Into the queue
26 April 2018
The various production processes that can be handled with OneVision’s Wide Format Automation Suite Workflow software is all about pushing files through production, which…
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Big and green
23 April 2018
Hybrid’s scheme for recycling solvent ink cartridges in exchange for free ink has been running since 2008 Environmental concerns haven’t typically been top of…
Wild Format: colours and control for designers
9 April 2018
In order to colour manage print you need a spectrophotometer, such as the X-Rite ColorMunki, which can also be used to calibrate a monitor …
Flat out
9 April 2018
Inca’s Spyder X-49 is available as a straight flatbed or as a hybrid with roll-feed If you want to print digitally on thick or…
Managing data
26 March 2018
EFI components such as PrintFlow for scheduling are available separately from its main MIS offerings Management information systems promise to give printers a good…
Wild Format: textile printing basics
20 March 2018
Make sure you know your colour is within the gamut of the device, for example by having a colour sample printed Digital print technologies…
Boxing clever
12 March 2018
Iggesund’s Invercote G, available via Antalis, is one option for high quality cartons Many SRA3 digital presses are capable of printing small cartons that…
The third dimension
12 March 2018
Mimaki developed the 3DUJ-P printer and the associated software that goes with it 3D printing is becoming more prevalent as the technology evolves but…
Wild Format: ISO standards for wide format production
26 February 2018
You can use ISO 9001 principles in your work. Plan what you want to do, do it and then review how things went. If there…
Trends in Wild Format digital printing
19 February 2018
If wrapping your car seems too ambitious, go for personalising something smaller with your look. This motorcycle helmet has been customised with digital print technology.…
The fantastic fourth?
13 February 2018
Industry 4.0 is the development of “smart production” by the merger of robotics and other automation Visitors to drupa 2016 heard about “Industrie 4.0”,…
CIM card printer: small size, great performance
13 February 2018
Sunlight Saturn This article is an advertorial; the featured company created the wording and paid for its placement. It has been checked by Whitmar…
Rolling onwards
13 February 2018
Agfa’s Avinci DX3200 is a dye-sublimation model for high volume printing of soft signage and other textile applications Roll-fed printers are the bedrock of…
Reaching the century
13 February 2018
The centenary issue cover Publisher Rob Mulligan celebrates the hundredth issue of Digital Printer with a trip down memory lane. Digital Printer was launched…
The best way to M&A
15 January 2018
Roger Aust, managing director of Close Brothers’ Print Division: ‘look at inherent value’ Mergers and acquisitions can be a way of achieving step growth…