Research: Print professionals communicate digitally

How do print professionals communicate? Duomedia asked 100 European professionals in the print media industry. The results were quite interesting. It appears that trade fairs are still the most important way of communicating, especially when making plans for investments, closely followed by conferences and magazine articles. Of these articles, business cases score best. Best practices also…

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Digital more economic at 115,000 labels

Not so long ago common knowledge was that smaller quantities were less expensive to produce digitally. However, it appears that also larger quantities of labels are more economic than conventional techniques. One example is a 70×155 mm label printed on the Screen Truepress Jet L350UV. Very detailed calculations show that the break even point between…

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

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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Second Drupa Trends Report: our industry is optimistic

The second Drupa Trends Report has very positive numbers for our industry. No less than 48% of companies who participated in this research thought that their economic situation will improve in the coming years. Only 7% has a pessimistic view of this. Turnover (39% is expecting growth) and margins (16% expect an increase) are less…

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Golden colour edged Dutch dictionary 

In honour of the 150th anniversary of Van Dale, the Van Dale pocket dictionaries Dutch, English, French and German have received a festive look.  A golden colour edged celebratory limited edition will be available from today. The pictures show how the books have been produced. Publisher Jaap Parqui: “I didn´t know it, but colour edging…

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Amazon wants to 3D print order en route to customer

American webshop Amazon has submitted a patent for what might become a ´mobile factory´: a truck which would print the product with a 3D printer en route to its customers. In other words, you order, the truck leaves for your address and during the trip the product is being printed using a 3D printer. Amazon…

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Grafische Groep Matthys wins Invercote Award 2015

The Grafische Groep Matthys (Turnhout, Belgium) recently won the international Invercote Award 2015 in the ´Best Design´ category for their exclusive luxury folding carton packaging for saffron. “This prize is a recognition for the special products made in Turnhout using the innovative in-line cold foil printing process.” Using this technique they make luxury graphics products for…

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D.I.N., a new way of B2B marketing in our digital world

Digital Industry Network, D.I.N. is a new buzzword for a combination of business to business marketing techniques connected to each other because of the use of the internet. According to techmarketing expert Andy McCartney the combination of social media activities, web portals and newsletters replace the old B2B sales model of marketing and sales visits.…

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Adobe Summit and why it´s not just about digital marketing

On 29 and 30 April the ICC ExCel in London will be the stage for the Adobe EMEA Digital Marketing Conference. For just about 1000 Euros marketing specialists will receive information about trends in the digital world. That´s quite a lot, 549 Euro per training, travel and accommodation in Swinging London hotel not yet included.…

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9353 kilometres of photo books, made by Albelli

Albelli has reached an important milestone: 1 million unique customers have captured their memories in a photo product. This means that Albelli has welcomed 411 clients daily since their start in June 2008. The pages of all books together come to 9353 kilometers, 43 times the length of an A2. In 2008 Albelli already had 48,886…

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Gmund retail image spots video 2015: paper is a modern medium

In their retail image spots video paper manufacturer Gmund shows that paper is a modern medium. The images are a combination of traditional paper manufacturing, modern techniques and young people who present a type of paper which fits their lifestyle, show that paper can be a modern medium. Watch the Gmund video on the Blokboek.com video page. …

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The road to Fame and Fortune: FESPA Awards 2015

The FESPA Awards can be the road to fame and fortune for any creative communicator. The Awards are open to anyone, you do not have to be a FESPA member and any application, digital, print, sign or hybrid can compete for this much desired prize. No less than 21 categories from Point of Sale to…

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