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Barcode´s 43rd birthday
43 years ago, on 26 June 1974 at 08:01am the first product with barcode – a 10 pack Wrigley´s Juice Fruit chewing gum – was scanned at the cashier´s desk in a Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio. Today about 3,000 barcode peeps are heard every second in the Netherlands. Worldwide more than 5 billion a…
Lees meerNostalgia: How the Boston Globe was printed for more than 50 years
It is a unique video, for some of us nostalgia, for most of us an introduction to how newspapers used to be printed. The most remarkable thing is the pride of the operators in their quite difficult job. Watch the video via this link and see how much our industry has changed over the past…
Lees meerPDF Aktuell 109: JPEG2000 compression for PDF files, notes on PDF Days Europe and more PDF news
In the PDF Aktuell 109 newsletter Stephan Jaeggi reports on the PDF Days Europe, explains what the JPEG2000 compression can mean for PDF files and how you can check barcodes in a PDF with ChkBarcode. Read this and more PDF news via this link.
Lees meerEosta: laser printing fruit and veg
You will undoubtedly know the packaging and stickers to indicate if fruit and veg are organic. A Dutch supplier of organic fruit and veg, Eosta, has found a more environmentally friendly way to show this: laser printing. The outer layer of the skin gets a laser printed logo or text. The fruit or vegetable goes…
Lees meerInkish.tv: Power Women in Print
Inkish.tv, the TV channel for the print industry, rightly shines a light on women in our industry. Quite remarkably many work in binderies and that their strong side is in managing growing companies. Watch these Power Women below or via this link. Power Women in the printing industry Power Women in the printing industry! The…
Lees meerPaper industry against Trump
The European paper industry criticized American President Trump´s decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement. Sylvian Lhôte from the branche organisation of paper manufacturers CEPI says that Trump is endangering all efforts to combat climate change. Lhôte also thinks that Trump is wrong in thinking that environmental measures are bad for industry. CEPI´s Director General…
Lees meerStick-on soles
Nakefit are ‘Hypoallergenic adhesive pads’ that you stick onto the soles of your feet to defy the heat and to make it look as though you’re not wearing shoes at all. These stick-on soles are perfect for beach-goers who hate sandals. According to the makers, the pads are anti-cutting, waterproof and anti-slip, meaning they’re perfect…
Lees meer18 unit Heidelberg press
Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) is to install an 18 unit Heidelberg Speedmaster press at its East Kilbride site. The press, a Speedmaster XL 106, is said to be the most versatile Heidelberg has manufactured for the premium packaging market. The machine will be installed next month and will be fully commissioned by the middle of…
Lees meerLG 42,5″ supersize monitor not only good for gamers
If you want to have up to four apps open on a monitor the LG 43 UD79-B could be a good solution for you. With a resolution of 3840×2160 pixels this 4K monitor has sufficient space for a super large image or for 4 screens. This super size monitor which will cost approx 800€ has…
Lees meerThe Guardian will switch to tabloid
Following in the footsteps of many other newspapers famous newspapers the Guardian and Observer will change to the smaller tabloid format in 2018. Publisher Guardian Media Group (GMG) is economising after a loss of nearly 38 million pounds in the past year. The number of copies has halved to 154,000 over the past 10 years.…
Lees meerBeatus Cartons UK´s first packaging printer with KBA´s Qualitronic PDF system
Beatus Cartons, located in Port, UK, will be the first packaging printer with a KBA Rapida 106 equipped with a QualiTronic PDF system. The system does not only ensure optimal print quality, but also checks the print based on the 300 dpi PDF received from the client. The Rapida 106 is a seven colour offset…
Lees meerApple ProMotion: stutterfree moving images and image manipulation
Just like the Apple retina screens have set the norm for screen resolution ProMotion will bring the benchmark for moving images to great heights. With a refresh rate of 120Hz moving images will be so fast that any stutter effect will disappear. ProMotion is important not only for image reproduction, but also for image manipulation…
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