As the Coronavirus is continuing to spread across the globe, Summa wants to use its resources to help to minimise the impact of the outbreak as much as possible. Summa Demo Room transformed into a high-volume production area The Summa team is currently cutting thousands of mouth masks and surgical aprons with both Summa laser cutters and flatbed cutters. The [...]
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 [...]
Signarama discusses how to create a good relationship with a retail giant who you’d like to secure a contract with. With the right approach and ‘can do’ attitude, closing that big deal is within your grasp. 1. Be professional Whether you are contacted via email or a walk-in, remaining professional at all times will go a long way to securing [...]
Laurel Brunner from the Verdigris Projects says that Microsoft has made bold statements with its recent announcements that it aims to be carbon negative by 2030, and that by 2050 the company will ‘remove from the environment all the carbon it has emitted either directly or by electrical consumption since it was founded in 1975’. This is quite extraordinary, not [...]
According to Bradley Cooper, Technology Editor for Digital Signage Today, if you ask your average consumer about ads, they will likely describe them as invasive, intrusive, annoying, long and unnecessary. Even if you advertise products yourself, you likely understand all of these complaints and maybe share them. For example, how many of us click the skip button on every single [...]
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 [...]
