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Reset the Benchmarks

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01 June, 2007

I’ve lost count of the times I’ve said that, as fundamental processes, screen and digital printing are no ‘better’ or ‘worse’ than each other. Both systems have different sets of benefits and limitations.

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Turning up the heat

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01 June, 2007

Adelco has announced dryer installations in three of China’s largest textile printers

Having recently completed a manufacturing facility for its Jet Force range of high production dryers in China, Adelco has announced dryer installations in three of China’s largest textile printers.

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24/7 project management

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01 June, 2007

Flowmation helps improve customer service, efficiency and asset management

Capital Print & Display has installed a Flowmation web-based project communication system to boost its competitiveness. Part of an ongoing investment that will see the company move into a new Beckton waterfront factory, the Flowmation system will help Capital improve customer service, efficiency and asset management.

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Substrates and machinery unite

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01 June, 2007

Europoint staff undertake practical training at Raster Printers

Digital media and print substrate specialist, Europoint, has launched a range of digital print machinery. Having signed distribution agreements with three digital print machinery manufacturers, Europoint is investing in demonstration facilities and staff training.

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Winning ways

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01 June, 2007

A fantastic piece of print

BTC Group is delighted to have won the Gold Medal for Best Screen Printed Garment in the National Printwear and Promotion Awards 2007.

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A better way to learn

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01 June, 2007

Kodak’s upgraded facility provides an excellent venue to showcase new products

The showroom at Kodak’s Watford-based headquarters has been upgraded and re-designed to allow the company to demonstrate a broader range of products and solutions.

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End-to-end screen solutions

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01 June, 2007

LDS is targeted at printers of optical discs and similar format applications

Sefar has become a worldwide distributor for selected components of Esko Software Suite seven, to be integrated into Sefar's end-to-end solution for the screen printing industry.

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UV flatbed smashes the PoP speed barrier

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01 June, 2007

Onset can handle prints up to 3.2 by 1.5m at speeds up to 500m2/hr

Stopwatch in hand, Screen Process and Digital Imaging’s editor, Jon Barrett, timed Inca’s new Onset UV flatbed printer. The result, 500m2/hr. Is this the end of screen printing? I doubt it. Is it a new technological dawn for a slice of the global PoP market? Definitely

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Screen and digital: friend or foe?

by Stewart Partridge, OEM and business development director digital inks, Nazdar
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01 June, 2007

Teckwin Tecksmart UV flatbed printer showcases new ink technology

Visit any leading tradeshow for the graphics and signage industries such as Fespa, SGIA, ISA, Photokina and Viscomm and you could be forgiven for thinking there were no analogue technologies left for printing and imaging.

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Stop the world, I want to watch

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01 June, 2007

Fespa’s Sensations special effects portfolio shows screen’s ability to provide an added value premium to every other printing process

‘Doctor’ Kiddell explores the subconscious to prove that large, still images are what the human brain craves. Excellent news for producers of vibrant screen printed images.

So television is no good for our children. It disturbs their sleep, affects their hormone balance, could be a contributory factor in the development of autism, creates socially inept people etc etc.

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Drawing attention to on-line safety

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01 June, 2007

Oracal 3951 digital cast vinyl used to promote the government’s on-line safety for children campaign

As part of a major government initiative to highlight the potential dangers to children on-line, Kinetic Grafix, the Beverley, East Yorkshire-based vehicle livery company, was commissioned to provide the graphics on VW supplied vans.

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Planning is everything

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01 June, 2007

Fespa is big. Over 600 vendors occupying 32,000m2 of exhibition space across 11 halls. Given these numbers it would be wise to plan your visit. Our 23-page preview is designed to help you do just that. Now lets hear from Fespa’s managing director Frazer Chesterman

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Driving screen press technology

Fespa 2007 provides a showcase for Sakurai’s latest screen printing technology. In this article the company introduces its history, products and services
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01 June, 2007

Company president, Ryuta Sakurai, with Fespa’s international sales manager, Michael Ryan, at a recent open house in Sakurai’s London showroom

Sakurai Graphic Systems Corporation was founded in 1928 by Ryuzo Sakurai as a paper trading house. Over the past 79-years it has expanded to become one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sheet-fed offset and cylinder screen printing presses, with customers in more than 60 countries.

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UV solutions for inkjet

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01 June, 2007

Nordson UV will be launching a new air cooled product for the inkjet market, featuring a high power, low temperature output.

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Printers, substrates and more

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01 June, 2007

The Gerber Solara UV2 flatbed and roll-fed UV-inkjet edge-to-edge printer takes centre stage

Centre stage on Spandex’ stand is the Gerber Solara UV2 flatbed and roll-fed UV-inkjet edge-to-edge printer. The six-colour (CMYK plus violet and green) machine prints up to 18 1.2 by 2.4m or 200 45 by 61cm signs per day.

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Shirt design goes online

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01 June, 2007

NetShirt is an off-the-shelf garment designer which encourages end-user creativity.

Following the launch of its online garment designer earlier this year, Dundee-based RSK Tech is unleashing its product on the German market. NetShirt is an off-the-shelf garment designer which encourages end-user creativity.

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Enter a self-adhesive haven

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01 June, 2007

Avery Dennison Graphics and Reflective Products' Fespa stand is designed to provide a peaceful environment where signmakers, digital printers and screen printers can discuss the company’s self-adhesive films and complementary products.

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Speed meets versatility

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01 June, 2007

Augend’s F16 is designed for producing outside advertising material on flexible substrates

Fespa sees the first public demonstration of the Augend F16, a new, automatic, large format inkjet press designed for producing outside advertising material on flexible substrates.

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Get that luscious black

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01 June, 2007

ErgoSoft has announced its Rip software supports HP’s new Designjet Z series photo printer with its own printer driver. The printer models Z2100 and Z6100 are eight-colour systems, while the Z3100 is equipped with 12-colours.

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Quality separations for less

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01 June, 2007

CADlink Technology has announced FilmMaker software designed for creating film separations on inkjet printers. Supported products include Epson 1800, 4800, 7800 and 9800 printers.

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Textile cutting made easy

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01 June, 2007

Esko will demonstrate its RotaCut textile tool on a Kongsberg i-XL24 digital finishing table

Esko is introducing its new Kongsberg table RotaCut Tool at Fespa. The tool has been developed for cutting printed textiles and will be demonstrated on the Kongsberg i-XL24 digital finishing table.

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Wash away your worries

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01 June, 2007

CPS will be exhibiting a range of screen washing products

CPS Chemical Products and Services is using Fespa to exhibit products including screen washes, developed to offer consistently effective cleaning, and Ultra Coat photo emulsions, said to offer high quality screen printing results.

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Printing an electronics future

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01 June, 2007

Conductive inks suit EL and touchscreen applications

Nicomatic is presenting conductive screen printable inks for EL and touchscreen markets. For example, NCS-540AG has been formulated as a general purpose polymer thick film silver containing conductor ideal for electro luminescence and other flexible applications.

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Investing in digital and screen

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01 June, 2007

Digital imaging gets Vybrant

For the first time, Fujifilm Sericol will be showcasing a new portfolio of wide-format digital products and business solutions designed to meet high demand printing need.

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Wide format laminate offers ‘whiter whites’

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01 June, 2007

New wide format laminators take centre stage on GBC’s stand

GBC will be using Fespa to showcase its new digital print laminators and announce an expanded customer service and support program. New products include the entry-level 1064WFt and 2064WF for semi-professionals. New wide format films and consumables will also be launched.

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Print from all angles

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01 June, 2007

Applications for HumanEyes solutions include back-lit posters, signs, innovative PoP displays and advertising hoardings

HumanEyes will be introducing its 3D lenticular technologies, including its flagship products, PrintPro 2.0 and Creative3D, which include HumanEyes’s new 2D to 3D conversion technology and timeline workflow for the creation of animation effects.

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With you every step of the way

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01 June, 2007

ProofMaster 3.1 helps silkscreen, large and wide format printers take designs to production for billboard, sign and point-of-purchase applications, with certified colour, from a single platform. ProofMaster is designed to drive multiple machines including cutting tables and plotters

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Born to protect

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01 June, 2007

Applications for NoriCure UV-curing screen printing lacquer include overprinting displays, lenses and panels

Pröll’s NoriCure UV-L3 is a new UV-curing screen printing lacquer formulated to provide scratch and abrasion resistance. The lacquer’s cured surface even resists strong wipes with steel wool.

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Print and laminate inline

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01 June, 2007

HP’s FB6700 flatbed industrial digital inkjet press now features an in-line lamination option

HP’s stand will feature a wide range of digital imaging solutions including its Scitex FB6700 flatbed industrial digital inkjet press, now with a new in-line lamination option.

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Listen, try, learn

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01 June, 2007

Wilflex’s Fespa stand offers visitors the opportunity to see the company’s textile screen printing products including the plastisol inks, non-phthalate Epic, non-PVC, non-phthalate QuantumOne and environmentally friendly Oasis range of water based-inks.

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Curved displays snap into action

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01 June, 2007

A recent addition to Mark Bric’s range is SnapUp, a system for displaying seamless large scale images, incorporating curved or straight backwalls, towers, desks and display counters. Other Mark Bric products include the Flexiframe system and BannerUp roller banner cassettes.

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Look at the light

Published: 
01 June, 2007

Colour Scanner Technology’s latest development is the patented DLE (Digital Light Engraver). Machines range in size from 1 by 1m to 4 by 8m.

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Comprehensive print solutions

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01 June, 2007

The Rho 350R roll-to-roll printer is designed for speed and quality

Durst claims to offer the most comprehensive choice of large format UV inkjet printers.

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Driving squeegee innovation

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01 June, 2007

Fimor’s serilor FG fibreglass squeegee is available in a variety of dimensions

Fimor’s serilor FG fibreglass squeegee features two printing angles and is available in a variety of dimensions and hardness for cylinder presses and special equipment.

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Go large, go fast

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01 June, 2007

The QS3200 UV-curing superwide format printer uses six-colours to print onto substrates up to 3.2m wide

Vutek will exhibit the recently launched QS2000 and QS3200 UV-curing, superwide format printers.

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One-stop finishing shop

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01 June, 2007

The QS3200 UV-curing superwide format printer uses six-colours to print onto substrates up to 3.2m wide

Drytac’s product range is designed to offer customers a one-stop-shop catering for mounting, laminating and finishing needs. Products include heatset and pressure sensitive mounting adhesives and laminating films, inkjet media, backing films, substrates, tools and accessories.

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Digital cloths: try before you buy

Published: 
01 June, 2007

Claim your free digitally printed hi-microfibre cloths

Delko says change the way you promote your products by using super hi-microfibre cloths for your promotion.

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Serious about UK print

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01 June, 2007

Teckwin has set its sights on the UK. Sign UK saw the first public European showing of the TeckSmart UV hybrid flatbed and roll-to-roll printing system. This printer was launched at ISA in Las Vegas and is designed to be a wake-up call for the printer manufacturing industry.

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Keeping it personal

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01 June, 2007

With its HP Indigo press 5000, KallKwik can anticipate a 50:50 divide between digital and conventional production

With digital printing, as the price per unit continues to fall, one can make favourable comparisons with other printing processes. Here we look at commercial digital in action and explore why it is becoming popular in the mass personalisation market by Tracey Rushton-Thorpe

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A significant step forward

Published: 
01 June, 2007

Significant Signs’ HP Designjet 10000 has widened its business scope and created new opportunities

Significant Signs explains why being the UK’s first HP Designjet 10000 series user has, quite literally, widened its business scope, created new opportunities and given it more credibility among big customers

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Digital & Screen Printing Association seminars

Published: 
01 June, 2007

PLEASE NOTE NEW DATES

Where and when: Warrington 5 July and Oxford 6 July 2007

Chairman and Presenter: Peter Kiddell, DSPA President

www.dspa.co.uk Tel: 01737 240792

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