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Rainer Kirschke: Big Data and growth opportunities
Rainer Kirschke, Business Manager Mobile Publishing at Agfa Graphic wrote a blog post about the reasons why Big Data can become more important for our industry over the next couple of years. One of the most important reasons is the fact that Big Data can be the motor for improved user engagement. Rainer does not…
Lees meerPrinting paper with UV light
Thanks to an especially developed coating it is now possible to repeatedly print paper with uv light. Chinese scientists developed the coating made from 2 types of nanoparticles, Prussian blue and titanium dioxide. By mixing the two and spraying it onto paper a blue colour appears. When the paper is exposed to uv light, the…
Lees meerLimex: “paper” made from limestone
Times Bridge Management (TBM) together with Japanese printer Toppan Printing developed an alternative for paper and plastic: Limex. The source materials for Limex are limestone and polyethylene (20%). It is supposed to be environmentally friendly because limestone is amply available (in comparison to wood) and because the production process does not require large amounts of…
Lees meerGuetzli: Google´s smart solution for reducing images
Google has developed a method to reduce images by a third. With Guetzli websites will load quicker whilst not losing any image quality, according to Google. Guetzli (cookie in Swiss) is an open source solution which is available free of charge for developers and users. For websites such as blokboek.com the “cookie” would be of great benefit…
Lees meerPDF Aktuell 107: PDF Days Europe Agenda, preview of PDF 2.0 and more PDF news
Stephan Jaeggi´s PDF newsletter no. 107 is again full of PDF news. Various items, from a rating of the PDFX-ready tools to a preview of the new PDF 2.0 version, in this unmissable newsletter which can be read via this link.
Lees meerBigger and bolder than ever before: Mimaki Europe at FESPA 2017
Mimaki Europe has two stands at FESPA: one dedicated to textiles, the other to Sign & Display, Industrial Print and 3D Mimaki, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutting systems, today announced that it will have its biggest presence ever at FESPA 2017 with two stands totalling 534 square…
Lees meerDe Groot in the Netherlands: Eight-colour KBA Rapida 106 replaces 2 machines
Anton De Groot, managing director of the print company of the same name, is extremely satisfied with the investment in an eight-colour KBA Rapida 106 with simultaneous plate changing for his production facility in the picturesque Dutch village of Goudriaan. “It seems as if the printers here are walking around with a smile on their…
Lees meerPaul Lindström: How to improve print quality of wide format printers – Wild Format #2.23
Print quality of wide format printers is not only influenced by things such as printheads, ink quality and output resolution. In this Wild Format article, Paul Lindström talks about the importance of the surface on which the printer stands, the importance of print settings adjustments per substrate and the human factor, or skills, and how…
Lees meerEnglish version of German MedienStandard Druck available online now
Bundesverband Druck und Media has made the English version of its “MediaStandard 2016 – Technical Guidelines for Data, proof and Production Run Printing” available online. The publication gives clear directions and tips for the cooperation between print client, designer and producer. The directions are based on the international ISO-12647 norm and the CIEDE2000 for the…
Lees meerFujifilm reports increase in sales of its Onset X flatbed.
Fujifilm today announces that during the course of 2016, an unprecedented number of European printers from the UK to Poland, and from Spain to Croatia, transformed their businesses by investing in the ultimate industrial flatbed, the Onset X. The flatbed printer is a product of the cooperation between Fujifilm and inca Digital and is increasingly…
Lees meerCanon Colorado 1640: the first roll-to-roll large format printer with Canon UVGel print technology
For print shops that need a high production capacity Canon introduced the Océ Colorado 1640. It is the first roll-to-roll printer with the new Canon UVgel print technology. It delivers excellent print quality on various media as well as high production. Read more about the new production printer in the press release below. PRESS…
Lees meerWerosys: unique completely automated label converting with lego-line system
Cost pressures and the rising demand for increasingly shorter delivery times obliges label converters to automate more and more. There is a number of solutions, but the approach by four year old Werosys is unique. Not only is the system, developed by Andy Thomas, modular, it has been designed with the computer as the basis…
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