Key articles

 

The many faces of wide format

30 July 2014

EFI’s VUTEk HS100 Pro features greyscale inkjet   Wide format inkjet printers are mostly used in signage and display applications, for example for free standing…

Labelled for innovation

19 June 2014

The Colordyne and LasX systems on site at Labeltech in the Netherlands   Speedy digital printing and laser cutting have been married together in a…

Think digital and push the boundaries

29 May 2014

  As brands are gradually taking onboard the advantages of digital printing and we are seeing more and more successful campaigns enabled by the technology,…

Open for service

29 May 2014

Wine label printed to celebrate the open house event at Xeikon   For three days in late May, Xeikon opened the doors to the ‘Café’…

Making sense

28 May 2014

Israeli company Scodix produces a range of inkjet-based coating machines that produces decorative and tactile digital coatings, a function it calls ‘Print enhancement’. The company…

Much more than just ‘brown boxes’

28 May 2014

Managing director, Ken Shackleton, with an example of the digitally printed displat packaging the company produces Located near Accrington, in Lancashire, the Cardboard Box Company…

Design perspective: Elmwood

25 April 2014

  Peter Aldous, creative services director at Elmwood London, shares his thoughts on digital printing. Elmwood’s great portfolio of global clients sees my role review…

The interpretation of print

25 April 2014

Short runs with variable printing made this job a prime candidate for digital printing   When artisan craft distillers, Warner Edwards, wanted a standout label…

Digital takes on flexo in corrugated

25 April 2014

Mark Eaton (left) and Sean Moloney with the CorrStream 20 *This article was first published in 2014, with the technology and pricing as reported correct…

Measuring inkjet print resolution

23 April 2014

As one of the key measures for inkjet print quality, it is important to understand how print resolution helps define the quality of the output in terms of dpi,…

Digital presses

14 March 2014

Rolls of labels produced on a Primera CX1200e   The labels and packaging printing market is attracting a lot of investment, and 2013 saw the…

Not only here for the beer!

14 March 2014

A range of beer pump badges and labels produced by Colorscan Colorscan has developed a profitable niche supplying beer pump badges to bars and pubs…

Visualising the packaging future

5 March 2014

The role of packaging has greatly transformed in recent years. Today it is about more than just protecting the product. It has become the preferred channel…

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