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During The Art of The New event, November 21 to 23 at Ricoh´s Customer Experience Centre in Telford, UK, Ricoh will introduce the new V20000 continuous feed inkjet platform. The new production printer prints 75 meters per minute with 600×600 dip and has a very small footprint. Read more about this new printer in the…

Cimpress announced a big reorganisation for internet printer Vistaprint. At the beginning of the year Cimpress decentralised its organisation and 3,000 employees were allocated to Vistaprint. This will be minimised in 2018, but it is not clear yet how many jobs will be lost in Venlo. The reorganisation will cost between $15 and $17 million…

Stephan Jaeggi´s PDF Aktuell pays attention to a year of PDFX-ready tools, how loss of quality because of colour conversion in Acrobat can be prevented and tips for printing PDF/VCR variable data in real time. Read the full PDF Aktuell newsletter via this link.

IPEX 2017 organisers confirmed that exhibitors are reporting brisk business during the show. Exhibitors including: Duplo, Fastbind, Friedheim International Ltd, International Finishing Systems (IFS), Lamina, Midland Machinery Supplies, Ricoh and Watkiss, have each confirmed that they have sold a number of pieces of equipment from their stands. “I am extremely pleased with how the event…

Yesterday IPEX 2017, the UK’s premier and longest running print exhibition, opened its doors to welcome the UK and International Print Community. IPEX continues until Friday and day two promises to be just as exciting with plenty of ‘Print In Action’, exhilarating live performances by the London College of Fashion, the start of the Dscoop…

Offset is, as printers worldwide prove on a daily basis, a competitive print technology which can compete with digital for smaller quantities. Of course, only if no variable data are necessary. The minimum number of copies is contentious, but in general 600 prints is the limit for significant price differences. Offset not only scores on…

German ink manufacturer Siegwerk has acquired Dutch Van Son Liquids. The Germans want to extend their range of water based inks. Van Son Liquids makes waterbased inks. The Hilversum location will remain a production location, but will be renamed Siegwerk Hilversum. The acquisition will not have big consequences for Van Son´s clients. The well-known brand…

Xeikon announced that it will stop its Trillium liquid toner program. Trillium, which was supposed to become the basis for the new generation digital presses, is turned out to be too complex and too costly an investment. Xeikon will continue its current toner systems and its recently launched inkjet presses. We know that the development…