Finishing - Digital

At the Xeikon Café, MBO will produce 4-up, 16-page pharmaceutical leaflets on its Digital Pharmaceutical Leaflet Solution.

Kodak’s Prosper IOS Offline Coating Solution produces optimally-coated inkjet paper for use with Kodak Prosper Presses.

Designers and printers are pushing the proverbial envelope with laser diecutting, realizing breathtaking results in the process.

In the “old days,” runs were in the millions of copies and machines could run continuously for days.

The work-in-progress workflow in commercial printing has evolved over decades and is now fairly well defined. On the digital side, things are still in a bit of a flux. High-volume digital printing (mainly inkjet) has expanded so rapidly that the finishing component has had to sprint to keep up.

Hunkeler Innovationdays 2015, being held February 23-26, 2015, in Lucerne, Switzerland, will feature leading edge technologies in digital print and finishing, as well as practical solutions that integrate with every print production workflow.

Another successful Wide-Format Technology Summit was hosted by Fujifilm North America, Graphic Systems Division, this time at the company's all-new Chicago Technology Center in Hanover Park, IL. Nearly 50 people were in attendance to experience inkjet innovations and wide-format print applications, and also receive a tour of the new 23,000-square-foot facility.

This year's SGIA Product of the Year competition was held at the 2014 Expo in Las Vegas, October 22-24. The contest showcased the best printers, technologies and consumables from the specialty imaging community. "Whether they were a seasoned company or an industry newcomer, each and every entry came to win," said Ray Weiss, SGIA’s digital imaging specialist.

A recent visit to my local FASTSIGNS franchise in Eden Prairie, MN, opened my eyes to the variety of finishing operations that this franchise is tasked with. I also learned of the vast potential that they have due to the sheer number of signage products that they can turn out.

Vivid Laminating Technologies called GRAPH EXPO 14 an ideal opportunity to introduce and demonstrate its newest product lines, including the Matrix and Easymount ranges. The show was a prime opportunity for the U.S. debut of its Duplex and Pneumatic models in the Matrix range of laminating systems, along with four new models of its Easymount Sign range.