers, digital front ends, en niet te vergeten papierfabrikanten, om nog meer industrieel te denken en producten te ontwikkelen die papier als medium de komende decennia zijn prominente plaats zal laten behouden.
Van boeken tot complexe direct mail stukken werden in Luzern geautomatiseerd, geprint en afgewerkt. Dankzij de uitwisseling van jobdata stuurde Digital Front End systemen production printers van alle bekende merken aan, die in combinatie met afwerkapparatuur van o.a. Muller Martini, Duplo, Kobus, RENZ, W + D en uiteraard Kunkeler, complete grafische producten afleverden.
Meer dan 7.000 bezoekers bezochten de stands van 80 exposanten. Die selecte groep bezoekers kreeg, behalve een blik in de toekomst van afwerking, ook nog een aantal primeurs te zien, zoals de nieuwe Canon Océ ProStream production printer, en een nieuwe versie van de Kodak Stream en Ultrastream inkjet technologie.
Lees verder....Muller Martini calls it Finishing 4.0. Finishing 4.0 stands for the complete automation of the finishing process. A trend which can only be successful in combination with production printing. During the Hunkeler Innovation Days 2017 Finishing 4.0 proved that finishing not only is in sync with the digitization of our industry, but that it has taken the lead and encourages manufacturers of production printers, digital front ends and paper to become more industrial and develop products that ensure that paper will keep its prominent place in the coming decades.
From books to complex direct mail pieces were automatically printed and finished in Lucerne. Thanks to the exchange of jobdata digital front end systems drove production printers of all well-known brands in combination with finishers from Muller Martini, Duplo, Kobus, RENZ, W+D and, of course, Hunkeler to produce complete graphic products.
More than 7,000 visitors visited the stands of 80 exhibitors. This select group of people were given a glimpse into the future of finishing as well as a couple of scoops, such as the new Canon Océ ProStream production printer and the new version of the Kodak Stream and Ultrastream inkjet technology.
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