Printing SA has been very proactive in responding to their members’ challenges and questions around lockdown. As such, Africa Print and Printing SA recently held a free webinar on 30 April aimed to give an update on the issues around Covid-19 that affect our industry and answer questions from the industry. The webinar addressed topics from risk levels of printing, [...]
Now is the time for businesses to reevaluate their processes; change their entire way of working, step up, innovate and find the opportunities where there seems to be none so they can not just survive this pandemic, but thrive going forward. How will they do this? CEO’s from both the printing and signage industries will share ideas on how to [...]
Roland DG South Africa is looking for uplifting videos to brighten up this lockdown. Show your talent, your skills or just make us all laugh. You have the time, so Roland is giving you the motivation with the Roland Unleashed Competition. Submit an original TikTok video and you could win – enter now! Sign Africa is the proud media partner of [...]
FESPA Global Print Expo will return to IFEMA – Feria de Madrid from 6 – 8 October, along with its co-located events, European Sign Expo and Sportswear Pro. The three exhibitions, which were originally scheduled to take place from 24 – 27 March, had to be postponed due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak in mainland Europe. World Wrap [...]
The industry has been blessed with two life-threatening events: digital technology gave us electronic prepress and typesetting; and the internet wiped out whole sectors of publishing and production. Both events forced many businesses to the wall, albeit for different reasons, but the net result has been positive. We have seen huge innovations in production software and hardware and in applications. [...]
According to SAi, dye sublimation printing, traditionally the preserve of specialist printers producing textiles, T-shirts and novelty items, is a process that uses inks that are vapourised during transfer to the final substrate. The resultant images are colour-rich, vibrant and long-lasting. Dye sublimation printing can be done direct to the final polymer coated substrate, or more commonly via a transfer paper [...]
David Lee from Focus Label Machinery discusses the advantages of silk screen printing versus heat transfer printing. To select the most appropriate technique, it’s important to have a thorough understanding of both. What is silk screen printing? For decades, silk screen printing has been the first-choice method for creating printed apparel, but it can also be used effectively on wood, paper, [...]
According to Sensient Imaging Technologies, digital inkjet technology will continue to grow and develop for food applications – and we’ll increasingly see its use reaching beyond corporate and promotional events, to everyday use for both large and small brands. There are multiple opportunities out there for manufacturers. Whether used to refer to ink printed onto food directly – ‘edible inks’ [...]
The i1Pro 3 is ideal for professionals who require accurate colour from their printer, display and projector. Customers can use the i1Pro 3 to better track and verify monitor and print quality and capture spot colour measurements. This comes following X-Rite Incorporated and Pantone LLC’s announcement of the third-generation of its popular i1 Family of Colour Management solutions for the [...]
The industry has seen a lot of disruption in the last year from increasingly complicated security threats through to keeping up with the immediacy customers now expect. As businesses look ahead to 2020, that rate of change has only intensified. Canon looks at key trends. Collaboration is key – Caroline Serfass, Senior VP and CIO, Canon Europe As time goes on, digitisation [...]
