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Wall printing with Zeescape
Zeescape, an Australian company, has developed a print system for printing on walls. This inkjet printer, the VSP1000, vertically prints in high resolution on indoor and outdoor walls of plaster, wood, aluminium, glass or tile. The possibilities are endless. Wall decoration is becoming increasingly popular in the hospitality sector, in offices and even homes. The…
Lees meerAgfa Graphics to launch LED version of the Jeti Tauro wide-format printer at FESPA 2017
The Jeti Tauro H2500 LED is the flagship in Agfa Graphics’ wide-format UV-inkjet printer portfolio. This 2.5m wide hybrid UV inkjet printer with an integrated roll-to-roll system features continuous and automated feeding of a wide range of flexible and rigid media, including several types of corrugated board. As of FESPA, the Jeti Tauro will rely…
Lees meerAgfa Graphics to launch LED version of the Jeti Tauro wide-format printer at FESPA 2017
The Jeti Tauro H2500 LED is the flagship in Agfa Graphics’ wide-format UV-inkjet printer portfolio. This 2.5m wide hybrid UV inkjet printer with an integrated roll-to-roll system features continuous and automated feeding of a wide range of flexible and rigid media, including several types of corrugated board. As of FESPA, the Jeti Tauro will…
Lees meerXitron develops interface for Fujifilm Computer to Plate systems
For users of Fuji Luxel CTP Engines there is now a Xitron interface available, just like for AGfa, ECRM, Creo, Kodak, Presstek, Heidelberg and Screen. Thanks to this new interface users can drive platesetters at full speed and update their computers to a fast Windows 10-64 bits computer. More information in the press release below.…
Lees meerMicrosoft Surface S: the road to a 500€ iPad and Chromebook killer
It very much appears as an attack on the fast growing rise of Google Chromebooks in education, but the announcement of the Surface S can be the road to an affordable tablet/laptop combination. Microsoft will offer its reduced S10 operating system to computer builders for less than 200€, inclusive of Office 365. So it cannot…
Lees meerHighcon Beam wins Red Dot Design Award
The Highcon Beam digital cutting and creasing machine has received a Red Dot Award for its good design. The award, organised by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen is one of the world´s biggest design competitions. The Highcon Beam, designed by Taga, was one of 5,500 entries from 54 countries.
Lees meerNot all blankets suitable for UV inks
With the fast rise in UV LED curing offset printers are not only confronted with the rules of the UV ink game, but also with the choice of the right blanket. The tack of UV inks is different from standard inks and ink can remain on the blanket with disastrous consequences for the print quality.…
Lees meerPrinting in four dimensions thanks to time and heat
It seems science fiction, but it is really possible, printing in 4 dimensions. Researchers have proven that, with the use of shape memory polymers, objects printed in 3D can change shape under the influence of heat. This makes time the fourth dimension. Read the article in Science Magazine via this link, or watch the video…
Lees meerParticipate in the big PDF Survey
For the second time in four years the international Ghent Work Group (GWG) has organised the PDF Survey. A large survey about the application of PDF workflows among as many users as possible. GWG would like to get insight into the way in which the workflows have changed over the past few years, which specifications…
Lees meer3D glass printing
German researchers have found a way to print 3D objects of pure glass. Researchers at the German Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed ´liquid glass´ which can be used as ink in a normal 3D printer. The liquid glass consists of silica nano particles dissolved in prepolymeres. They effectively are mini glass particles in a…
Lees meerMergenthaler, inventor of the Linotype
Ottmar Mergenthaler, a German who emigrated to the US, is sometimes called the second Johannes Gutenberg, because he was the inventor of the Linotype. The Linotype is a typesetting machine for newspapers (later also for books and magazines) which replaced handsetting. The Linotype ensured that the production of newspapers and books was much cheaper and…
Lees meerHeidelberg steals Landa client
Heidelberg will deliver one of the first Primefire 106 inkjet presses to Germany packaging printer Colordruck Baiersbronn. Salient details is that last year this company was named beta site for the new Landa press. However, on a recently published list of Landa beta sites Colordruck Baiersbronn was absent. So now we know why. Heidelberg is…
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