The end of moving inkjet heads

Door Marco den Engelsman | 15/04/2015

The completely refurbished HP Experience Centre in Barcelona was the location for the introduction of new large format printers without the moving inkjet heads. HP Pagewide Technology consists of a vast number nozzles on a stationary printhead that spans the paper. The paper moves, the printhead doesn´t. It is the same technology used for wide…

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Drytac ReTac permanently peelable films for decorating

Door Rob van den Braak | 07/04/2015

PVC film which can be used for decoration once printed on large format printers is increasingly popular. Drytac brings two new products to this growth market which are also peelable. ReTac 150 is a 150µ matte white polymeric PVC film, coated on one side with a pressure-sensitive permanently peelable adhesive. ReTac75 Matte is a 75µ…

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Industrial Print Showcase at FESPA 2015

Door Rob van den Braak | 02/04/2015

In cooperation with ESMA, the non-profit association of companies specializing in industrial printing, FESPA 2015 (18 – 22 May in Cologne, Germany) has filled an entire hall with industrial applications for the manufacturing of printed electronics, décor and laminates and automotives. During the Industrial Print Showcase ESMA will deliver ´Lunch & Learn´ sessions together with…

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See ´art experts´ put value on a ´real´ IKEA print

Door Rob van den Braak | 23/03/2015

Content is King, also in art and perfect inkjet prints can monetize this. That is what you could learn from the YouTube video about a remarkable experiment by Lifehunters. They placed an item from the Ikea Art collection on the Moderne Kunstmuseum Arnhem (Museum of Modern Art) and asked ´experts´ what they thought was the…

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Wild Format #11: Flexible Materials Finishing

Door Rob van den Braak | 18/03/2015

How do you process wide format prints on flexible materials into an end product. How do you cut, paste and wrap these kinds of materials. Nessan Cleary explains how in the Wild Format Guide #11 as well as what you need to pay attention to and which possibilities are available. Download the guide via the Blokboek.com downloads…

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Screen brings high-speed wide format printing to France

Door Rob van den Braak | 04/03/2015

In response to significant interest in its range of Truepress Jet wide format UV inkjet printers across France, SCREEN is pleased to announce that it has appointed Jean-Philippe Martinez as Wide Format Business Development Manager to head up its sales operations across the country. “SCREEN has built a fantastic reputation for its technology and has…

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Wild Format #10: Substrates

Door Rob van den Braak | 25/02/2015

The number of substrates which can be used for wide format printing are infinite. Nessan Cleary explains which substrate is best suited to which application in the Wild Format Guide #10, downloadable via the Blokboek.com downloads page.

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A growing share in sign market for Multicopy

Door Marco den Engelsman | 24/02/2015

 The Multicopy Eindhoven location has seen a growing interest from customers in sign products. The campaign “Make it Big with Multicopy” has made sure that apart from the normal printing services customers are now also getting their wide format campaigns produced by “The Communication Company”. The Eindhoven location produces these sign products with the Roland…

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Wild Format Guide #9: Sign Design Software

Door Rob van den Braak | 21/02/2015

Standard software is available for wide format printing. But, software packages especially designed for wide format printing with more options are also available. Nessan Clearly lists them in the Wild Format Guide #9. Download the guide via the Blokboek.com downloads page.  

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