European Union Ecolabel getting tighter
20 May 2019
Earlier this year the European Union (EU) published some updates to its ecolabelling criteria.
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The sublime art of textile printing
17 May 2019
Textile printing has become an established part of the wide format market in garments and decor as well as soft signage.
HP adds super-wide Stitch to dye-sub range
15 May 2019
HP has introduced the Stitch S1000, a super-wide dye sub production printer, at FESPA.
Round and round goes plastic and print
13 May 2019
The circular economy is rapidly moving from being the preserve of green activists and investors out into the mainstream. The idea that everything we use…
Wild Format: choosing the right spectrophotometer
13 May 2019
There can be no quality control without making measurements, and the necessary instrument for such measurements in the graphics business is a spectrophotometer.
Paper industry lagging
7 May 2019
Sad to say the paper industry is still one of the world’s top polluters, alongside steel and energy producers.
Wild Format: look at me
1 May 2019
It’s in the nature of wide format graphics to grab attention, relying on size and positioning together with a very graphic design.
Substrate recycling innovations from print provider
29 April 2019
We tend to expect the makers of substrates to be the ones who come up with affordable and recyclable materials, but Australia’s Cactus Imaging is…
HP aims to stitch up dye-sub textile business
23 April 2019
HP has announced new dye sublimation printers, thermal transfer papers and inks to address the burgeoning digitally printed textile market. Two 1.6m (64-in) models have…
Plastic packaging and recycling too simple a conversation
23 April 2019
The enthusiasm for plastics reuse and recycling initiatives is a step in the right direction, but it overlooks the role of consumers.
Swiss roll
17 April 2019
The thirteenth Hunkeler Innovationdays attracted the largest number of visitors yet to the shores of Lake Lucerne.
Wild Format: digital printing for 2019
15 April 2019
Business is all about profit and getting the most out of your investments. In the graphics industry we look to maximise margins on every job.
Sustainable coffee cups getting more sustainable
15 April 2019
At the recent Xeikon Café event in Belgium, on display were samples of single use cups printed on a new plastic free stock.
The Global Sustainability Index
8 April 2019
What matters when looking at the world’s leading one hundred companies and how they are pushing sustainability forward?
HP expands PrintOS Marketplace
26 March 2019
HP has announced the expansion of its PrintOS Marketplace to include more than 50 free projects and design tools as well as a wide variety…