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NEW markets Infotrends - profiting through digital décor printing

InfoTrends have completed a study titled Profiting Through Digital Printing in the Décor Marketplace as part of a series of

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research projects that over time will cover the main methods and application of digital technologies for industrial decorative printing.

The study recognises that decorative printing has long been a way to provide businesses and consumers with a way to surround themselves with colour rich materials at work, at home, or anywhere that can benefit from innovative architectural and interior design. The need to customise working and living spaces is a powerful driver that spells a wide ranging need for decorative printing in several key applications including ceramic tile, glass, textile, sign and display, laminate, functional, flooring and wall covering.

In the past, production methods for decorative elements achieved the desired look and feel using traditional, analogue print processes. Screen, gravure, and lithographic printing have created a wealth of designs, but by their nature they are meant for mass production and cannot efficiently create custom decoration or be cost effective in small batches. Today, after decades of ongoing development and improvements, digital printing is capturing evergrowing production volumes worldwide in a range of décor applications.

In this particular study, a series of in-depth interviews and surveys will allow InfoTrends to assess the impact of digital solutions, examine the sentiment of the Architect & Interior design community (A&D), and quantify the opportunity for manufacturers and suppliers of printing equipment and inks, software providers, and service providers.

Project Objectives This study will identify the size of opportunities in digital décor printing, profile the key players and develop recommendations for those that want to build new business lines around these emerging products as well as: Gain detailed insights from the A&D community Awareness/perceptions of digital printing technology and services • Experience with digital & analogue printing for décor • Critical product and service requirements • How digital printing fits into their business Understanding décor producers’ digital requirements and business • Product capabilities • Economics • Analogue vs. digital • Market development support Identify opportunities for technology vendors • Market potential for digital printing (value, volume) • Critical product requirements and equipment and running costs • Critical materials and substrates • Strategies for go-to-market and market development Analysis & Project Deliverables

InfoTrends say that the study will be of benefit to three main interest groups.

InfoTrends will perform an extensive analysis of the research to develop an understanding of the opportunities and issues surrounding ceramic printing.

Equipment Manufacturers as an aid to help understand the market for digital solutions in the décor marketplace, including a range of applications that are growing as A&Ds shift to the use of digitally produced materials.

Subscribers will receive:

Producers of Décor Products to service A&D client needs that are changing faster than ever before and manage their evolving needs and make educated decisions on where and what solutions to invest in next.

Architects & Interior Designers who need to address the possibilities for improved design richness, creativity, and environmental impact through the use of digital production technologies.

A brochure is available here: http://www.infotrends.com/public/Content/Multiclients/Brochures/ DecorMarketplace.pdf

• An executive Summary addressing key issues, findings, and overall recommendations • A detailed written report with text, charts, and graphs addressing the objectives of the study • PowerPoint slides containing all charts • An overall assessment of addressable décor markets including • Overall market revenues • Estimated digital printing revenues • Market trends • Estimated digital print volume • Webinar presentation of research finding to your team (Optional) • On-site presentation (Optional) • Getting Started

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trending now Pantone Fashion Colour Report Fall 2015 Pantone have revealed the Pantone Fashion Color Report Fall 2015, a comprehensive overview of designers’ use of colour in their upcoming collections. Released to coincide with New York Fashion Week, the Pantone Fashion Color Report features the top 10 colours for women’s and men’s fashion for Fall 2015, along with designer sketches and inspiration.

Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, said “The Fall 2015 palette is rooted in multi-faceted, androgynous colours that can be worn to portray effortless sophistication across men’s and women’s fashion; it is the first time we are seeing a truly unisex colour palette.”

This Fall, designers pay homage to progressive moments in American history – from the seductive ‘20s to the bohemian hippie and modernists of the ‘60s and ‘70s – while stringing together an affection for colours and styling that are innately easy to wear by both men and women.

Men’s and Women’s Colour Palette

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The importance of neutrals continues to evolve with Desert Sage, a cool and soothing greenish-grey that serves as the ideal neutral across the Fall 2015 palette.

Reminiscent of the sky on a gray, overcast day, Stormy Weather is dependable, cool and, above all, constant. Oak Buff is a mellow, comforting and warming shade that brings good feelings. ombine Desert Sage, Stormy Weather and Oak Buff for a look inspired by the flora and fauna of Fall.

Closely related to nature, Dried Herb is an organic shade redolent of nature’s earthy fragrances. Marsala is a winey red-brown that points to a sophisticated, natural earthiness.

A lush and elegant teal, Biscay Bay splashes up against more heated tones with its cool touch, combining the serene qualities of blue with the invigorating aspects of green.

The colours featured in the Pantone Fashion Color Report are culled from the Pantone Fashion, Home + Interiors Color System, the most widely used and recognised colour standards system for fashion, textile, home and interior design. Each season, Pantone surveys the designers of New York Fashion Week and beyond to learn about prominent collection colours, colour inspiration and colour philosophy and this information is used to create the Pantone Fashion Color Report, which serves as a reference tool throughout the year for fashion enthusiasts, reporters and retailers.

Top colours for men’s and women’s fashion for Fall 2015 are PANTONE 16-0110 Desert Sage PANTONE 18-4214 Stormy Weather PANTONE 16-1144 Oak Buff PANTONE 17-0627 Dried Herb PANTONE 18-1438 Marsala PANTONE 18-4726 Biscay Bay

A nod to the ‘60s and ‘70s, Cadmium Orange is a warm, welcoming and subtly dramatic hue. Both men and women can weave Cadmium Orange and Cashmere Rose with Desert Sage for a bold mix of bright, earthy inspiration.

PANTONE 15-1340 Cadmium Orange

Reflecting Pond is a cooling blue that adds dimension and intrigue to the Top 10 while Amethyst Orchid is an extraordinary hue that is unique, bold, creative and exciting.

PANTONE 19-4326 Reflecting Pond

PANTONE 16-2215 Cashmere Rose

PANTONE 17-3628 Amethyst Orchid

Holograms in security printing to grow in 2015 Ian Lancaster, general secretary of IHMA, predicts that niche hologram security printing producers will grow across all markets but those countries with an emerging middle class will probably see the highest. This includes India, where there’s continued expansion of the security print industry with an expected 20% growth.

Lancaster said the industry is meeting end-user needs and that holograms are likely to become an intrinsic part of flexible, multi-functional security solutions.

Holograms security printing will grow where there is an emerging middle class - India is expected to grow by 20% The International Holograms Manufacturers Association (IHMA) says the hologram industry is likely to see further growth as the pace at which anticounterfeiting technologies combine to provide multi-layered solutions continues to expand.

An item can be verified as authentic with a well-designed and properly deployed authentication solution, as per ISO’s 12931 standard. Even those that carry a “fake” authentication feature can be distinguished from the genuine item, if that item carries a carefully thought-out authentication solution. Holograms can become an effective counterfeiting weapon with other layered traceable and authentication technologies to battle the trillion dollar a year problem of fake items being produced - representing 5-7% of all global transactions each year.

Security applications are likely to remain the most viable for the industry during 2015. However it is expected that holographic optical elements (HOEs) production in lighting displays and the growth of LEDs will stimulate the adoption of holograms due to the better control of emitted, diffused and smooth lighting displays, will also see substantial growth during 2015.

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Pantone have declared that Pantone 18-1438 Marsala, a naturally robust and earthy wine red, is their Color of the Year for 2015.

“While Pantone 18-3224 Radiant Orchid, the captivating 2014 color of the year, encouraged creativity and innovation, Marsala enriches our mind, body and soul, exuding confidence and stability,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute.

“Much like the fortified wine that gives Marsala its name, this tasteful hue embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal, while its grounding red-brown roots emanate a sophisticated, natural earthiness.

This hearty, yet stylish tone is universally appealing and translates easily to fashion, beauty, industrial design, home furnishings and interiors.”

Marsala for Fashion

Marsala for Interiors

Marsala was a hit on the Spring 2015 runways with fashion designers featured in the PANTONE Fashion Color Report Spring 2015; Daniel Silverstain, Hervé Léger by Max Azria and Dennis Basso incorporated the hue into their collections.

The impactful, full-bodied qualities of Marsala make for an elegant statement colour when the colour is used on its own or as a compelling accent when paired with many other colours.

Complex and full-bodied without overpowering, Marsala provides a unifying element for interior spaces. Add elegance to any room by incorporating this rich and welcoming hue in accent pieces, accessories and paint. Marsala’s plush characteristics are enhanced when the colour is applied to textured surfaces, making it an ideal choice for rugs and upholstered living room furniture.

Nurturing and fulfilling, Marsala is a natural fit for the kitchen and dining room – making it ideal for tabletop, small appliances and linens throughout the home. The hue will be especially prominent in striping and floral patterns found in printed placemats, dinnerware, bedding and throws.

With the ever-growing popularity of floral prints and striping, variations of this hue will undoubtedly carry into men’s and women’s clothing throughout next year. Marsala is also a popular choice for jewellery and fashion accessories, including handbags, hats, footwear and the burgeoning market of wearable technology.

This highly varietal shade combines dramatically with neutrals, including warmer taupes and greys. Because of its burnished undertones, sultry Marsala is highly compatible with amber, umber and golden yellows, greens in both turquoise and teal, and blues in the more vibrant range.

Marsala for Beauty An incredibly versatile colour for beauty, Marsala is an appealing and sophisticated shade that’s flattering against many skin tones.

Marsala pairs exquisitely with monochromatic mixes of peachy pinks, and sparkles against antiqued gold metallics, offering an assortment of lipstick and blush options. Marsala illuminates a range of smoky-neutral colour combinations, making it a captivating eye shadow colour that can be worn from morning until night. Add an overlay of bronze for a dramatic look that suits any eye colour, or use Marsala as a go-to finishing touch on nails.

Marsala for Graphic Design A rich contrasting colour, Marsala is ideal for use in graphic design and packaging. Eye-catching, but not overwhelming or bright, consumers are immediately drawn to the hue, making it an alluring shade at point-of-purchase. As packaging becomes increasingly more artistic, Marsala will be a natural fit for both high- and low-tech materials, including on-shelf periodicals as well as printed assets, like calendars and stationery.

Cross-Referencing to Other Pantone Libraries Pantone 18-1438 Marsala can also be crossreferenced to all other Pantone Libraries, including Pantone Plus for graphic design.

For cross-referencing information, go to: www.pantone.com/ColoroftheYear.

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he Color of the Year selection requires careful consideration and, to arrive at the selection, Pantone combs the world looking for colour influences. This can include the fashion and entertainment industries – including films that are in production, the world of art, popular travel destinations and other socioeconomic conditions. Influences may also stem from technology, the availability of new textures and effects that impact colour, and even upcoming sports events that capture worldwide attention.

For 15 years, Pantone’s Color of the Year has influenced product development and purchasing decisions in multiple industries, including fashion, home and industrial design, as well as product packaging and graphic design.

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textiles Colorjet launch Softjet Grand/Vastrajet printers at SGI Dubai

the Grand is a direct to fabric printer for flags, bunting or soft signage on various fabrics such as polyester, satin, canvas and blends with speeds up to 240 sqm/hr India headquartered wide format, digital Inkjet print technology developer, Colorjet, used the Sign & Graphic Imaging (SGI) in Dubai to launch its latest textile printer models the Softjet Grand and Vastrajet.

The launch of ‘Softjet Grand’ and ‘Vastrajet’ printers signalled the start of the company’s move to distribute its products across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Eastern Europe

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regions with the strategic aim of consolidating its customer base and strengthening its partner networks to promote its product portfolio.

Colorjet products are aligned towards two key segments, signage and textile products. The Softjet Grand uses aqueous based, environmentally friendly ink is targeted at soft signage producers like flags and banners that are directly printed on polyester based recyclable fabrics.

The Vastrajet is focussed on the digital textile printing segment as a unit can that be used both for sampling and mass production of digital printed textile orders.

Colorjet offers and sells machines as a solution, along with RIP colour management, ink usage, ICC profile and training for application development or various applications that a machine can be used for across different markets.

SoftJet Grand

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A direct to fabric printer for customers that print flags, bunting or soft signage on various fabrics such as polyester, satin, canvas and blends who want 100% aqueous inks that are ecological friendly. With speeds up to 240 sqm/hr the Grand produces outstanding image quality with high colour consistency which makes this printer exceptional in the respective category.

A solution for industrial and commercial textile printers the VastraJet prints directly on various types of natural and synthetic fabrics like cotton, silk, polyester, nylon or wool and produces brilliant print quality with high colour consistency using different kinds of inks such as reactive, acid, disperse and pigment dyes.

• Industrial print heads, consistent quality & long lasting performance.

• Best in class print quality, suitable for soft signage.

• Advanced negative pressure (vacuum holding) ink fed control.

• Consistent jetting using AIVC technology.

• Pressure purge for individual color. Saves on inks & time.

• Bulk ink system.

• Advanced degassing & debubbling system.

• Smart printing on more white background prints.

• Intelligent interweave pass control.

• 100% aqueous, non polluting print technology.

• Direct printing on different kinds of signage fabrics.

• Mirror finished stainless steel reflectors & chamber, no oil drips on the fabric.

VastraJet is available in 4 and 8 colour variants and is built around industrial grade Konica Minolta DOD, Piezo-Electric print heads. To mainatin print quality and print registration the VastraJet uses and adhesive belt with built-in automatic washing system.

• Industrial print heads, consistent quality & long lasting performance.

• Best in class print quality, suitable for apparels.

• Advanced Negative Pressure (vacuum holding) ink fed control.

• Consistent jetting using AIVC technology.

• Pressure purge for individual colour. Saves on inks & time.

• 3.9L bulk ink system.

• Advanced degassing & debubbling system.

• Smart printing on more white background prints.

• Intelligent interweave pass control.

• 100% aqueous, non polluting print technology

• Anti wrinkle, easy loading fabric feeding design.

• Professional fabric transport system.

• Special exhaust system for less cleaning maintenance ensures brighter & larger colour-gamut.

• Precision perfect with adhesive belt.

• Horizontal type Inline fixation system using most efficient IR heating technology.

• Built-in automation for unattended print run & maintenance.

• Infrared ensures even emission of heat to fix the colours to direct printable fabric media.

• USB high speed Interface for faster data transfer.

• Adjustable fabric tension system.

• Advance Infrared print drying system.

textiles PrinterEvolution Kayo126 DS and Eos100 DS US based grand format printer manufacturer PrinterEvolution has introduced two new industrial, high production digital textile printers Features • 2.5L bulk ink system • Upgradable industrial heads • Accommodates jumbo paper rolls alleviates the need to switch out transfer paper as often The Kayo126 DS is an industrial, water-based, dye sub printer dedicated solely to printing on transfer paper so users only have to profile once (not for every fabric run through printer) with no need to rebuild inks and settings.

PrinterEvolution says the Kayo126 DS speed of 165 sqm/hr using a 12 x Ricoh Gen 4 head configuration outperforms anything comparable on the market and, with each nozzle having a lifespan of 100 billion actuations, the variable drop heads create accurate, rich colour built for high volume industrial requirements.

• Can sublimate to many fabrics once printed on transfer paper • Advanced media system uses servo motors not pinchers and belts • Multiple drying elements and fast-dry paper for perfect 39” linear drying with temperature settings up to 175° F

Features • Automatic turn-off control to finish the curing and shut off the calender automatically when the printer is unattended • High capacity bulk ink system for continuous printing and high ink yields

The Eos100 DS, has an on-board calender providing even heat and pressure and the complete print to sublimate capabilities deliver fast, high quality results for high capacity soft signage printing.

The company says unlike many competitive products the Eos can print on standard digital fabrics and specialty materials such as open weave and stretch.

• Cork covered roller can be adjusted to apply additional tension to stretchable fabrics like Lycra, spandex and other sports textiles • Trough and sponge system allows users to print on open-weave products like mesh and flag with no backside “blow-by” ink.

Kornit DC Pro water based NeoPigment ink for DtG printing Kornit Digital have developed hardware, software and NeoPigment inks for garment decorators which has enabled the company to create this integrated digital discharge solution - the only industrial solution that combines the advantages of digital printing with a natural feel.

Kornit Digital has launched its new DC Pro water based NeoPigment ink discharge ink for the Kornit Avalanche DC Pro, direct-to-garment printing system. The discharge ink technology, targeted at the garment decorators for the fashion market, allows print onto dark garments without a white layer base, so digitally printed garments have a soft, natural feel when touched.

The new discharge ink is an improved, ready to use version that does not require special handling or mixing, and remains stable in the print-heads for up to a year. The Kornit Avalanche DC Pro has two additional print-heads by which the new discharge ink is applied to bleach the dye molecules of the dark garment, providing a base for CMYK printing, creating a natural feel for the finished product. In combination with the discharge ink, the system can apply flexible amounts of white ink for full opacity control. Support for the new ink will also be available as an upgrade kit for Kornit Avalanche systems with Spectra Nova heads.

Kornit says it’s Avalanche DC Pro is the only industrial solution that provides the user with an array of discharge and white options: it can print CMYK over discharge, CMYK over white, or CMYK over a discharge and white combination.

Like all of Kornit’s direct-to-garment printing systems, the Avalanche DC Pro features high productivity, combined with low printing and operating costs and the largest print area in the market at 60 x 90 cm.

The Kornit Avalanche DC Pro has been specifically designed for garment decorators looking to utilise digital printing within the high fashion market.

Both the Avalanche DC Pro printer and the new DC Pro water based NeoPigment ink discharge ink are available through Kornit’s specialist resellers worldwide.

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textiles M&R Stryker automatic oval screen printing press

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USA based M&R has announced the addition of Stryker to their line of automatic screen printing presses. The oval shaped press begins with a 10-station base module, that can be expanded in 6-station increments to create up to 52-station configurations.

Other than the end stations, there are no restrictions on print head placement as all other stations can support print heads and any station can be left open.

Stryker’s layout can be tailored to almost any production requirement and the oval shape takes up less floor space than comparable carousel presses, with a maximum standard image area of 60 x 84 cm, but can print images as large as 100 x 84 cm in alternating print heads, to suit cut-pieces and all-over garments.

The large colour touchscreen control panel sits on an easy to move caster mounted pedestal and features icon-based labelling, multiple language command/information display, self-diagnostics and a production speed monitor to ensure more accurate job costing

The multiple print-stroke capability and independent print-start/printfinish setting, automatically activates and stops print heads at the beginning and the end of production runs.

Stryker features

• A servo-drive index system combines simplified design, performance and reduced maintenance • Precise control • Smooth, high speed operation make it possible to achieve index speeds up to 900 pieces per hour • Index speed parameters can be adjusted quickly and easily • Multiple-indexing capability • Print heads are driven by fast, reliable variable-frequency AC electric-drive motors to deliver smooth printhead movement and control • Simple print-stroke adjustment promotes permits high production rates • Print heads also incorporate simple, tool-free method of adjusting off-contact at all four corners of the screen frame quickly and independently • Independent print and reset buttons; and independent print/flood speed controls on each print head • High-lift mode simplifies screen loading, unloading, inspection and cleaning • The Maintenance Minder system alerts operators when scheduled maintenance is due • Laser Locator System speeds pallet positioning and changeover - assists operators with precise positioning of garments and cut-piece goods • Squeegee Damsystem gently lowers the squeegee blade onto the screen mesh when the press is idle to help prevent thinner waterbased and discharge inks from flowing into the image area • Electronically adjustable Ink Dip ink retrieval system keeps ink in the screen printing area • Park feature facilitates setup and tear-down by simultaneously retracting the squeegee and floodbar and then moving them to the outside edge of the press for easy access

Roland Texart CS-64 calender system The roller transfers prints from transfer paper onto materials containing polyester and fixes ink on directly printed textiles.

The calender may be extended using a table (CSTAB) to ensure smooth transfers onto pre-cut fabric such as stretch and non-stretch sports wear material.

Roland DG has introduced a professional calendar system, the Texart CS-64 166.5 cm (64”) heat transfer machine, for use with the Texart RT-640 sublimation printer. This addition means Roland now offers a complete solution for sublimation printing with its compatible inks, software and new calender.

The CS-64 calender heat transfer system is 152.5cm (64”) wide and has a practical speed of 40 m²/hr and will suit both new and experienced textile printers with large volumes and smaller orders.

A collecting unit (CS-BIN) is also available to receive the pieces of fabric as they are fed through the roller and can be mounted on the rear side of the calendar.

The CS-64 calender is used in conjunction with the Texart RT-640 printer, which Roland DG launched in October. The RT-640 advanced sublimation printer incorporates innovative print technology and RIP software and works with original sublimation inks using either four (CMYK) or eight colours (CMYKLcLm + Orange + Violet) allowing prints to be produced at high speed onto a variety of materials for sports apparel, flags, banners, interior decoration and more.

Intertextile Shanghai show doubles in size Organiser Messe Frankfurt (HK) has announced the launch of many new product zones and pavilions at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition 2015, being held from 18 – 20 March at Shanghai’s new National Exhibition and Convention Center.

The new zones, with 14 exhibitors from five countries and regions including Australia, France, Hong Kong, Italy and the UK participating, will be part of the larger event that encompasses 100,000 sqm in exhibition space and over 2,500 exhibitors.

In response to China’s growing upper and middle class’ strong demand for fabric pattern designs, the ‘Verve for Design’ zone has more than doubled in size from 2014, and will feature creative and original fabrics and showcase spring/summer print collections which are targeted towards the mid-range and high-end markets. For more information visit Vision Asia’s Events Calendar.

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events Printed Interior Decoration first conference a success

…many successful printers switching to this segment have come forward, revealing that this sector could be as interesting and lucrative as the large format display and banner market today

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he first Printed Interior Decoration (PID) conference, an ESMA (European Specialist Printing Manufacturer’s Association) organised event, took place Dusseldorf Germany on the 26th and 27th November 2014 Düsseldorf, with management saying that it is the first European conference to present a holistic view of printed decoration on different materials for walls, floors, textiles and furniture.

solutions. The presenters frequently advised on the right materials as well, and how to handle contractors on site.

This conference gave an overview of the current equipment, materials and printing solutions through the medium of 16 presentations and 4 keynote speakers who addressed the subjects of business models, trends and market information relating to interior design. The conference programme combined technical presentations from suppliers with inspirational presentations from designers who demonstrated their approach to using digital print for decoration.

Euroshop management said that with the increasing importance of e-commerce, it is now all about staging and emotionalising the point-of-sale - a printed interior decoration contributes to this.

Peter Buttiens, CEO of ESMA and event organiser, said: “Looking at the printing market today, many traditional segments are under pressure from competition and this results in lower margins and less work. With a little help and expertise, many of the large format printers can become important suppliers for Printed Interior Decoration solutions. They have the equipment but need to gain some further knowledge and also build a new group of customers and professional partners. Recently, many successful printers switching to this segment have come forward, revealing that this sector could be as interesting and lucrative as the large format display and banner market today”.

The conference also showed that entering a different segment of the market, such as the creation of interiors, is not always an easy transition.

The construction and the interior design world have their own standards and regulations. But printers quickly recognise that in certain areas they should be the full contractor. A printer providing decorative glass, should work together with a glass fitter to ensure the smooth installation of the decorative glass as doors, walls or windows. It is clear that the right partnerships should be made between printers and contractors for these special interior design

With over 150 participants, the event showcased the growing interest in the sector and its success was further supported by Euroshop, the world’s leading retail trade fair and the wallpaper association.

Fespa also took the opportunity to launch its new project: the Print Inspiration Rally - an American school bus that is fully decorated with print.

The next PID show will take place in November 2016 where the conference concept will be developed to mirror the broader potential of the interior decoration market and feature designers, creative developers, printers and suppliers.

More information can be found on www.printedinteriordecoration.org

More: www.printedinteriordecoration.org and www.esma.com

Gulf Print & Pack 2015 - Dubai Gulf Print & Pack 2015 will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from 13 - 16 April and is directed toward printers, brand owners and designers who have an interest and involvement with the general print and packaging industry.

African (MENA) region, which is the world’s fourth fastest growing printing market. PIRA international’s ‘Global Print Markets to 2016’ has forecast that the Middle East’s market share is expected to grow to $20bn by next year.

10,000 printing industry professionals expected to attend, including international names such as Heidelberg, Kodak, AFRA, Bobst, Green Graphics Trading GMCC, Nilpeter and Prestige Graphics Trading and at least 45 new companies.

The event is considered to be the premier print industry event in the Middle East and North

Over 300 print industry exhibitors, manufacturers, suppliers and technology providers and over

Expo entry is free, though pre-registration is suggested.

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espa is launching it’s first Printeriors alongside Fespa 2015, Fespa Fabric and European Sign Expo in Cologne from 18-22 May - all the events will be conducted under the one roof at Koelnmesse with organisers saying the new one day Printeriors is directed toward interior designers, graphic professionals, printers and signmakers. The show will highlight the creative use of print design concepts that suit retail, residential, corporate and hospitality via a visual, tactile experience in a series of differing room sets, of commercial and domestic interiors Printeriors aims • Showcase interior applications, trends, materials, designs, techniques and case studies • Illustrate the creative possibilities and technical printing capabilities of architecture and interior décor from walls, floor coverings, textile and decorative surfaces to furniture and accessories • Inform, educate and inspire • Stimulate the demand for printed interior decoration

Printeriors Conference - Thursday 21 May 2015 The first FESPA Printerior Conference will be held on the 21st May 2015, at the Messe Cologne Exhibition Centre from 10.30am-18.00pm with all sessions conducted in English. Fespa has confirmed that registration to the event includes access to all inspirational content sessions, refreshments and buffet lunch, networking drinks reception and a Printeriors show tour.

Printeriors Conference Programme 10.50 Opening Welcome 11.00 Insights into the growth & creative development of

the printing for interior markets

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13.00 Lunch Break 14.00 Printeriors Tour 14.30 Printeriors 2015 Exhibitors PANEL Session 15.00 KEYNOTE: The Recipe for discovery 15.30 KEYNOTE: Exploring Print in Interior Design 16.00 How to build the bridge between printers and designers

11.30 Creative solutions with digitally printed fabrics

16.30 TBA

12.00 Cost-effective creativity

17.00 KEYNOTE: Title TBC

12.30 Image is everything

17.30 Drinks Reception- Conference Centre North

Heimtextil 2015 final report

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esse Frankfurt organisers have confirmed that trade fair Heimtextil 2015 has concluded and was one of the most successful in many years, attributable to the wide range of high quality home, contract textile products, designs and equipment showcased by national and international exhibitors.

Heimtextil said this was the fifth consecutive increase to the number of exhibitors and permitted visitors an opportunity to scout trends – such as this year’s ethno designs and pale shades, discover innovations and technologies, make purchases and place orders. Visitors came from Britain, Italy and Spain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Japan, USA, Germany - especially Frankfurt. The new ‘Theme Park’ trend and technology lab areas proved popular and highlighted many ways that the wide range of innovative products on offer could be combined with online and offline retail sales.

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Statistics This Year

Last year

% Increase

Trade Visitors - 68,000+

66,265

Around 3%

Trade Visitors International Exhibitors - 2,759

2 ,714

From 67 to 68%

Exhibitor Intl - 68 countries

62 countries

From 87 to 88%

Next year’s Hemitextil Frankfurt am Main event will be from Tuesday 12 January to Friday 15 January, 2016. More information can be found on www.printedinteriordecoration.org

events Xeikon Café Packaging Innovations 2015 exchange platform covering the different aspects of digitalising print production, while cutting through the information overload.

The concept has existed for some years and started with a series of one-day local events but in 2014 the Café Packaging Innovations was organised over a period of three days. Participants responded positively with many already confirming their attendance for 2015.

At the Café there will be live demonstrations on Xeikon’s large range of digital label presses, including the new Xeikon Cheetah digital colour press, the fastest label press of its class. Visitors will have the opportunity to witness just how digital production is transforming the label and packaging industry and how it is turning short to medium runs into a profitable business.

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Following the success, and an IBIS award, in December 2014, Xeikon has announced details of the 2015 edition of its Xeikon Café Packaging Innovations. Hosted by Xeikon and Xeikon’s Aura partners, the event will take place from Tuesday 10 March through to Thursday 12 March 2015 in

Xeikon’s R&D and production site in Lier, Belgium and is aimed at assisting label and packaging printers as well as converters and print buyers worldwide to transform their digital production into a profitable business. The Café concept’s proven formula provides an informal knowledge

FESPA launches global conference program The Southern European Print Congress

The Nordic Congress

Participants will also see the full range of Xeikon’s label and packaging application suites in action – such as Folding Carton Suite, the Self-Adhesive Label Suite, the Heat Transfer Label Suite and the In-Mold Label Suite, featuring live job preparation, production and finishing of real-life and purposebuilt applications.

Attendance is free but registration is required online.

Fespa is staging four regional congresses in collaboration with its associations during the first half of 2015 through its Profit for Purpose programme, an initiative which reinvests profits in its global exhibition portfolio to benefit printers by promoting knowledge-sharing, education and best printing practice.

Being held in: Dates: Entitled: Designed to:

C/Ramon Turro 196-198, 08005 Barcelona, Spain 10-11 March, 2015 “The WOW Effect of Printing” – the event is simultaneously translated into Spanish, French, Italian and English Promote innovation in the print industry and provide a dynamic networking arena with sessions that include:

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The power of print in a connected world

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The value of international co-operation in the printing industry

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A customers view on print industry innovations

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Inspirational success stories

Being held in: Axelborg Hall, Vesterbrogade 4 A,1620 København V, Copenhagen, Denmark Dates: 24-25 March, 2015 Designed to: Provide print intelligence, drive print and networking opportunities and strategies for success in the industry with: •

Various keynote addresses from industry experts

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Information on how business opportunities can be created

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Panel debate

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Networking opportunities

The Mexico Congress

Being held in: Camino Real, Polanco Mexico City, Mexico – held ahead of the eighth Fespa Mexico exhibition Date: 16 April, 2015 Designed to: Drive opportunities in the print industry and regional education

The African Congress

Being held in:

Dates: Designed to:

Gallagher Convention Centre, 9 Richards Drive, in Johannesburg, South Africa – a stand alone event alongside FESPA Africa 2015 (22-24 July 2015) 22-24 July, 2015 Provide tailored insights and networking opportunities for printers from across Africa that includes:

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Digital print machinery, consumables, signage, finishing and T shirt printing

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Labels and decals

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Print media/substrates

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Design software

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Engraving

EVENTS Japan’s Daiwa wins Can of the Year for 2014

A 2 0c l three -pie ce wel ded tinpl ate cof fee can featuring em bo ssing, foaming ink and an eas y- o pe n end is Can of the Year 20 1 4 Daiwa Can Corporation of Japan has been selected by a panel of expert judges at The Canmakers magazines’s UK offices as winner of the canmaking industry’s Can of the Year title in 2014 with a 20cl three-piece welded tinplate coffee can featuring

details such as registered embossing, foaming ink and an easy-open aluminium end.

Powered Coffee is a newcomer to the Japanese market, being a premium drink that is being marketed as an energy drink that helps physical exhaustion recovery with enriched nutrients and

coffee. After being approached by Kowa, Daiwa co-developed the recipe and filling process. Using retorting techniques, it is produced by Daiwa’s subsidiary Sanwha and sold through retailers rather than the vending machines used for the large ready-to-drink (RTD) canned coffee market.

Daiwa was amongst the winners contending for the title after taking Gold in the Beverage Three-Piece category where Silver went to ORG Packaging in China for a lightweight can made of 0.15mm DR tinplate and beading that increase its strength. Daiwa Can also won the Bronze award in the Bottles category for its polyester-coated aluminium Bottle Can for UCC Mutou black coffee.

Major winners by category Can of the Year 2014

Canmaker Summit Delegates’ Choice

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Daiwa Can Company, Japan Three-piece welded tinplate can for Powered Coffee

Donggumman GM Metal Products, Hong Kong Decorative tinplate tin with hinged lid for Monarch tea

Aerosol Cans

Fancy Cans

Gold

Gold

• DS Containers, USA • Two-piece drawn polymer-coated steel can for Tectron water proofer

• Dongguan GM Metal Products, Hong Kong • Decorative tinplate tin with hinged lid for Monarch tea

Beverage Three-Piece

Food Three-Piece

Gold

Gold

• Daiwa Can Company, Japan • Welded tinplate embossed can for Powered Coffee • Customer: Kowa Pharmaceuticals Company

Beverage Two-Piece

• Crown Aerosols & Speciality Packaging, UK • Decorative tinplate tin - peelable end and slip lid for

Fortnum & Mason coffee

Gold

Food Two-Piece

Gold

• Rexam, USA • D&I aluminium cap can for Monster Energy drink

• Metalgráfica Renner, Brazil • Drawn tinplate can with recloseable lid for Komdelli pate

Bottles

General Line

Gold

Gold

• Exal Corporation, USA • Impact-extruded aluminium bottle for Indigeny Reserve cider

• Brasilata, Brazil • 20-litre tinplate pail for Sayerlack Renner paint

Decoration & Print Quality

Prototype

Gold

Gold

• Dongguan GM Metal Products, Hong Kong • Decorative tinplate tin with hinged lid for Monarch tea

• Packaging Products del Peru, Peru • Steel crown cap for beer

Ends, Caps & Closures

Sustainability

Gold

Gold

• Can-Pack Metal Closures, Poland • Embossed steel crown cap for Higuli beer

• Packaging Products del Peru, Peru • Steel crown cap for beer

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Printpack+sign - Singapore 29 to 31 July Luxepack Shanghai luxury packaging Printpack+sign organizer Bizlink Exhibiton Services says the event, being held at the Marina Bay Sands Singapore from 29-31 July, is the only show focussed on business solutions for the printing, packaging show starts 15 April and signage trade rather than the technology aspect of the industry.

The event will highlight and profile sales solutions and is designed to generate new business and provide exhibitors direct contact with potential customers and prospects.

Printpack+sign is co-located the annual Singapore Gifts and Premiums Fair and Office Expo Asia and being held at the Marina Bay Sands from 29-31 July.

Information in Vision Asia’s Events Calendar: http://www.visionmagazine.asia/event/

DscoopX to host Packaging Renaissance event on March 5 in Washington

Luxepack Shanghai, being held from 15-16 April 2015 at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre, is the only event in Asia to focus specifically on prestigious packaging solutions.

DscoopX, the annual conference for HP Graphic Arts users in North America, will host the first ever DscoopX Packaging Renaissance, presenting an opportunity for attendees to learn about the growth of packaging in the digital printing arena.

The event is timed for Thursday, March 5 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington, DC.

Organisers say the show has become a major event that promises to develop and broaden its business platform for both Asian and international brand and industry stakeholders with over 150 regional and international packaging specialists expected to attend.

The tenth anniversary conference of HP Graphic Arts users is for the first time opening with an exclusive Packaging Brand Event aimed at helping Dscoop members’ customers and prospects learn about the opportunities that exist with HP Indigo Digital Printing. Only a limited amount of seats

are available for this event, and it will sell out, so those interested should contact Dscoop headquarters at 312.527.6707 to register.

On March 6 and 7 there will be educational sessions for attendees focused on creating new digital print possibilities. The DscoopX Packaging Renaissance will enable attendees to think beyond the obvious to create market-leading innovations for their customers, stay ahead of the competition, and become a market leader.

It will provide them with the tools necessary for business growth in folding carton, flexible packaging, labels, corrugated packaging and shrink sleeves.

Sessions offered include

The conference and programme of events will discuss and present various packaging designs and innovations, trends and ideas applicable to a range of diverse sectors, including perfume, cosmetics, fashion, wines and spirits, delicatessen, watches and jewellery, writing instruments and tobacco.

Gift Selection, the ‘show within a show’ and dedicated to tailored, premium gifts and quality promotional items, is a standout fixture that is being held again in 2015.

90-minute Deep Dives •

Flexible Packaging: How to Enter the Market

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Comprehensive Folding Cartons – HP Indigo 30000

60-minute Educational Sessions •

The Next Generation In Color Communication

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Make Ready? Really? Let it Go. It’s an Indigo!

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I Just Bought an HP Indigo WS6000 Series Press. Now What Do I Do?

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Tips & Tricks for Improved Productivity

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Imagine the Packaging Possibilities-- Powered by Trends and Technology

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What Level G7 Printer Are You?

In addition, a special “Ask the Experts” session will feature industry experts to help answer specific questions about real life challenges.

Screen Print Vietnam 2015 starts July 30 Screen Print Vietnam 2015 will debut from July 30 to August 1, 2015 at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Organiser Aditya Expositions, says Vietnam’s economy and printing industry, from labels and packaging to a wide range of printing services including textile and flexo printing as well as digital technology, are on an upward trend.

This makes Vietnam the right time and place to launch an interactive print event focused on new developments and to showcase new offerings, by attracting international and regional exhibitors, delegates and visitors, to explore business The Printpack India 2015 exhibition, held at the India Expo Centre in New Delhi, wrapped up on February opportunities.

15 when packagers from the whole of South Asia came to see and experience the latest equipment.

India’s printing association’ Screenprinting and This year focussed both on traditional colour printing, postpress, finishing, offset, digital and flexo Graphics Association of India (SGAI), together printing plus signage as well as food, packaging and labels which are considered to be the new growth with other associations have already pledged their support. market.

Printpack India wraps 15 February, 2015

Exhibitors included regional and international companies that such as Kodak, Xeikon, Malhotra Graphics Information in Vision Asia’s Events Calendar: SL Kulkarni Cyril Graphics (SLKCG) Shengli, Fuchu Shiko, Sergusa Solutions Beijing Daheng Imaging http://www.visionmagazine.asia/event/ Company and Boettcher India.

2007 PANTONE速

19-1557 Chili Pepper

new prodUCts

Colour Of The Year 2007

PANTONE速 19-1557 Chili Pepper

NEW PRODUCTS Canon /Océ ColorWave 700 large format colour system

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Canon US has announced the Océ ColorWave 700 large format printing system, a cost effective solution for reprographers and in-plant shops that want to offer new large format services, including posters, pop-up banners, and wallpaper while still retaining the capability of handling CAD and GIS documents In addition the Océ ColorWave 700 is productive and cost efficient for print service providers and retailers who want to produce short-run point-ofsale colour specialties more economically with no set-up time or complex finishing requirements.

The ColorWave 700’s paper path enables it to print on a broad range of heavier, inexpensive (no pretreatment is required) substrates as well as vinyl/ canvas to extends the ColorWave technology reach into short-term use POP signage.

Océ’s MediaSense technology provides the ability to print on thicker media (up to 32mil) enabling production of colour posters, pop-up banners, disposable point-of-sale, wallpaper, canvas and can print up to 640 posters or 1800 A1/D-size CAD drawings per working day.

Print service providers, reprographers, retailers and in-plant printers can use the Océ ColorWave 700 system to consolidate their large format graphics and technical applications printing into a single easy-to-use system.

With up to six different rolls of media that can be loaded simultaneously, the printer is able to handle many different jobs uninterrupted, without having to load and unload rolls in-between. And with optional Take-Up Module, users can easily choose between roll-to-finished sheet or roll-toroll printing. This means it can replace multiple colour inkjet printing systems and improve efficiency.

Océ’s ClearConnect multi-touch user panel works like a tablet so there is minimal learning curve and workflow is flexible based on individual needs. Print from a desktop via Océ Publisher Select software to manage complex document sets in addition the embedded Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) helps with a predictable end-toend Adobe workflow, with all elements - create, manage, print - sharing the same common core technologies. And optional ONYX Thrive software

provides pre-flighting and advanced colour management tools to produce outstanding colour results and high productivity.

This system is engineered for reliable, unattended production with no daily maintenance required to maximise production. It runs unattended with no need to check or babysit jobs. Prints come out as sheets ready to finish or ship. No trimming, drying or curing time is required and the printer can print mixed sets in one go, without having to trim or manually collate sets.

The solution offers many applications including the Océ patented Océ CrystalPoint technology for robust, waterfast prints with sharp lines, high readability of fine details and smooth, even area fills. Prints are consistent over time and on different machines, have a unique silk-shine look and feel, independent of the type of media you use. The Onyx workflow helps operators achieve brighter, more vibrant colour images and predictable colour output.

The ColorWave 700 is expected to ship in the USA beginning March 2015.

Agfa Graphics auto board feeder and varnish printing at C!Print Agfa Graphics used C!Print, an exhibition for the visual communication industry that was held from 3-5 February in Lyon, France, for the European debut of the Anapurna M2500i with optional Automated Board Feeder (ABF).

The event was designed as a exhibition of technical solutions for signage, events, decoration and the graphics industry in general, and was an ideal launch point for the Anapurna M2500i. The system, which can print six colours plus white on either roll or rigid substrates was demonstrated with an ABF that will feed up to five boards automatically for a 30% gain in productivity and can be used for art reproductions, architectural and interior decorations and lenticular displays.

The M2500i was demonstrated at the Atelier Plug & Play workshop along with the Jeti Titan HS flatbed printer with varnish and white. Agfa’s specially formulated UV-curable varnish is compatible with most standard UV-printing media and cures to a perfect sheen in gloss or semi-gloss.

NEW PRODUCTS Inca Digital Onset R40LT mid-level flatbed printer

Inca Digital have launched the Inca Onset R40LT wide-format, flatbed UV printer targeted at users seeking a standard mid-range machine.

The Onset R40LT has the ability to upgrade in the field from a four-colour, 265 sqm/hr machine to an eight-colour fully specified device. The R40LT model can start as a manual 3.14 x 1.6m, full-width array flatbed printer in a choice of four, five or six colours and is capable of 265 sqm/hr print speeds on substrates up to 50mm (2in) thick - equivalent to 40 full-beds sheets/hr plus it has the features of the existing Onset R40i, including 14 picolitre Fujifilm Dimatix Spectra printheads, a 15-zone vacuum table, a UV sensor system and mechanical substrate height detectors.

Based on the dynamic Onset Scaleable Architecture platform, the Onset Series now features a choice of 18 different models and three different handling systems and is available immediately from Fujifilm, Inca’s exclusive global distribution partner.

Contex SD One first desktop large format Scanner

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Contex, wide format scanning and imaging solution provider, has launched the SD One, which they claim is the market’s first wide format desktop scanner designed to eliminate the need to outsource scanning.

The company says SD One allows users to scan oversized engineering and construction drawings for immediate cloud sharing which is an exclusive capability of Contex scanners. With built-in cloud connectivity, users can scan wide format documents, send them to preferred destinations via email or directly into cloud sharing and storing applications like Google Drive, Dropbox, Box.com, or Microsoft OneDrive.

The system is powerful and lightweight - 3 times lighter that any other equivalent scanner and is available now from authorised Contex resellers worldwide.

Features • Available in 610mm for A1 / D size documents and 914mm wide – 914mm hard copy documents up to 600dpi and can support even A00/E size documents • Standard USB to any PC or laptop • Full colour and black and white scanning • Scanned images saved as JPG, TIF, PDF & PDF/A • Designed for Windows 8.7 and Vista • Energy Star certified • Optional stand Software Available in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Russian, and Polish, and comes with: • Nextimage FREE and Nextimage TWAIN with automated software updates • Integrated image viewer – enables automatic file naming • Automatic Image Quality – for instant clean up and alignment

NEW PRODUCTS Fuji Xerox Color 1000i press with gold and silver dry inks

Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific has launched the Color 1000i Press in Singapore saying it will be available throughout the AsiaPacific region including China. The 1000i, targeted at the high-end professional print market, is the company’s latest production colour press and the industry’s first xerographic production press to offer both metallic Gold and Silver Dry Inks.

The new gold and silver dry Inks, developed though the application of the company’s Emulsion Aggregation (EA) technology, are ellipsoid-shaped inks with flat reflective pigments completely covered by toner particles. Orienting the reflective pigment particles in parallel to the print media allows the reflective pigments to reflect light after the image is fused onto the media, thereby achieving a metallic appearance. Furthermore, the reflective pigments do not allow light to pass through, thereby enabling metallic printing on various media.

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With these new Dry Inks, what has been conventionally achieved using offset printing can now be delivered through a single production printer, which improves workflows for printing companies while also contributing to expansion of businesses through widening printing applications with the Gold and Silver Dry Inks.

The Color 1000i Press expands print potential on products such as catalogues, direct mails, flyers, postcards and business cards that are usually created using CMYK colours, by creating the option of adding marketing effects to increase the perceived value of prints to give them a sophisticated look or seasonal relevance.

Other features • Inherits the professional functions of the Color 1000 Press, offering print productivity of 100 prints-perminute with media as thick as 350g/m2 • Offers the new capability of printing on dark coloured media • Provides wider offerings of specialty dry inks with the introduction of the newly-developed Gold and Silver Dry Inks —in addition to the Clear Dry Ink already available with the previous model • Comes ready equipped with Full Width Array which automates printing adjustments, such as colour calibration and front and back alignment - reducing operator workload and improving work efficiency in making printing adjustments.

• Uses the FreeFlow Print Server and EX Print Server powered by Fiery. The EX Print Server Powered by Fiery enables digital data to be processed at higher speeds than the previous model thanks to the server’s redesigned hardware and software. This ensures faster processing of high-volume and variable data.

MGI Meteor DP8700 XL+ debut at Printpack India 2015

MGI Digital Graphic Technology, Konica Minolta India, and MGI’s local distributor, Printools Corporation used the Konica Minolta India stand to exhibit MGI’s digital printing and finishing solutions with live demonstrations of the upgraded Meteor DP8700 XL+ and UV spot coater at Printpack India in Delhi, from 11-15 February.

MGI also showcased the JETvarnish with increased throughput for flat spot UV jobs and 3D raised effects which, when paired with digital hot foil module iFOIL, can create variable data hot foil embossed effects for a luxury, tactile finish.

The upgraded Meteor DP8700 XL+ was being displayed and demonstrated for the first time in India, at print and packaging specialist Printools Corporation stand to showcase: • Multi-substrate capabilities including paper, plastics, envelopes and more • The offset comparable output • Laser-safe prints • New 47” long format and no click charges allow the Meteor XL+ to maximise production with minimized costs

2004 PANTONE速

17-1456 Tigerlily

interiors

Colour Of The Year 2004

PANTONE速 17-1456 Tigerlily

INTERIORs Xeikon and designer Hugo Diego partner at Heimtextil

H UGO DIEGO L A UN CHES NEW D I GI TAL LY P RIN T E D WA L L PAPER CO L L ECTI O N

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D bleached wooden paneling, bronzed iron sheets and cartoon character inspired designs are just some of the creative wallpaper capabilities Xeikon, an innovator in digital colour printing technology, showcased at Heimtextil, the largest international trade fair for home and contract textiles.

Following a successful collaboration at several industry trade shows last year, Xeikon is again teaming up with innovative designer Hugo Diego to produce eye-catching tactile designs using the Xeikon Wall-Covering Suite, an allin-one digital solution that produces a finished product.

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“We are very excited to be demonstrating the commercial and creative flexibility that our presses bring to the market and sharing how innovative designers can use them to develop offerings that stand out in a crowded market.

Digital printing technologies from Xeikon allow designers to push boundaries and as such extend their portfolios with high impact and visually vibrant results – all without any compromise in quality,” comments Danny Mertens, Xeikon’s Director Marketing & Business Development Document Printing.

Outstanding quality for ultra-realistic new designs Diego launched his new 2015 Textures collection at Heimtextil, he explained: “What makes this collection very special is that we are introducing for the first time wood and rusted metal textures. We will also be introducing a new set of bricks to complement our very popular red brick texture, and bring back our four very popular stone textures.

“All of our textures are in very high resolution with over a billion pixels. They are seamless and repeat every 12 feet (3.66m) which makes us unique compared to anything else available in the market. This enables us to cover large areas while still maintaining a very realistic effect.

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The Hugo Diego 2015 Textures collection catalogue is available online on http://issuu.com/hugo_diego/docs/2015_textures_collection_-_final_is/1

“We are excited about our ongoing collaboration with Xeikon and the added flexibility it gives us and our customers compared to traditional production processes.”

While design is critical, digital print has taken production an evolutionary stage forward by enabling the ordering of panels from 0.91m (3ft) to 3m (10ft) in small quantities, Diego adds: “Without this type of printing capability, this product would not exist at this price point with this flexibility. The Xeikon Wall-Covering Suite of tools open a world of possibilities for any designer. Printing is now a very fluid process in my workflow. I can design a collection of textures, murals or patterns for a client, get prototypes printed that will be exactly what the production model will look like, and go into full production, all in one continuous motion.

There is no need to use different machines or different substrates.

“Being able to use the same suite of tools for short runs or large productions is a real time and money saver when designing, creating, producing and distributing wall coverings of all types.”

INTERIORs Presto Tape PaperTac 328/350 removable and repositionable printable wallcoverings US headquartered Presto Tape has introduced PaperTac adhesive-backed papers to their Digitally Printable Wallcoverings collection. This wallcovering is available in three versions and can be used in place of traditional wallpapers and will also suit surface graphics, wall murals and retail or point of sale applications.

Product 328 350 (Heavy)

Thickness 6 mil paper 10 mil paper

Suitable Inks UV cured, latex, solvent and eco-solvent inks UV cured and latex inks

In addition to the adhesive-backed white papers, Presto Tape is introducing a line of 6 ml thick coloured papers with a metallic sheen to the graphic that can be printed with UV cured inks. Colours include Gold Iridescent, Silver, Pink Pearlescent and Pink Velvet Common PaperTac features • Removable and repositionable adhesive - for ease of installation and removal • Microsphere adhesive is strong but won’t damage walls or peel paint when removed • Substrates can be contoured, cut and are available in widths of 24, 30, 54 and 60”

HP’s new Light Fabric for Latex printers HP’s new Light Fabric is a 100% knitted polyester for use with Latex printers - available in 42”, 54” and 60” widths x 150’ length rolls, it carries a shelf life of 1 year in unopened, original packaging.

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Characteristics • Wrinkle resistant • Rub and scratch resistant – for confidence during final packing for shipment • Flame retardant - to B1, M1, and NFPA 701 standards

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• No harmful chemicals - REACH compliant • An environmentally friendly product - with no harmful substances and has Oeko-Tex 1 00 certification • Lightweight and soft to the touch • Water resistant - with HP latex inks • Excellent colour gamut - for a range of display applications such as PSPs, POP/POS retail and event displays, exhibits, banners interior decoration, pop up/roll up displays

Lexjet Sunset Photo Matte Paper US based Lexjet have introduced an addition to their Sunset product line – Sunset Photo Matte Paper 280gsm.

The company says it is a thick, durable, easy to handle paper with a slightly warmer tone to suit fine-art reproduction, high-quality photo art prints, photo albums and high-end poster décor.

Characteristics • Compatible with aqueous inkjet printers • Weight – 250g • Thickness 12mm • Smooth acid free surface, PH neutral and archival • Superior colour saturation and a high Dmax • Available in 17”, 24”, 36”, 44” and 60” widths and 100’ roll lengths

INTERIORs Drytac Scuff Guard Film Drytac Europe has announced Drytac Scuff Guard - a hard wearing, overlaminate film as an addition to its range of products. Applications for Scuff Guard are varied and it is recommended for the protection of any indoor graphics likely to have a high level of surface contact such as posters, exhibition and trade shows, POP, POS displays and, due to the products R10 anti-slip rating, short term indoor floor graphics.

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• 150µ (6 mil) textured PVC protective over-laminate film • Matte finish • Non glare – to suit intense lighting conditions • Scuff resistant • 6 month warranty when combined with Drytac FloorTac printable vinyl

HP WallArt 3.0

HP WallArt 3.0 SAi interface SA International (SAi), in collaboration with HP, has introduced a new interface for large format print providers with HP Latex printers, to operate the HP WallArt 3.0 custom applications. The app is free of charge for HP Latex printer owners.

The interface provides manufacturers and designers with an opportunity to work with interior décor store and eCommerce sites to use images and patterns to create bespoke, custom wall, door, window and other architectural features of individual rooms via the cloud-based HP WallArt application on any large format printer located anywhere simply by downloading PDF file designs for use. Once a new wallcovering design is uploaded, large format print providers log on to the HP WallArt dashboard for review and download.

HP incorporated its third generation WallArt 3 into an in-store design concept of a decoration shop at Heimtexil 2015. The exhibit showcases various home décor items such as wallpapers, blinds, cushions and textiles from many international fashion and interior decoration designers.

SAi says the process has been simplified and accelerated by Flexi’s userfriendly new interface as: • Jobs are displayed and previewed in the Production Manager tool • The operator uses the dashboard to manage the queue and output device(s)

The latest WallArt version • Allows digital PSPs, wallcovering manufacturers and designers to collaborate closely with retailers, interior decoration stores or eCommerce sites

• The operator can check job status and select the order of files for printing by using JDP workflow • Workflow management uses high speed RIP

• The cloud based service uses a multiple point wing designer tool • The easy to use designer tool simplifies the digitised sales process • End users can visualise the final layout before purchase and receive the product in record time • It is free of charge for HP Latex customers and is being used by 2,400 customers in 81 countries

The HP WallArt interface can be accessed by anyone with branded SAi Flexi software running Version 11, Service Pack 6.

Large format print providers should contact SAi for activation.

HP Latex Printers with the interface pre-activated in FlexiPRINT HP Edition will be available towards the end of January 2015.

Agfa Acorta auto recognition cutting plotter Agfa used the SGI 2015 tradeshow in Dubai, held from January 11-13, 2015, to launch the Acorta, an automatic cutting and finishing plotter that adds to its Anapurna and Jeti wide-format printer portfolio.

The Acorta is designed for cardboard, digital printing and signage industry production of rigid and flexible sheet media. By employing an integrated approach driven from Agfa Asanti it provides an in-house finishing step that will suit POP/POS materials, decoration, containers and banners production. The Acorta is available now.

Features • Integrated automatic recognition of printed images and reference points • Working surface made up of 40 individual vacuum sectors activated automatically as necessary • Solid cellular steel structure to assure correct cutting and milling without vibration or bending • Multi-tool cutting head for cutting, creasing and milling materials up to 50 mm thick • Multi-batch cutting possible to cut diverse substrates simultaneously • Automatic tool pre-setting with video projection system to optimise material yield • Cutting speed up to 102 m/min, acceleration 1.4 G • Auto-height measuring and thickness recognition of substrates • Minimal operator intervention and is robust, accurate and stable

2005 PANTONE速

15-5217 Blue Turquoise

packaging

Colour Of The Year 2005

PANTONE速 15-5217 Blue Turquoise

PACKAGING Iggesund challenges designers to improve packaging

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Swedish headquartered Iggesund Paperboard has commissioned the American crowdsourcing company Crowdspring to challenge the world’s designers to improve existing consumer packaging.

“Every day we all see examples of packaging that could be improved by a better choice of materials or a better design,” explains Staffan Sjöberg, who is in charge of the project at Iggesund Paperboard.

“Now we’re giving designers all over the world the chance to contribute their ideas on how to replace packaging made of glass, plastic or metal with solutions that use paperboard.”

Commercial rights will not be claimed for any of the ideas submitted. The project’s objective is for

designers as a worldwide collective group to steer packaging development in a more sustainable direction. Ideas will be published and may even be reproduced but not exploited commercially.

Color-Logic expands into flexible packaging The core foundation of Process Metallic Color System provides a colour communication system for printing 250 colours on reflective substrates that can be selected from a swatchbook.

Color-Logic’s Process Metallic Colour System, currently being used to produce metallic effects on offset packaging and flexographic printed labels, can now be used on flexible and conventional films, shrink wrap materials and other substrates - permitting the substrate to become a part of the design.

The company says the software, which allows the use of metallic silver inks with CMYK inks and other effects, are pre-built into the palettes and plugins at the design stage. This eliminates the necessity to create a white ink mask when using Adobe Creative Suite and Quark Xpress. Once complete, the design can visualised on-screen, using the Color-Logic FX-Viewer.

Designs can be created using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and the Color-Logic system is compatible with offset, inkjet, flexography, digital presses, screen printing and gravure.

InPrint to launch in Milan, November 2016 FM Brooks, organisers of InPrint the industrial printing exhibition, has announced the launch of InPrint 2016 which will take place in Milan, Italy from 9 to 11 November 2016 at Milano Congressi (MiCo), located close to Milan city centre.

This launch is a year after the second InPrint event held in Germany in 2014 and in direct response to demand from the market for a dedicated forum for Industrial print technology in Italy.

Industrial print is forecast to grow, and organisers say the 2014 InPrint show in Germany confirmed this with the support of over 20 key exhibitor companies such as Reggiani, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, Kuei, JetSet, J-Teck3, Mimaki, INX Digital, Sensient and more.

This year’s show, being held in Munich from 10 to 12 November 2015, is set to achieve a further 50% growth over 2014 and already features over 100 of

the largest names in print technology, including 40 new exhibiting companies. The Milan InPrint 2016 exhibition signals increased confidence in the future expansion of the decorative and industrial print technology sector and will include digital applications of textiles, ceramics, glass, flexible and metal packaging, wood, plastic, apparel, interiors, home décor and furnishings.

InPrint 2017 is set to make a return to Germany.

PACKAGING Packaging Solution provider Tetra Pak has announced that 100 year old Finnish dairy producer, Valio is the first company in the world to sell products to consumers in carton packaging made entirely from plantbased materials.

Tetra Pak’s 100% renewable carton package

The company says they are committed to drive environmental features so the new Tetra Rex carton is bio-based and made solely from a combination of plastics derived from plants and paperboard.

The Tetra Rex gable top carton package comes in four formats (Base and Base Plus, Max, Mid and Slim and available with or without an easy opening OSO 34 twist cap. Both styles are easy pour, and volumes range from 237 ml portion packs to 2000 ml family packs.

Key benefits • Blank-fed solution enables quick change of volumes • Portfolio of packages and closures • Choice of print and types of board • Available with Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paperboard

Plastic Technologies - Toyo Seikan expand Fi-Cell PET Bottles into Europe Plastic Technologies Inc (PTI) the US based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) package developer, has announced that its representation agreement with Toyo Seikan Company Limited of Tokyo has been expanded and that PTI is now the exclusive sales and licensing agent in Europe for the Toyo Seikan’s Fi-Cell foamed PET bottle processing technology used in packaging applications.

Fi-Cell foamed PET bottle technology produces lightweight containers with good barrier and visual/tactile attributes. PTI said that Monolayer bottles feature a smooth inner and outer wall surface while other foamed bottle technologies require an overmolded bottle to achieve a similar result. The introduction is particularly significant for carbonated beverage applications that require a smooth inner wall for an accurate fill.

Phoseon Technology UV LED curing on cylindrical objects

Datacolor Check 3 spectrophotometer

US based Phoseon Technology, patented UV LED curing solution provider has launched the Fireline FL200 with high performance light source for curing inks.

Colour management solutions provider Datacolor, has launched the Check 3 portable, hand held spectrophotometer, which builds on their previous spectrophotometers to provide formulation and quality control for colour professionals in the print, paint, coatings, plastic and textile industries.

Datacolor says the Check 3 has been completely redesigned to improve use during operation, but still has unrivaled colour measurement performance.

The company says this is the first truly scalable water-cooled solution for direct curing onto cylindrical objects, eliminating the need for labels and adhesives.

Advanced features • Peak Irradiance @ Wavelength: 20W/cm² @ 385/395/405nm • Focused optics that reduce stray light at high speeds

New features • Easy to navigate interface colour lcd display • An led illuminated viewing port for precisely positioned samples and accurate measurement • Allows measurement in height constrained areas

• Small form factor for tight spaces

• Allows seamless transfer standards, sample measurements and batches back and forth between instrument and tools, their quality control colour software

• Ethernet capability for enhances control and monitoring

• Usb feature allows data export to a usb flash-drive

• Scalable – place light sources end to end

• Peripheral support such as wireless keyboards and bar code scanners

• Angle reduction technology to reduce stray light

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PACKAGING Mimaki CFL-605RT Compact Flatbed Cutting Plotter for small lot and prototype packaging Features: • The eccentric cutter has a maximum cutting thickness of 1 mm with an optimal downforce setting between 30 and 1,000 g.

• The tangential cutter features a maximum cutting thickness of 2 mm with high downforce pressure, including materials such as reflective vinyl and rubber sheets.

• The reciprocating cutter has a maximum 10 mm cutting thickness for materials such as foam or cardboard and uses a vertical reciprocating motion.

• The creasing roller creases materials for a perfect package.

Downforce pressures are adjustable from 500 to 1,000 g.

• Working size 610 mm × 510 mm • Maximum working speed - XY: 423 mm/s (45° angle direction) Z: 30 mm/s • Material holding - air suction through vacuum unit

Mimaki’s CFL-605RT Compact Flatbed Cutting Plotter offers both creasing and cutting to enable users to create and quickly deliver quality, cost-effective products and incorporates Mimaki’s established technology for finishing of packaging and multi functional prototypes.

plotter can achieve on-demand products by providing the entire production chain including direct print onto goods and packages, and the cutting of cushioning materials.

The cutter plotter was introduced to service the growing market for ondemand production of prototypes and small runs of both products and packaging, particularly those that need to reflect different seasonal and regional requirements.

Mimaki said that they have developed a complete end-to-end solution for brand owners and converters that reduces the time required for prototyping and small lot production, significantly reduce costs and enables a faster time to market. In many cases, these functions can be performed in-house, eliminating outsourcing and further reducing cycle time.

The CFL-605RT is a multifunction flatbed plotter that accommodates material sizes up to A2 extra and features a variety of functions including creasing and eccentric, tangential and reciprocating cutting.

Used in combination with the UJF-6042, the new compact flatbed cutting

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The company has recognised the many promotional and special event opportunities in markets such as cosmetics and luxury items that can benefit directly from the ability to produce highly responsive eye-catching packaging with short lead times.

Xeikon opens first Asia Pacific technology centre in Malaysia Xeikon has officially opened its first Technology Centre in Malaysia as a part of its strategic focus in the Asia Pacific region.

Corporate management said the new, state-ofthe-art 450 sqm facility is designed to support the growing local print industry by building a strong channel network in Asia as well as address

business and educational demands with testing, benchmarking and product demonstrations.

suite of solutions developed in collaboration with its global network of Aura partners.

The new Technology Center features Xeikon’s extensive portfolio of presses and suites for labels and packaging applications as well as for document and commercial printing applications.

Visitors and customers will be able to view Xeikon’s

Xeikon’s 3000 series digital press is on display and was developed specifically for label and packaging converters who need a wider web width for the production of their prime label, folding carton, promotional and transfer applications.

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Dalim Twist 7.5 Dalim Software has launched version 7.5 of its production automation software Twist, saying the upgrade supports more image file formats, such as Raw, png and psd—and offers a seamless, direct connection from Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, making it easier for designers to connect to Twist tools.

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Dalim software has announced an update to ES (Enterprise Solution) 4.5, production automation software. The new features in ES extend the software’s reach beyond its traditional print production and image workflows to support photo studios, retailers, brand owners and their respective media service providers and optimises the packaging and label production cycle.

Production automation is expanded from business process management to final file processing - from preproduction to image handling to video and now features a Media Asset Management (MAM) database management system to provide better content control. Ranging from the traditional file types used in office documents, video, sound, and print production, to RAW images.

ES 4.5 is an integrated media platform that manages the technical production as well as the business review and approval process of cross media. It now includes an integrated Media Asset Manager (MAM) to provide better control of content.

Technology improvements • Hierarchical user and approval management • Colour-certified remote soft proofing component for high-resolution document viewing • Business process mapping tool • Fully customisable, jdf-compliant job tickets • High performance prepress engine (Adobe PDF print engine) • And an intuitive review and approval broadcast and reader application New features • Updated HTML5 version of Dialogue Engine, including track changes feature for text annotations, ability to display trim, bleed and art box, and drag & drop upload for ICC monitor profiles

Twist’s new features extend the software’s reach beyond its traditional print production and image workflows to support media production so production automation is expanded from business process management to final file processing - from preflight to image handling to video.

Dalim says that companies use Twist to achieve high throughput in demanding content production environments with features such as: the ability to build an almost infinite variety of processing paths; a very extensive modular feature set; automation of repetitive tasks such as preflighting, file optimisation and conversion, colour management, and trapping.

Association with industry organisations such as GWG, Fogra and IDEAlliance, plus its strategic partnerships with many vendors ensures that the quality meets industry standards.

Twist 7.5 supports new image file formats that are commonly used by photographers (Raw), retouchers (Adobe Photoshop’s psd) and web portals (png) to improve image handling in design, marketing and ad agencies adding functionality to file handling for documents for print, publications and image workflows for automation, while increasing overall performance.

• Ability to trigger notifications manually

To simplify interaction with Twist workflows, Dalim is providing the new Twist Link plugin which is an easy-to-use connection to a Twist media workflow engine, for file processing directly from Adobe InDesign and Illustrator. Based on Adobe’s standard PDF export and the Dalim Software Weblink API, Twist Link removes the complexity of PDF creation and file transfer with one simple user interface, and sends any document to a selected Twist workflow. The Twist Link plugins are available free of charge from the company’s website.

• An updated look & feel of the HTML5 VirtualBook

Twist 7.5 is available now.

• Revision management when working with a file system • SmartView ‘Components’ for simplified file selection processes and Social Media sharing • Private Collections allowing a user specific display of preselected files • Milestone Progress ‘Component’ for a more intuitive tracking and interaction with projects (incl. approve/reject, validation and file upload) • Basket Orders to trigger image file conversions, creation of contact sheets and to inject metadata into files prior to download

Color-Logic/JetComp metallic flexible packaging prototypes Proofing Technologies, the company that manufactures JetComp films used to produce flexible packaging, mock-ups or proofs, has collaborated with Color-Logic to simplify the printing and prototyping/proofing process of metallic flexible packaging on short runs.

Color-Logic has certified JetComp 2mm silver metallised polypropylene film for use with its Process Metallic Color System so that printing with Epson, Mimaki or Roland solvent wide format printers, designers can view package effects immediately.

The software permits creation of complex automatic white ink masks on metallised film using Illustrator and Photoshop plug ins so that the metallic substrate can be used with white, cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks within the design.

The company says the Color System is compatible with offset, inkjet, flexogaphy, digital presses, screen printing and gravure.

M+I+S Aslan FF 450 & CB 90 films for custom-designed memoboards

Nazdar 260/720 Series UV Inkjet Ink

Nazdar Ink Technologies has released two new, UV Inkjet inks, the 260 Series and the 720 Series flexible, low odour ink.

260 Series UV Inkjet ink Designed for plug-and-play compatibility with the Roland Eco UV ink set and is a general graphic ink designed to be run in DX-4 and DX-5 printhead, LED curing printers at normal conditioned room temperatures.

Features Aslan have devised a creative way to produce new applications for their products saying that, by combining Aslan’s FerroPrint Aslan FF 450 and its’ Clearboard Aslan CB 90, users can produce an infinite number of scratch resistant, customised, bespoke, premium quality, multi functional memoboard’s for use in timetables, rosters, notices and more incorporating company logo or pictures on any smooth surface including doors, cupboards and walls.

FF450 Characteristics: • White matte ferrous film with magnetic adhesion • Polyethylene that contains iron • Pvc-coated • Thickness - 450 µm • Silicon cardboard 140 g / sqm release liner • Digitally printable - solvent, eco solvent, and UV-curable inks • Dimensions -12,5 m x 1,01 m CB 90 Characteristics • Highly transparent suitable for a writable whiteboard • Polyester and glossy • Thickness - 50 µm • PET Liner, 35 g/m² release liner • Suits all types of whiteboard markers – permanent markers can be removed with organic solvent • No ghosting • Dimensions 50 m x 1,37 m Characteristics common to both • Acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive • Permanent • Application onto smooth surfaces

• Designed to be cured with a 395 nanometer LED lamp system • Formulated for use in flexible applications • Will adhere to a variety of flexible and rigid substrates • Excellent resistance to edge chipping on styrene, foamboard and fluted polypropylene materials when used with a knife or router cutter • Long term exterior performance with proven resistance to UV degradation and colour fade • The 220 ml cartridges include the basic 4 process colours as well as a clear and white • The 1L containers are for printer models that use non-heated printheads, colours include cyan and light magenta • Consistent colour density values with extended colour gamut 720 Series flexible, low odour UV Inkjet ink With outstanding adhesion to acrylic materials of all grades and qualities such as styrene, Dibond, foam boards, Sintra, rigid and flexible vinyl, rigid PVC, pressure sensitive banner and window cling.

Features • Formulated for use in flexible and rigid substrates • Will adhere to a variety of flexible and rigid substrates • Excellent resistance to edge chipping on rigid substrates when used with a knife, router or die cutter • Long term exterior performance with proven resistance to the effects of UV degradation and colour fade • High intensity colours with extended colour gamut • Consistent colour density values • Heat bendable • Packaged for use in a wide variety of printer models in 6 colours and white and clear – an extended colour set features orange, green, and violet Nazdar Ink Technology products are available worldwide from regional Nazdar distributor.

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M+I+S Agfa Graphics Apogee Suite 9

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The Agfa Graphic new Apogee 9 Suite, PDF workflow production of commercial print. wideformat signs, displays and graphic reproduction is being used by commercial printers, hybrid PSPs and the graphic arts industry.

The company refers to it as the “Innovate-InteractOptimize” solution, bringing printers new levels of workflow simplification, relationship-building and task automation.

Apogee 9 Features • • • • • • • • •

Drivers for Anapurna, Jeti and a wide variety of other brands Can communicate with a greater number of inkjet printers supporting a multiple-device inkjet operation New built in colour management feature to adapt or generate a dedicated colour profile based on media type, quality mode, and inkjet output device Standardiised prepress New interface for WebApproval to upload content using drag & drop WebApproval’s new HTML5 design avoids typical browser incompatibility Print buyer can interact with his printer at any moment via his PC or smart device Standard versioning feature for different versions or adding pages to versions of the same job and automatic print on digital press as separate jobs The universal production hub has where users can run every device—CtP systems, wide-format printers, digital presses from: 1. A single interface 2. Set parameters for each press including finishing options 3. Cut paths and more

Apogee Impose now supports

Apogee Storefront service providers can

• Bound books imposition with automatic glue-line • Support and impositions for perfecting presses • Enables the imposition of different page sizes in web production schemes

• Sell electronic products like PDFs, ePub files or website banners • Let them generate customised invoices • Build new types of stores

Enfocus PitStop 13 with enhanced preflighting each be checked in different ways, depending upon user requirements.

The options for customising Preflight are now virtually endless. Users benefit from a much more targeted Preflight check, receiving fewer irrelevant warnings and errors. It also enables the ability to carry out complex quality control routines, thoroughly checking files in one processing pass.

Automatic Bleed Generation Enfocus PitStop 13 has been re-engineered to increase its functionality to preflight and correct PDF files, with a major focus the common problem of ‘no or insufficient bleed’.

V13 now includes a new option to generate bleed where none currently exists and the ability for users to customise the language and content of the error messaging within Preflight reports, including the use of languages for which the software has not yet been localised.

Targeted Checks and Corrections

A major enhancement is the Add Bleed Action, which allows bleed to be generated even if none exists in the original file.

The new version works by mirroring the individual objects that are close to or cross a PDF box to create bleed. These mirrored objects are also completely editable so the resulting bleed can also be adjusted manually if necessary.

Bleed can be generated for single or multiple objects, as well as complete pages or documents.

Customisable Preflight Messages

Preflight Restrictions represents the most significant change to the PitStop Preflight library since it was created 15 years ago. It allows the checks and fixes included in a preflight profile to be limited to certain aspects of a PDF. For example, a PDF page box, a certain page or pages, a particular area or specific elements of a PDF, even different layers within a PDF file can

Warning and error messages can be customised in the Preflight reports, to reflect non-technical language with suggested corrections can be translated into languages that are not currently supported by the PitStop application.

Pro 13 with subscription licensing option will be available when PitStop 13 releases in April 2015.

Other enhancements include • PitStop Server CLI can now convert PDF files to images and outputs PNG and JPEG files – ideal for repurposing PDF files or for thumbnail images of PDF files.

• The ability to create and edit Action Lists directly in PitStop Server rather than being edited and re-imported.

• Customised warning and error messages.

A new PitStop configurator – PDF2Image – is installed with PitStop Server, allowing PitStop Server customers with Enfocus Switch (Automation Solution) to create JPEG and PNG images from PDF files. Image output also works with the new ‘restrictions’ concept so only certain selected elements of the PDF can be converted to an image if required.

• The Workgroup Manager application for PitStop Pro Floating Licenses gains several new options and now uses a ‘push’ mechanism to reduce the amount of network traffic and improve communication between PitStop Pro and the Workgroup Manager server.

• The PitStop 13 release includes new Actions and Action Lists with new and enhanced functionality will also be added to this new version.

M+I+S Orafol Americas and Matan develop traffic sign film finish Orafol Americas and Matan have collaborated to develop a printed protective clear layer for overprinting traffic colours when using Orafol’s Oralite Series 5900 High Intensity Prismatic reflective film in Matan’s Digital Traffic Sign (DTS) printers.

The protective layer can be printed over the traffic colours at the same print run and at full print speed. This clear layer provides extended outdoor protection for the printed signs against fading and weathering. Orafol offers a 10 year warranty for signs printed on Oralite Series 5900 High Intensity Prismatic reflective film, printed with Matan green and blue traffic colors and the new clear protective layer on top.

Orafol says the new clear layer will be sold at a price about 5 times lower than regular over laminate, which makes the Matan-ORAFOL system the most cost effective traffic sign solution on the market.

Matan’s DTS line of Digital Traffic Sign Printers are available at printing widths of 30.05 cm, 91.44cm and 101.6cm and use Matan’s dry ink printing, suited to all types of traffic signage applications using 4 or 6 traffic colours simultaneously and support all grades and types of reflective sheeting.

Production speed is up to 800 sqft/hour and is suitable for both short and long runs.

This new product eliminates • A more expensive offline printing process • Time consuming, labour intensive, costly overlamination after printing, which was open to error Film’s beneficial features • Durability • Fade and weather resistance • Reduced production lead time

Caldera Nexio wide format production software

Caldera has released Nexio for wide-format print houses looking for improved efficiency and reporting capabilities. Nexio is a new interoperability solution designed to allow businesses to connect their RIP, workflow, MIS, accounting and other software packages and benefit from improvements to file automation and production reporting.

Caldera says the software was developed to cater to these core needs by taking the Job Definition Format (JDF) protocol and extending it to the specific requirements of wide-format digital print environments.

Summa Cutter Control 5.0 & F1612 roll-up system

Belgium based Summa says its latest Cutter Control V 5.0 software upgrade incorporates a new slick, user-friendly interface and, with the integration of the new Summa Camera Control System into Cutter Control, the S Class 2 CAM units now have the ability to read Summa postnet barcode, making automated workflow possible.

In the past, OPOS CAM was mainly for sheet application, but now it is an alternative for OPOS X on contour jobs, making it the fastest system in its class.

Other new features include Axis Control copied from the F Series tables, automatic network scanning for Summa devices for easy setup and a new barcode server that can manage up to 8 cutters simultaneously - once the data is centralised into one folder, the server will find the job, independent of the machine set up.

Roll-Up System for F1612 Pro flatbed Summa has also developed a functional roll-up system to optimise the F1612 flatbed system so that it can roll-up any kind of flexible roll material with a width up to 165cm and a weight up to 50kg.

Available immediately, Nexio is the product of Caldera’s Solutions Integration Department; established last year. The team is dedicated to helping companies derive as much power from their production floor as possible by linking software processes and streamlining hardware control using data.

All Summa’s flatbed models can be upgraded by updating the software Axis Control to version 3.12 and the firmware to version 17.

With Nexio, a single job can be identified and tagged before being sent into a file workflow, delivering it to a specific printer with certain parameters, for example: quantity, resolution or media.

Mohawk Skytone

This avoids manual intervention and the need to create several hotfolders for each workflow type to save time and minimise errors. Nexio also enables bidirectional communication between the RIP and other software: an ERP, for example, or e-commerce facility, such as Caldera WebShop.

This seamless transmission of job information allows managers to introduce new elements, such as validation, log-saving or job ticketing, to improve reporting, device control and communication within their businesses.

These reports are central to production performance analysis, fuelling operational development to make wide-format businesses leaner, more environmentally aware and, ultimately, more profitable.

Installation of the roll-up must be through an authorised Summa technician.

North America based Mohawk Fine Papers has launched a swatchbook for its Skytone paper grade that will make the paper specification process clearer, easier and more inspirational for printers, designers, stationers and paper enthusiasts.

The company says the Skytone paper product hasn’t changed, however the new swatchbook showcases a collection of twelve pastel shades that evoke the look and feel of genuine parchment or vellum. Measuring 9” x 6” each Swatchbook features consistent branding using similarly designed covers and colourful spines with a waterfall display showing available colours and basis weights.

Mohawk has a global sales and operations network throughout North America, Europe and Asia and the new swatchbooks can also be ordered online.

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US based Engineered Printing Solutions has introduced new and improved FlexiCure UV LED curable inks that were showcased at the PPIA (Promotional Products Association International) in Las Vegas on January 13th-15th.

Expanded colour gamut

The company says this high adhesion, durable ink is suitable for long term outdoor use and has been developed for high performance digital inkjet printing.

• Abrasion/scratch resistance • Elongation and flexibility • 2 Year outdoor performance • Minimal printer maintenance

The ink is durable and specially formulated for high performance, trouble-free printing and offers expanded colour gamut, long term outdoor durability, superior adhesion and one of the lowest maintenance requirements of any ink in the digital inkjet marketplace plus the ink has full curing properties at very low energy levels and will adhere to flexible materials, pressure sensitive vinyl, reinforced banner, canvas and fabrics.

Applications

• CMYK, white, varnish light and custom colours

Color-Logic Image-FX metallic separation tool

Characteristics

• POP displays • Outdoor graphics • Billboards • Banners • Novelty • Textiles • Ad specialty

GEW Magic Carpet UV LED Curing Lab

Color-Logic has released Image-FX - a software plug-in that automatically creates a tool for the integration of metallic ink separation, or a white ink separation, into an image on a conventional printer.

The Photoshop plug-in is available to Adobe Creative Cloud users and produces images particularly effectively in wide-format and UV printers.

Features: • Photorealistic image separation algorithm which analyses images and calculates the required metallic effect for the different tonal regions of the image.

• The Color-Logic Panel for Adobe Photoshop automatically creates the fifth spot channel, eliminating any hit-and-miss approach to integrating metallic in the image

GEW, the UK based packaging and labelling UV curing system provider, has launched a new, faster version of their LED UV curing lab system – the Magic Carpet, permitting manufacturers to develop and test new UV LED ink formulations easily and accurately.

power of 18W/cm² and speeds of up to 100m/min.

The Magic Carpet curing lab incorporates the same high performance LED curing module designed for full production printing and coating applications, so testing with this unit reflects genuine production scenarios.

UV output and magnetic hinged sample tray speed can be separately adjusted by set increments. The unit can also accommodate an EIT radiometer for precise UV power measurement.

The new version is capable of a maximum curing

A sample tray, driven by a linear actuator, is passed under the height adjustable (between 5-25mm) UV array in a very precise, controlled and repeatable manner.

GEW has subsidiaries in the US, Germany and India and serves an international customer base.

• The Color-Logic system is compatible with offset, inkjet, flexography, digital presses, screen printing, and gravure • Applications include branded product packaging, pouches, direct mail, POP material, signage, postcards, literature, booklets, labels, shrink sleeves, calendars and more The company says the Image-FX tool can be downloaded from the Color-Logic website for a fee and designers requiring vector treatment of their images or any of the other special effects on offer, can upgrade to the full Color-Logic Design license at any time.

Sun Chemical Streamline OEM compatible inks for US The company says this range is designed specifically for use in the latest wide and superwide format printers including Vutek, Roland, Mutoh, Mimaki, Seiko and more. Formulated for the same level of quality, performance and colour integrity as original equipment manufacturer (OEM) inks and complies with demands of highquality solvent-based inks at a lower cost.

Features

Streamline will suit large format display advertising, including billboards, vinyl banners, and vehicle/building wraps.

• Customer support centre and technical staff to help with technical issues, colour profiles and more

• Comes in easy to use cartridges in solvent based options • Excellent adhesion and jetting properties • Carefully matched (to the original products) for colour shade, strength and physical properties • Complete library of profiles for a wide variety of RIP and media combinations • Print providers can use their existing printer settings when converting from the OEM inks

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Interview with Joshua Harker: “3D printing is not buzz, it is what’s happening”

Inventor

, sculptor, designer, imagination architect, artist and troublemaker Joshua Harker has his finger firmly placed on the pulse of the emerging 3D printing technology. “I’m a 21 century artist, using 3D printing and associated technologies as my medium”, says Joshua, but really, he’s just being modest. His Crania Anatomica Filigre project, a gorgeous ornate 3D printed skull, was Kickstarter’s top funded sculpture project of all time and has become an icon of the consumer 3D printing world. He’s basically the Spartacus of 3D printing revolution.

Having been one of the first artists to use 3D printing to bring extraordinary sculptures to the world, Joshua Harker has the valuable insight and, more importantly, the intuition to predict the direction that 3D printing revolution is going to take.

Joshua worked as a commercial sculptor and designer in the toy, invention and design, special effects, and product development industries, but he identified himself as an artist since an early age and sharing his vision with a keen audience has become the primary goal in 2008 when he left his boutique design and development firm to return to art.

“My art is about pushing the limits of form… an exploration into what can be made& how to accomplish it. A perfect storm of software, technology & materials engineering all came together that now allows me to create my work 3-dimensionally.”

This is where 3D printing comes in and shakes up the world’s senses.

“3D printing is not hype or buzz, it is what’s happening now”, insists the pioneer of 3D-printed art and sculpture. “The traditional way of communicating, exhibiting & selling art is profoundly changing & I intend to embrace it.”

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Although the field of 3D printing is becoming more and more populated, as hundreds of new start-ups, artists and business visionaries strive to claim a chunk of the growing market, the threat of competition to someone like Joshua is almost non-existent.

Harker’s collection of the “unmakeable” technically complex tangles is the manifestation of the capabilities of this medium, however a risk that Harker sees in the mainstream adoption of 3D technology is the possibility of getting stuck with a copy of a copy of a copy. “Many of us are doing different things, but much of it is mediocre. I see a lot of the math based, parametric & algorithm generative stuff that tends to all look the same.”

When asked about the future of 3D printing technology, he breaks into a here-it-goes-again grin: “It changes so fast that we can hardly predict what will happen in a couple of years. Besides the ground-breaking applications

in medicine, I believe it has the potential to make us more independent and to free us from this provider/consumer product grid. It will move more firmly into the manufacturing sector from the design realm that it’s in now.

I expect further developments in weaponisation as well. It will be adopted by an increasing number of industries as well (fashion, construction, food, pharmaceuticals, etc). I see haute couture becoming increasingly accessible... personalised/custom fitted everything will become the norm. It’s up to us to make use of it in a productive & responsible way rather than building guns, drones and garbage... It’s all about vision.”

With the advent of 3D printing technology, we are able to do things that have never crossed our minds before and that is fantastic, yet Harker thinks the medium is not necessarily for everyone, as “it’s just a tool”.

Having broken into the industry through a crowdsourcing platform,

the artist believes in the power of community that 3D printing creates by allowing us to participate more directly in the way things are created and used.

Thanks to the advancements in technology, his visions are now able to be realized sculpturally and shared through social media and such platforms as Kickstarter with a much wider range of people than if it was confined to a private gallery.

Paradoxically, Harker confessed he doesn’t own a desktop 3D printer and doesn’t really need one... A bike mount was the only thing he’s ever tried to 3D print. Yet, given the amount of artsy project ideas cooking in his head, it is no wonder the artist spends more time reshaping and rethinking the reality than dealing with the not-soimportant daily stuff.

“I easily have 10 plus years of content and I add new ideas to that every day” Joshua concluded.

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