A strategic relationship has been formed between Global Graphics and Delphax Technologies, wherein Global Graphics’ Harlequin technology will power Delphax’s next generation of products, the first of which is the elan 500 cut-sheet inkjet press.
The most successful printers don't refer to the weather forecast when assessing their next move; they plunge head-first into a scenario that has the potential to be parlayed into handsome profits. We've got three success examples for your consideration—firms that have enjoyed immense success even as the economy provides little to no optimism for the immediate future of print.
Technology is moving forward, and production is integrating new processes and equipment into the workflow. More often than not, though, creative departments are not being properly trained about these new processes that they must design for.
Choosing 20 graphic arts industry professionals—all under the age of 40—who are rising industry stars is, admittedly, a subjective undertaking. Surely, some high achievers who might have qualified didn’t appear on our radar screen. Likewise, some people who were nominated elected to avoid the spotlight for personal reasons. These 20 up-and-comers weren’t just handed positions of authority. They typically worked their way up, toiling in several job capacities within their respective organizations, to earn their stripes.
Mercury Print Production in Rochester, NY, just celebrated a milestone with its one-billionth page printed on a Kodak Prosper press. In addition, Webcrafters Inc. in Madison, WI, is now running two webfed digital inkjet Prosper 5000XLi presses to print four-color books, and its business continues to grow. With customers now demanding greater flexibility and variety of applications from printers, Kodak Prosper presses help printers meet this demand.
EFI has acquired key intellectual property assets for digital inkjet printing of thermoformed products from Polymeric Imaging, a specialist provider of UV and LED inks for industrial and graphic arts applications. In addition, EFI has hired key Polymeric Imaging employees responsible for technical and market development of digital ink and coating products.
Attendees at the 2015 Inkjet Summit at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, April 27-29, 2015, will meet and learn from some of the leading experts in the production inkjet space through a conference program led by Marco Boer, Vice President at IT Strategies, and a team of key advisory board members and speakers.
From November 18-26, 2014, Bielomatik-Matti will show its fully integrated machine configuration PageMaster in Neuffen, Germany, at an Open House. PageMaster will be demonstrated for the first time, printing and converting—individual, wire-stitched products in a variety of formats and page numbers, with highest productivity and machine availability.
Earlier this year, InfoTrends and NAPCO—the publisher of Printing Impressions—developed a cooperative survey asking professional wide-format print shops a series of questions about their operational and financial performance to establish some industry benchmarks for some key metrics for the wide-format market. The important thing to remember about the following metrics is that they come from about 60 print shops from around the United States; and many have offset and digital, as well as narrow and wide-format, printing capabilities.
Tecnau, formerly Lasermax Roll Systems, will introduce a range of new products at this year’s GRAPH EXPO 14 exhibition in Chicago, September 28-October 1. Sharing the spotlight are the Roll 30, a thirty-inch wide web roll-to-roll solution, PageReady NL near-line cutting/stacking finishing solution for large sheet output from sheetfed digital presses, and Zero Speed Splicer u40 splicing unwinder system.
