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Rigid Substrate Ink Approved For Xaar's Printheads
toyo ink s liojet fv03 inks have now been approved for use with xaar s 760 range of xaar printheads. toyo ink has been active for a number of years in the digital inkjet business, with a reputation for creating inks that consistently provide outstanding results, claimed xaar to receive xaar s approval the toyo liojet xaar ink, which is said to be designe...
HP DesignJet Printers - Large Format Printers, Standard Paper Size Descriptions
following is a list of worldwide standard page sizes showing dimensions in both inches and millimeters. not all large format printers have settings for all page sizes shown. see specific printer documentation for available pre-set page sizes.
architectural/arch
size
inches
millimeters
a
9 x 12
228.6 x 304.8
b ...
Convert 3D CAD Files to PDF without CAD Software
adobe systems inc. has announced the immediate availability of a free download for adobe acrobat 3d lenticular software that delivers updated 3d lenticular computer-aided design (cad) translators. as a result, acrobat 3d now supports many of the latest versions of major cad file formats, enabling users to easily convert 3d models from those formats to more secure ...
Lentil Soup Without The Vinegar
lenticular lenses are probably best known by those wiggle post cards that look like a 3d image, but they are simply flat.
how does that work: lenticular sheets are usually manufactured as a sheet of plastic screen that is glued on a piece of paper. the surface of the plastic screen has many long cylindrical lines that act like optical lenses and reveal only part...
A rear projection screen comprising
wherein said fresnel lens sheet and said lenticular sheet each comprise at least one diffusing part; said lenticular sheet comprises a non-diffusing part; said fresnel lens sheet and said lenticular sheet, as a whole, comprise a plurality of diffusing parts spaced apart from each other by said non-diffusing part; and the diffusing part of said fresnel lens sheet p...
LargeFormat UK Ltd
our equipment offers long-lasting exterior prints and vibrant interior prints for all occasions. all presses are the latest technology and offer high speed, light-fast, high resolution output.
we produce banners and banner-stands (pull-up or cassette), posters, canvases, pop-up systems and displays for retail, board room or visitor centre.
materials available in...
Inline coating on 40-inch sheetfed presses
printers today rarely purchase 40-inch sheetfed presses without coaters. they've learned the extra investment can yield big payoffs in terms of production efficiency, output quality and customer satisfaction. to get a close-up look at the role of coating systems in printers' workflows and sales strategies, american printer spoke with four printers about their full...
It's an honor just to be nominated for an Obie
four printers recently sprang into the national spotlight. not only did they bring great honor to our under-publicized, under-appreciated and over-commoditized industry, they won the eternal gratitude of a certain editor, who was whirling like a dervish to keep pace with the traditional pre-graph expo frenzy and would otherwise have had to plagiarize something fro...
The family breadwinner
a metallized bag is nothing new on supermarket shelves. but when it was introduced to the bread aisle, it opened a whole new market to metallization, thus bagging the peter rigney product of the year award, which is named after paper, film & foil converter (pffc) magazine's late publisher, from the assn. of industrial metallizers, coaters & laminators (aim...
Sheetfed presses are faster, LARGER and longer
it might have been dubbed the jdf drupa, but there was no denying the explosion of sheetfed press innovations. consultant clint bolte (chambersburg, pa) noted that increased efficiencies in inline finishing and value-enhanced production could be seen across all formats.
bolte also cited three trends:
small-format presses with automated plate loading and specialt...
Choosing the best press
as bob rosen, president of r.h. rosen associates (pittstown, nj), likes to say, "god must truly love printers. why else would he have made so many of them?"
but overcapacity is no joke¡ªas one printer put it, "we have too many guys pricing their work just to stay in business, not to make profit."
for this article, we spoke to some leading printers, several of w...
Small press, big performance
with the industry¡¯s attention fixed on adding value to conventional print sales through ancillary services¡ªmany involving digital print¡ªthe outlook for small-format offset might seem bleak. but napl vice president and chief economist andrew paparozzi says that isn¡¯t the case: ¡°digital printing and value-added services are not replacing lithography¡ªrather, they are...
As big as all outdoors
something dramatic. a few months ago, that's what los angeles-based lithographix and tracergraphix sought when they set out to produce the largest lenticular sheet ever printed on a lithographic press. with sony pictures' blessing, the two companies created a 50 ¡Á 80-inch lenticular sheet that is a 3d poster promoting ¡°spider-man 2.¡± crouched in front of an urban ...
Small-format press offers big opportunities
the company will spotlight its award-winning genius 52 uv sheetfed offset press. kba's compact press enables small- and large-format printers, plastic printers, packaging houses, lenticular sheets, screen printers and general commercial printers to enter new markets economically.
genius 52 prints in four or five colors with uv curing inks that rapidly and c...
Presses plus a whole lot more
you never know what you'll find at graph expo. consider this story: impressions printing (oklahoma city) is a small commercial printer specializing in everything from monochrome and color digital to full-color offset printing. in october 2006, company president john braaten and vice president jason mcwilliams spent three days at graph expo.
one item on their agen...
First US Installation For Flatbed
inca digital is celebrating its first us spyder 320 installation since the system was first shown in the us at print 05 last september.
inca digital is celebrating its first us spyder 320 installation since the system was first shown in the us at print 05 last september californian-based belaire displays has taken delivery of the machine, which will complement i...
KBA's Genius Waterless Press Wins Top
kba north america has received the 2006 intertech technology award from printing industries of america/graphic arts technical foundation (pia/gatf) for its genius 52 uv sheetfed offset press. kba north america has received the 2006 intertech technology award from printing industries of america/graphic arts technical foundation (pia/gatf) for its genius 52 uv sheet...
KBA's Genius Press's Predictable Colour
offset and digital printing company the mallard press in lombard, illinois (usa) is delivering fast, high-quality four-color jobs using its new kba-metronic genius 52 uv press.
offset and digital printing company the mallard press in lombard, illinois (usa) is delivering fast, high-quality four-color jobs using its new kba-metronic genius 52 uv press delivered l...
Hybrid Finishing Press Highlight At
the appearance of kba and its subsidiary kba-italia at the grafitalia show in milan provided an early foretaste of the imminent football world cup in germany.
the appearance of kba and its subsidiary kba-italia at the grafitalia show in milan provided an early foretaste of the imminent football world cup in germany visitors to kba's stand were given the chance t...
Waterless Press At Centre Of Cut-Price Print
seven months after kba unveiled its rapida 74 g waterless offset press at drupa 2004, a four-colour coater version with delivery extension went live at pinguin druck, berlin.
last december, seven months after kba unveiled its rapida 74 g waterless offset press at drupa 2004, a four-colour coater version with delivery extension went live printing paper, board and...