Sealed under pressure
13 January 2014
A new eco-friendly sealing varnish from CyanX CyanX is working to bring a new eco-friendly sealing varnish to the UK that it believes holds some innovative…
Features
2014 Wish List
13 January 2014
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner Across the industry, we are all looking forward to writing new stories in 2014, stories that tell of…
Fespa Sustainability Awards
6 January 2014
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner Fespa has added a Sustainability category to its prestigious international awards programme. We are honoured to have been…
VDP plug-in platforms progress
3 January 2014
Simon Eccles tries the latest versions of Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress software and provides a run-down of the variable data plug-ins that run with them. In…
Top 20 Technologies of 2013
20 December 2013
Ricoh perceived that there was a light production gap in its portfolio, and added two new SRA3 colour digital printing engines From paper through to finishing kit…
Pushing the envelope
16 December 2013
Could it be that we stand on the cusp of great change in the world of direct mail envelopes? Digital colour, personalisation and the ‘white paper…
Intec Printing Solutions EPP550
16 December 2013
Intec’s professional envelope feeders use a floating delivery table, which fires the envelopes into your printer. The new envelope printing system incorporating feeder and shingling conveyor. Fulfilling personalised…
The first with the wow factor
16 December 2013
Rob King (right) of Altaimage with LumeJet’s Miles Bentley and the world’s first LumeJet S200. London firm Altaimage took the world’s first LumeJet system on beta…
Deinking
2 December 2013
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner Most people accept that recycling is a good thing. Take paper for instance: in 2011 70% of European…
An ace or two up the sleeve
2 December 2013
Little black box – DPZ’s award-winning work. Combining video content with print, and the ability to print directly onto almost any material, have become key differentiators…
Print in the marketing mix
2 December 2013
Three minutes with Andy Harris, Professional Print Solutions, Canon Europe and UK. How do you think the role of print is viewed as part of the marketing mix? Print…
Kama Pro Cut 76 Foil
25 November 2013
There is plenty of value to be found in Kama’s ProCut 76 finishing die cutter, even before the hot foil stamping option is factored in. The B2 format…
Scodix – advancing metallics
25 November 2013
Scodix SENSE S Series Digital Press No matter what side of the fence you sit on the digital or litho debate, print has to compete with…
Decorating with digital
25 November 2013
The high gloss raised effect produced by Scodix shows to good effect in the droplets. Metallics, foils and raised imaging effects are starting to appear…
Print Saves Trees Campaign
18 November 2013
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner We recently came across a US industry association representing 350 printers on the midAtlantic coast, campaigning with much…