Scodix

After 11 days at drupa 2016, the 1,837 exhibitors from 54 countries unanimously reported excellent business deals, extremely promising contacts and a positive outlook for the global printing industry. The mood could hardly have been better: the investment climate is extremely good and has by far exceeded all expectations.

At drupa, XMPie will demonstrate a broad range of applications, from packaging through direct mail, promotional and informational.

Held once every four years, drupa has historically been a bellwether of product development cycles.

I attended the recent Dscoop Americas event in San Antonio and was struck by a few trends, such as value-added special effects, digital laser cutting, PrintBeat (which will be the heart of PrintOS for HP Indigo users), the overlap of inkjet and electrophotography, and Print in 8 (the idea that print could be delivered anywhere in the world in eight hours).

A recently installed Scodix S digital enhancement press has helped win several new clients at Triaz Digital Printing. With a production facility in North Austin, Texas, the firm has been a vital supporter of the Tejano and Texas music scenes, providing print services and CD replication for such Grammy award-winning artists as Willie Nelson, Little Wayne and Ruben Ramos.

Bacardi turned to San Juan, Puerto Rico, with its new Scodix S75 digital enhancement press to produce a poster celebrating Cuba Libre.

We take a look at C.J. Graphics Printers and what the company is doing on the printing embellishments end.

Foiling and spot coating can make a big impact on packaging but it’s important to understand how finishing enhancements can be used.

Deborah Corn interviews Amit Shvartz, Scodix’s vice president of marketing on the new products that were introduced in 2015.

InfoTrends' Group Director Jim Hamilton shares eight short videos (each is between two and five minutes long) that highlight some interesting print samples from GRAPH EXPO 15 in Chicago.