Imprimerie Reflet (Boucherville), a renowned Quebec trade printer, has expanded its productivity and in-house services with the addition of two folding systems from KBR Graphics, the Canadian distributor for Standard/Horizon Finishing Systems. Founded in 1995, Imprimerie Reflet serves a variety of markets with both digital and offset presses, and has a wide range of finishing … Read more →
UK-based AWA (Alexander Watson Associates) has released a new study on the broad spectrum of pressure-sensitive graphic films. Its AWA Global Pressure-sensitive Graphic Films Market Study 2018 reveals that this major and diversified marketplace represented a total volume of 2,575 million square metres of material volumes in 2017, and forecasts that it will continue to … Read more →
Aleyant (Wheaton, Illinois) has announced the availability of Aleyant tFlow Version 9, its digital workflow automation and customer service solution for commercial, large-format, label and specialty graphics. “We’ve listened to user feedback and continued to stay current with the latest software development trends and techniques when it comes to tFlow and the rest of our … Read more →
Mutoh America’s newly manufactured TP-11 is a water-based textile pigment ink made specifically for its direct-to-textile ValueJet 1938TX printer. It comes in four colours (cmyk) or seven colours (+orange, blue, green) for rich and vibrant reproduction. The non-hazardous, environmentally friendly ink is available in large-capacity one-litre bags through authorized Mutoh resellers across North America. “TP-11 … Read more →
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Canada (Mississauga, Ontario) has announced that Print Panther (Oakville, Ontario), a high-end printing and finishing company founded in 1997, has won a Gold Leaf Award at the recent 25th Annual Foil and Special Effects Association’s Gold Leaf Awards held in Nashville, Tennessee. Print Panther was the first in Canada to install … Read more →
Toronto’s Ryerson University RyeTAGA (Ryerson Technical Association of the Graphic Arts) Student Chapter has won the prestigious 2018 Helmut Kipphan Student Publication Award for the 7th time in 10 years! For many years, the name RyeTAGA has been synonymous with the GCM (Graphic Communications Management) course at Ryerson University, and a source of pride for … Read more →
Toronto-based Crawford Technologies, a provider of document solutions that streamline, improve and manage customer communications, has announced the launch of AccessibilityNow.com, a new e-commerce site that makes it possible to quickly and cost-effectively convert PDFs into accessible documents. The site offers “fast turnaround times and the lowest cost options available in the market so that … Read more →
The Printing Industries of America (PIA) is now accepting entries for its 2018 Premier Print Awards competition honouring print excellence. The international competition is open to all companies involved in the creation or production of print communications, as well as students and student groups from high school, vocational school, or college print production programs or … Read more →
As has been rumoured for the past few weeks, Dell, an American multinational computer technology company based in Round Rock, Texas, will be is exiting the printer business, no longer selling Dell-branded printers. Instead, the computer giant and number one shipper of PC monitors in the world, will transition its clients from Dell-branded laser printers … Read more →
Well, ok! Maybe the Ontario Printing and Imaging Association (OPIA) can’t really control the current miserable weather across the province, but it can definitely guarantee three fabulous events coming your way in the months to come. The organization’s annual Excellence in Print Awards Night will be held Thursday, May 24th at St. George’s Golf and … Read more →
ICON Digital Productions, a visual communications company founded in 1995 and headquartered in Toronto, hosted a fundraising dinner on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at The School Fine Dining in Markham, Ontario. At the end of the event, it raised a total of $35,000 for Toronto-based Geneva Centre for Autism (GCA) programs and services. The contribution … Read more →
CJ Graphics (Mississauga, Ontario), one of the most awarded commercial printers in North America, has expanded its in-house technology by installing a Fuji Inca Onset X1 wide-format UV flatbed inkjet printer as the latest addition to its Digital Large Format Division. The Onset is capable of producing quality prints at speeds in excess of 4,300 … Read more →