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Kodak to Sponsor Digital Printing Users Group Meeting

(Archive)

October 02, 2005, Kodak is a premier sponsor of the annual meeting of ICE (Indigo Customer Exhange). The digital printing users group will gather November 11-12, 2005, in Las Vegas. PRESS RELEASE ROCHESTER, NY— Kodak ...

Fictional Book Details Struggles of a Third Generation Printing Company

(Archive)

October 01, 2005, Larry Letteney, one of the founding members of BlueOcean Advisory Group, has published a book. "Sea Change: A Story of Graphics and Communications in the 21st Centurty" is a fictional book about a third ...

Sun Chemical to Introduce Inks, Print Consumables at Print 05

(Archive)

August 27, 2005, At Print 05, Sun Chemicla will demonstrate its capacity to provide total solutions through inks, coatings, and other new products. PRESS RELEASE NORTHLAKE, IL—Kohl & Madden, the Sun Chemical division ...

Free On-Floor Seminars at PRINT & CONVERTING 05

(Archive)

August 22, 2005, PRINT & CONVERTING 05 will offer two free programs of workshops on the show floor, focusing on profit opportunities and technical challenges in the key growth areas of wide format digital imaging and mailing ...

COF in Printed Packaging

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, Automatic packaging operations require a specific range of lubricity to process packaging products. Printing inks contribute to the package lubricity and affect both the static as well as kinetic coefficient ...

Diversified Carton Printing

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... a div. of Precision Automation Co., the primographic system is a roll-fed hybrid of flexo and letterpress printing, capable of UV and aqueous printing up to 200-line screen. One of the advantages of the ...

PRINT & CONVERTER 05 New Product Digest

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, Catch a glimpse of the innovative equipment and materials that will be on display at the upcoming Print 05 & Converting 05 Expo. Machinery, Accessories, Services New Idler Design Aids Live Shaft Technology ...

Green Printing and Packaging Earns 10 Printing Industry of the Carolinas Awards

(Archive)

June 06, 2005, Green Printing and Packaging Co. has won ten awards at the Printing Industry of the Carolinas annual award competition for printing excellence in 2004. PRESS RELEASE LEXINGTON, NC—Green Printing and ...

KBA Sees Growth at China Print

(Archive)

June 01, 2005, The KBA presses exhibited China Print in Beijing, reportedly reflects current investment trends among Chinese sheetfed printers. PRESS RELEASE WÜRZBURG, GERMANY—The KBA presses exhibited China Print ...

Executive Outlook and Online Registration at Print & Converting 05

(Archive)

April 27, 2005, At Print & Converting 05, the Executive Outlook Conference will focus on survival issues for the print industry. PRESS RELEASE RESTON, VA—At Print & Converting 05, the Executive Outlook Conference will ...

3 Tips for Better RFID Label Printing

(Archive)

April 02, 2005, These three tips can help de-mystify RFID and assist in correct RFID implementation. FEATURETTE If you’re like many packaging managers, RFID labeling mandates from retailers and the Department of Defense ...

Profit for Printers

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... on improved color strength, both on paper and film. "Seventy percent of all presses today have UV capacity, and 12 percent of all presses are combination presses—not just UV screen with flexo, but also ...

Water-Based Printing Inks & pH

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, In a water-based ink, many of the ink components contribute to the ink pH. For example, the common acrylic resins used in water-based inks are acidic. They are not soluble in water but are soluble when ...

Survey Studies Printing Ratios

(Magazine)

November 30, 2004, PITTSBURGH, PA Printing industry profits increased slightly during the past year, reports the 2004 PIA/GATF Ratios Survey. While profits continue to improve, PITTSBURGH, PA — Printing industry profits ...

Aniline printing - 100 Years Later

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2004, Flexography evolved from a primitive printing process known as "aniline printing." In the early 1900s, this printing process took root to print flexible substrates using inks that were based on aniline-based ...

A&V Named Distributor for BASF nyloflex® Printing Plates

(Archive)

November 28, 2004, BASF Printing Systems has appointed Anderson & Vreeland as a distributor of the company's nyloflex® photopolymer printing plates in the US and Canada. A&V will provide sales and technical support. PRESS ...

NorthStar Print Group Earns ISO 9001 Certification

(Archive)

November 21, 2004, NorthStar Print Group, a leading producer of glue-applied, in-mold, and pressure-sensitive labels, have earned ISO 9001:2000 certification for the quality management systems in all three of its production ...

Whitlam Label Boosts Variable Printing Skills with Jetrion System

(Archive)

September 21, 2004, Whitlam Label Co., a beta test site for the Jetrion 3025 Inkjet System, has expanded its variable printing capabilities "significantly," reports Jetrion LLC, manufacturer of the label company's new system. ...

Agfa to Showcase Cost-Reducing Screening Technology for Packaging at DigiPack Congress

(Archive)

September 19, 2004, Agfa reports it will present its latest developments in screening technology, color conversion applications, and inkjet package printing at the DigiPack Congress slated October 13 - 14, 2004. PRESS RELEASE ...

Metallic and White Media Now Available for KPG Matchprint Digital Halftone Proofing System

(Archive)

September 14, 2004, ... KPG, "The Matchprint Digital Halftone Proofing System, an IR thermal digital halftone system, is designed for imagers featuring a common RIP to make both plates and proofs, ensuring identical screening ...

Printing: Italian Style

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... viewing system, which allows them to inspect the print in great detail, and they find the graphic touchscreen interface is easy to use. Gagno says, “My operators realize the system does not do their job ...

Agfa's :Sublima XM Screening for Flexo Is Boon for Maryland Prepress Sho

(Archive)

August 10, 2004, ... Screening for Flexo. "The move lets Mark/Trèce offer its customers higher resolution imaging without requiring investment in resources on the part of converters," states Agfa. According to Agfa, the ...

Screen Savers

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, With good reason, many converters see the rotary screen printing method as a way to enter the high-end label and package markets. Screen printing provides With good reason, many converters see the rotary ...

NPES Finishing Market Study Seeks Printer and Trade Services Input

(Archive)

July 29, 2004, NPES, the Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing, and Converting Technologies, is seeking input from printers and trade service providers — including die-cutters, die-makers, foil stampers, ...

Spartanics Says New Web Site Provides Package Printers Basis for Better Buying Decisions

(Archive)

July 20, 2004, Spartanics says its new web site features "a comprehensive guide to high-precision technology for die-cutting, color-matching, and automated-counting applications." PRESS RELEASE ROLLING MEADOWS, IL, ...

Agfa Leaves PrintCity Consortium

(Archive)

July 11, 2004, Agfa reports it's leaving the PrintCity consortium, a group of companies that demonstrated their printing products' interconnectivity in hall six at Drupa 2004. PRESS RELEASE MORTSEL, BELGIUM—Agfa reports ...

Salem Printing Adds Second Six-Color Roland 300

(Archive)

July 11, 2004, Winston-Salem, NC, USA-based Salem printing reports it has added a second six-color Roland 300 press. The printer/converter says the 2/4 perfecting system, which is on both of its 300 presses, is particularly ...

Rise & Fall of Printed Film COF

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2004, Packaging products require a specific range of coefficient of friction (COF) to allow automatic packaging operations to run unhindered and to prevent Packaging products require a specific range of coefficient ...

print media messe drupa - Diversity by Design

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, Messe Düsseldorf's quadrennial exhibition for print media offered a diversity of products designed for package printers and converters. Messe Düsseldorf's quadrennial exhibition for print media offered ...

Heidelberg Intros Speedmaster XL 105 for Packaging and Label Printers at Drupa

(Archive)

June 03, 2004, Among Heidelberg's introductions at Drupa was the Speedmaster XL 105, an offset press capable of producing to 18,000 sheets per hour. PRESS RELEASE DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—Though Drupa concluded two weeks ...