Networking is an essential component of owning and operating a printing business – or any successful business for that matter. It’s the ideal place to get answers to your questions in real time, bounce ideas off of other industry members, or find encouragement from others who share the same challenges day-in-day-out. Graphic Arts Magazine is … Read more →
GMG’s new optimized Media Library makes it easier to organize materials directly in GMG OpenColor. The previous version already made it possible to save custom media and re-use them later. However, with GMG OpenColor 2.3, all customized substrates will be shown in one place and changes to the properties of a media are automatically applied … Read more →
The school and sports photography business (commonly called “Volume Photography”) has seen tremendous growth over the past decade. Digital capture, green screens, downloads and more, have opened up new revenue opportunities – but the learning curve can be very, very steep. A new U.S.-based Facebook Group called Speaking Volume has just been formed to bring … Read more →
A new research report from Inkjet Insight into customer requirements regarding print quality measurement and paper qualification data has revealed some surprising facts. The Inkjet Insight Production Inkjet Market Survey on Print Quality Measurement and Paper Qualification includes data gathered from dozens of production inkjet users in the United States in the fourth quarter of … Read more →
Xplor International (Lutz, Florida) has announced that the agenda is being finalized and registration is now open for its annual conference. Xplor20 will take place April 14-16, 2020 at the TradeWinds Island Grand in St. Pete Beach, Florida. Attendees can register here: www.cvent.com/d/wyq4q8. The popular Customer Communications Conference two-and-a-half-day event brings together end-users, analysts, consultants, … Read more →
The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP – Sayville, N.Y.), a leading authority in sustainable printing certifications, has announced a new certification for suppliers to the printing industry. The “SGP Supplier” certification is the next step in the organization’s mission to further sustainability throughout the printing industry supply chain. The organization added that the criteria for … Read more →
TC Transcontinental (Montreal) has announced that Isabelle Marcoux, Chair of its Board of Directors, has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. This is the second generation of the Marcoux family to be granted this exceptional Canadian honour. Her father, Rémi Marcoux, founder of TC Transcontinental and a current Director on its Board, … Read more →
The pros and cons of various digital technologies in decreasing costs and improving traceability, over more traditional mechanical approaches, are explored in a new whitepaper from Markem-Imaje (Vernier, Switzerland) that delves into flexible film coding. Flexible film is the largest and fastest growing packaging material, the company added – and traditionally, rotary coding and hot … Read more →
The Ghent Workgroup (GWG, Belgium) has released a new specification to address issues within the sign and display printing market – specifically viewing distance, scaling factor and support for wide-gamut colours. Viewing distance is the average distance between the final printed work and a typical viewer. This can be as little as one metre (3 … Read more →
Wide-format printing specialist Media Resources (Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary), credits large-format 3D printing for its recent annual revenue increase of $1 million since its investment in a Massivit 3D Printer. Here, co-owner Steve Gallow shares some insights about the market, especially what it was like being an early adopter of large-format 3D printing. Steve Gallow … Read more →
Electronics For Imaging’s (EFI’s) annual Users’ Conference, EFI Connect, will be among the most informative and valuable in the event’s 20-year history – thanks in part to keynote sessions that deliver new insights and expertise in workflow management and automation, integrated digital print, and industry growth marketing strategies, said the company. Keynote speakers for the … Read more →
Memjet (San Diego, California) a leading developer of inkjet printing technology, and COASO Incorporated (Nanjing, China) have announced that COASO has used Memjet’s DuraFlex technology to develop a new label press called the iCueLabel Press 420. DuraFlex is a modular single-pass printing solution that combines Memjet’s signature features of speed, simplicity and affordability with new … Read more →