Digital Printer’s complete drupa preview
1 May 2012
The world’s largest printing exhibition runs from 3 to 16 May at the Düsseldorf Messe fairground in Germany, drupa 2012. The event will have more…
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Extended gamuts: more colour, sir?
30 April 2012
Some inksets offer extended colour gamuts, helping you to hit spot colours with minimal effort. Nessan Cleary reports. Colour print at its best is dynamic,…
Heavy metal converts
30 April 2012
A striking theme at drupa is the number of offset press makers that will be making significant announcements of all-digital presses, or alliances with existing…
All together now
12 April 2012
With new or updated workflows being announced at Drupa, Nessan Cleary says it’s time to ask how our overall understanding of digital pre-press is changing.…
Will print go electronic?
21 March 2012
Electronics and print rarely mix, but that may start to change over the next decade. Novalia, a British technology firm, wants to help it happen.…
Presses in the picture
21 March 2012
Photo products are an important new application for digital presses. Simon Eccles examines how some manufacturers are developing special models, while others are helping with…
Kodak: digital victim or visionary?
29 February 2012
Photo CD was first announced in 1990 and was live in 1992. This 1994 disc from the author’s collection still works and contains 100 high…
Kodak: digital victim or visionary?
29 February 2012
Photo CD was first announced in 1990 and was live in 1992. This 1994 disc from the author’s collection still works and contains 100 high…
How to keep your colour consistent
29 February 2012
With improvements to front ends for digital presses is there still a need for a colour server? Nessan Cleary investigates. Colour management has come a…
Online integration for MIS
29 February 2012
The past couple of months has seen significant announcements from major MIS players in the areas of online ordering and marketing, as well as cloud…
Centrefold: Océ JetStream mono
9 February 2012
Océ has extended its JetStream family of inkjet web presses with new Mono models. Since the 1990s Océ has built up its presence in digital…
Digital books Prosper in France
9 February 2012
Kodak is targeting the growing digital book printing market with its Prosper 1000 monochrome inkjet press. Nessan Cleary visits Sagim near Paris, which now has…
Judge a book by its cover
9 February 2012
To make digital books, you’ve got to be able to finish them. Nessan Cleary looks at what’s available in binding equipment for short run and/or…
Stroma explores new niches for inkjet colour
9 February 2012
Best known for its international digital newspaper service, Stroma has found that a switch to full colour inkjet is opening up other types of work.…
UK’s first colour Prosper 5000XL goes live
29 November 2011
Direct mail specialist Howard Hunt Group is running a Kodak Prosper 5000XL full colour inkjet web press in Dartford. Simon Eccles sees it in action.…