Finishing - Conventional

Unlike a traditional offset printing press, digital toner presses do not have a gripper shaft so there is nothing that ensures the sheet won’t move vertically or horizontally during the printing process. This movement is called image shifting, and it can be a real challenge.

I wanted to start a blog that brings the “cool stuff” to the forefront, and reinforces the excitement that is happening in finishing. I am very pleased to post my first entry to my new blog and I plan to bring a lot of interesting information to your attention in the coming months. The first “cool technology” I’d like to share is something that caught my attention at the PRINT 09 show.

Casino Quality Playing Cards are produced from press sheet to wrapped product in one system.

Tech-ni-fold Ltd in the UK was issued US Patent 7,563,220 on July 21, 2009 for it’s popular Tri-Creaser™, a creasing device which eliminates fiber cracking and retro-fits most popular folding and scoring machines.

Inspiration & innovation in finishing

Inspiration & innovation in finishing

Slipstream will make you rethink your card conversion profits. And the change will be immediate. Imagine a machine that can modernize production lines virtually overnight to increase productivity ten or even twenty fold. This is the reality that the Slipstream affords.

Printing Impressions' Bindery & Finishing News for May 2009

Vecoplan, a worldwide leader in shredding technologies and complete recycling systems, has promoted Jeffery Queen to their newly created position of Chief Financial Officer. “Our tremendous growth over the last decade has made it advantageous to institute the position of CFO at our company,” states Len Beusse, Chief Operating Officer of Vecoplan “and the excellence of Jeff’s performance in his previous job, made him the obvious choice to fill the position.”

Printing Impressions' Bindery and Finishing News for April 2009