The Trouble with Labels
7 October 2013
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner Labels and packaging are amongst the most vibrant of print sectors, one of the few where the Internet…
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Labelled for commercial use
30 September 2013
The Labelmaxer, one of the new breed of Memjet-driven systems Expanding into the label market need not be an expensive direction for commercial printers to make,…
iSys EDGE 850 and APEX 1290
30 September 2013
The Edge 850 Whether looking for an entry level label printing system or a production level machine, iSys has answers to the needs of printing companies that see…
Trees For Digital Sign & Displays?
30 September 2013
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner Trees are obviously vital to the printing and publishing industries, but they could well soon be vital in…
Café culture
30 September 2013
The latest Xeikon 3500 boosted capacity by 60% when it was installed late in 2012. West Midlands based CS Labels is Europe’s largest user of Xeikon…
How soon is now?
20 September 2013
The Landa presses feature a giant touchscreen on the side, which shows the status of the press and doubles as the operator console. Last year there was…
Tonejet: decorating with digital
20 September 2013
There is already one installation of Tonejet’s inkjet technology, enabling a European packaging converter to create variable metal can decoration, but much more is yet to come,…
All in the head
20 September 2013
Printheads are the pulsing hearts of inkjet printers. Simon Eccles provides a quick guide to how the main types work. Inkjet technologies dominate large format digital printing…
It Goes Deeper than the Label
20 September 2013
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner Preparing for LabelExpo, the next big trade show in the graphic arts, one wonders when there will be…
Take it to the Max
17 September 2013
There is a fast food burger chain in Sweden that alongside the price and product name states the carbon footprint of each item on its…
Is this the missing link?
10 September 2013
IQ-PFS has spent a lot of time in China, working with manufacturers such as HUPU to make sure that their low cost finishing equipment properly…
WWF’s Living Forests Project
9 September 2013
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner Printers and publishers are probably not all that fussed about what the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) gets up…
Ricoh first company to attain ISO 16759 accreditation
2 September 2013
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner. It is great news to hear that Ricoh has achieved accreditation to ISO 16759 for the Ricoh carbon…
The Printing Charity: 186 years of support
27 August 2013
The Printing Charity is the UK’s second-oldest occupational charity, set up in 1827 by a printer, John King, writes chief executive Stephen Gilbert. When it was first…
Vpress: a software success
27 August 2013
Vpress is proud of its British heritage and has grown significantly over its 12 year duration. Founded in 2001, British web to print supplier Vpress started as…