Sign & Digital UK: gold prospecting
3 March 2015
With a range of new business opportunities and the potential for rapid growth, wide format printing is an exciting market opportunity, for those working in…
Features
On hot form
23 February 2015
Digital print on thermoformed plastics is a new and quite niche application, but it has considerable potential as a value-added business. Michael Walker explains. Next…
White magic and imagination
23 February 2015
An alternative to direct to object printing is transfer printing. Surefire Print and Design has used OKI’s innovative C711WT with white toner to diversify into…
Mr Nutcase makes a very good case
23 February 2015
An idea to produce and sell personalised mobile phone cases led a chain of mobile phone shops to change its business completely and go into…
Has Asia Pulp & Paper Turned a Page?
23 February 2015
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner Is it time to shake the hand of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and forgive its past sins?…
Value chain dialogue is the key for CVG
16 February 2015
Crown Van Gelders Velsen mill in The Netherlands runs two paper machines 24/7 Dutch paper manufacturer Crown Van Gelder is enjoying success in the UK…
Finishing Line: Duplo iSaddle
16 February 2015
A fully automated, intelligent and flexible saddle stitcher. The uniqueness of the Duplo iSaddle lies in the fact that the system can suit both the…
Every surface covered
16 February 2015
Soyang Europe is enjoying success with some innovative printable floor and wall coverings that it has introduced to the UK market. Digital Printer paid the…
Saving money with PDF/X
10 February 2015
Without a formal standard for digital printing, writes Laurel Brunner, the PDF/X standard – ISO 15930 – could be a useful way for printers to…
Smashing the data barrier
10 February 2015
HP’s largest fastest T410 inkjet web press can consume up to 16 GB per second Simon Eccles looks at how high speed multi-Rip processing is…
Rise of the end paper binder
10 February 2015
The business end of the Risetec BR4, where book blocks for hard cover binding are end papered New technology from Italian manufacturer Risetec gives digital…
Kodak Prosper 6000 presses
3 February 2015
High speed digital inkjet presses for commercial and publishing applications. The Kodak Prosper 6000 Series was announced to the world in June 2014, complete with…
Variable data, big opportunity?
3 February 2015
Anyone with a digital press could in theory be doing variable data printing, bringing the benefits of personalised direct mail to their customers. So why…
Data, documents, digitisation
3 February 2015
Harald Grumser, chief executive officer of Compart Comparting, an international forum for innovative document and output management, sets a clear course for multi-channel customer communications.…
Deinking Advances
2 February 2015
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner At the latest ISO TC130 standards meeting, Working Group 11 (WG11) took a big step forward. WG11 is…