Midland Specialty Paper and Film's new version of its Specialty Paper and Film Products Catalog provides a single source for all of a printer’s Digital and Offset Specialty substrate needs. "This is more than just a catalog, but a comprehensive resource for C-Level Operations personnel, Sales and Marketing professionals and Purchasing and Estimating personnel," said Mike Ratcliff, vice president and general manager for Midland’s Specialty Paper and Film Division.
Swatchbooks and color charts featuring the full range of colors on Case Paper’s Sonata Silver and Sonata Rainbow are now available. These swatchbooks and color charts enable designers and brand managers to quickly and positively specify the exact special effect they desire when using metallic substrates for packaging applications.
The demand for digital synthetic paper is increasing rapidly because of its performance, durability and versatility. PoliPrint and YUPOBlue synthetic papers from xpedx compliment an extensive national offering.
At the Dscoop9 conference, March 6-8, in Orlando, FL, Mohawk will announce an expanded portfolio of synthetic substrates, including new Mohawk Synthetic Paper with i-Tone. Samples of Mohawk Synthetic Paper with i-Tone, as well as other digital products will be available at the Mohawk booth (#401).
GPA Specialty Substrate Solutions will show its Ultra Digital Heat Transfer Paper in action and receive a free t-shirt. The company will also unveil its new Digital Product Catalog, which features a wide selection of substrates that offer cross-platform compatibility for performance in a variety of digital production environments.
Designers trying to communicate with printers are like cats trying to talk to dogs. They both communicate in different languages and with different perspectives. Talk to us creative folks in our own language. Learn how to speak “design” and, in turn, we will be happy to learn a few terms of print, and put our creative trust into your capable hands.
Plenty of things were around before paper to write on, from clay tablets to slabs of marble to rock walls and pieces of bone, but it was only when plants and such started to be turned to pulp or layered into new flat materials that we really get into what we consider “paper.”
Woody Harrelson has also made a name for himself as a staunch defender of the environment, particularly when it comes to North American forests. Having confined his activities to political activism in the past, he has now taken a huge step beyond protest, toward redirecting our ravenous appetite for paper products away from the forests and onto a much less extractive source: agricultural waste.
How important is this? According to Canopy, undisturbed forests absorb nearly one-fifth of the CO2 released by burning fuels. When we cut down trees, not only do we reduce the size of one of the world’s last
Mohawk Fine Papers is embracing the technology often blamed for reducing demand for paper. Mohawk is buying smaller companies and making other investments to tailor new products to digital printing.
In dollar terms: Mohawk paper sells at an average of $2,500 a ton. The company can charge four times as much for the same amount of a digital-ready material (synthetics such as vinyl or polyester, which Mohawk coats, enabling its customers to print on it).
Over the last few years, we’ve seen our share of wood veneer business cards, but the veneer and printing industries have evolved. But let’s back up for a second and look at the amazing way these substrates are created. And believe me, this is worth a sales call to a potential customer all by itself.
