The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has decided to give Canada Post Corporation strike notices – in other words, they could commence strike action as early as midnight on Monday, October 22, 2018. Canada Post said that it has made significant offers to CUPW that included increased wages, job security and improved benefits, and … Read more →
New research from leading global digital print software provider PrintFactory (GMG Americas, Hingham, MA), has revealed that a current widespread reliance on default solutions could be costing large-format operations thousands of dollars in avoidable wasted time, ink and media every year. PrintFactory’s new guide to Breaking Color Convention for a More Productive Wide-format Workflow points … Read more →
In one of its most comprehensive Duratex media expansions to date, Agfa Graphics North America has expanded its fabric line “to meet the quality and value standards of today’s discerning customers.” Duratex fabrics offer woven and knit materials that provide rich, brilliant colour reproduction. The sturdy yet lightweight washable textiles are easy to handle and … Read more →
HP Canada has announced the addition of Steve Daigle to its General Commercial Sales Team. He brings with him 25 years of experience in the industry and will be responsible for HP Indigo’s full product line in Eastern Canada, as well as HP PageWide web-press solutions. Daigle was previously at Cansel/Cobalt as its Wide-format Sales … Read more →
Pressroom chemicals Like oil and gas in your vehicle, pressroom chemicals are absolutely essential to the efficient running of an offset press. These can include fountain solutions and additives, alcohol replacements, press wash-up products (including roller and blanket washes) silicones (for heatset web presses) and specialty products such as roller deglazers, plate desensitizers, chrome roller … Read more →
Publishers try to innovate in clever and unique ways “It’s nice to see that the printed word is still, at least for now, the most powerful medium for reporting on the death of the printed word.” The Onion, May 2008 Let’s start with the bad news. Arguably no print-industry segment is suffering more from electronic … Read more →
Our tribalism is destroying confidence in objective reporting I have a question for you. Let’s say you live in Ontario. When was the last time you didn’t read an article in the Toronto Sun criticizing PM Justin Trudeau (or anything small-L liberal)? When was the last time you didn’t read a Toronto Star article criticizing … Read more →
Datacolor (Lawrenceville, NJ), a global leader in colour management technology, has announced that it’s partnered with digital software developer Inèdit Software to introduce a colour measurement and selection solution for the digitally printed textile industry. The partnership pairs Datacolor’s professional colour matching tool, ColorReaderPRO, with Inèdit’s proven textile design software neoCatalog. The combination platform enables … Read more →
LexJet (Sarasota, Florida) has unveiled a new HP adhesive vinyl line. The new products will give printers the ability to offer a total HP solution if they’re currently using HP Latex printers and ink. “LexJet customers will benefit from competitive pricing to help them save on production costs when compared to similar products currently on … Read more →
Manroland Web Systems (Augsburg, Germany) and Goss International (Durham, New Hampshire), both world-leading long-time web offset printing manufacturers and service providers, announced that they officially completed the transaction to combine their businesses in mid-August of 2018. The new company is now operating under the brand “Manroland Goss Web Systems” and is currently the strongest supplier … Read more →
Quark Software has released a 50-page 2018/2019 Sales Enablement Trends Report, which details data gathered from a survey of 257 sales enablement, sales operations, sales, and marketing professionals. The new report provides insights into how organizations currently manage their sales content, expected sales enablement budgets in the next 12 months, trends in sales enablement adoption, … Read more →
Digital molding is a scalable 3D printing process that can increase the speed and simplicity of producing plastic parts, allowing designs to move from CAD to manufacturing without the use of tooling. However, it can make parts too complex for injection molding to handle. This disruptive technology – an excellent alternative for low-volume plastic parts … Read more →