Digital print has been promising broad transformation in corrugated for a long time. Significant progress has been made, but digital print still only represents and addresses a small subset of corrugated print needs. New approaches are needed to broaden the reach and value of digitally printed corrugated packaging. Digital print transformation in the corrugated industry has been a promise waiting to happen for many years. Part of the reason for the delay could be the industry has been perceived as having one monolithic set of needs and digital print has been promoted as one generic solution to ..read more

If you keep pace with manufacturing and production, one common thread that arises repeatedly is how complex and slow-moving the legacy fashion and textile industry is. Offshoring, waste, and inefficiency are the rule, not the exception. The industry is pegged among the worst polluters in the world. According to the World Economic Forum, fashion and textiles make up 10 per cent of the world’s carbon emissions. If that weren’t bad enough, more than 85 per cent of all textiles produced go into dumpsters each year. The Harvard Business Review notes the industry is actually moving backwards, with r ..read more

At an exclusive event for packaging converters and print service providers, Agfa unveiled its SpeedSet 1060 inkjet printing press for the packaging market.  The event took place at Agfa’s Cambridge, U.K., manufacturing facility, where the company’s packaging and inkjet technology specialists highlighted the capability of the SpeedSet 1060 sheet-fed digital press to meet short-run packaging needs. “The SpeedSet is set to be a game-changer in the packaging printing market,” said head of packaging at Agfa, Matt Brooks. “This fully digital packaging printing press merges the robustness and ..read more

Ricoh introduces the Ricoh Pro VC80000 high-speed inkjet webfed platform. The Ricoh Pro VC80000 builds on the success of the Ricoh Pro VC70000 and is designed for the production of direct mail, colour books, catalogs, magazines and commercial print applications on coated media up to 300 gsm. The machine measures less than 32.8 ft (10 m). It can achieve a maximum resolution of 1200 x 1200 dpi and maximum speed up to 492 fpm (150 mpm). “The Ricoh Pro VC80000 is built on what made the previous generation a customer favourite and is a testament to our commitment to helping cust ..read more

Ricoh USA reveals the Ricoh Pro C7500, its latest digital colour sheetfed presses. The Ricoh Pro C7500 utilizes Ricoh’s specialty colour toners that include white, clear, invisible red, gold, and silver. Its new neon colour profile gamut expansion enables the Pro C7500 to generate blush pinks, deep purples, and radiant yellows. New to the Ricoh Pro C7500 is an elastic intermediate transfer belt that enhances support for rough or uneven textured media. It can handle a wide range of grammages from 40 gsm to 470 gsm and has been strengthened to support duplex printed long lengths up to 1030 mm. T ..read more

HP, Inc., and Cimpress have signed a multi-year, strategic agreement for a large-scale investment in next-generation HP Indigo digital presses to grow its online personalized print product market. Cimpress, HP Indigo’s largest customer globally, will deploy a fleet of new HP Indigo digital presses over the next two years, primarily the B2-format HP Indigo 100K Digital Press. The new technology is aimed at providing additional revenue for the company’s brands and improve efficiency across its global manufacturing operations. Cimpress uses the HP technology to deliver personalized print products ..read more

Canon U.S.A. launches the ColorStream 8000 series of web-fed inkjet printers. This new flagship series represents the next stage in the evolution of the platform and sets a new standard for high-volume production environments with its combined advances in productivity, print quality and application flexibility. The ColorStream 8000 series has been designed to meet the current and future production challenges of corporate and public sector in-plants, print and communication service providers and specialized commercial printers. The expanded media range, including lightweight papers, broadens th ..read more

Color-Logic releases new Touch7 neon colour guides. The guides aim to simplify the use of neon and fluorescent inks that are offered by various print engine manufacturers. Until now, graphic designers who prepare files for use with the new neon inks were limited to commercially available guides that were produced using offset lithography. When designers attempt to use these analog colour guides in digital print, the result is “disappointing”. This means lengthy trial-and-error procedures when attempting to design for the latest digital print engines. Since inks vary among print engine manufact ..read more

Xeikon America has introduced an eco-friendly, cost-effective digital answer to today’s wallpaper production challenges. The new Xeikon CX50 is a key part of Xeikon’s Wall Deco Suite and has Xeikon’s bespoke and environmentally friendly dry toner technology with extended colour gamut. The Xeikon Wall Deco Suite is an all-in-one streamlined solution including inline finishing – all developed to cost-effectively produce creative wall decorations including custom illustrations and photomurals in short runs. “The Xeikon CX50 digital press fits perfectly into our portfolio for wall-covering applica ..read more

Domino has launched the K600i digital inkjet printer, which prints variable data onto labels, each with a unique linear barcode, QR code and data matrix code, at 150 metres per minute, or 9,000 linear metres with 350,000 labels per hour. These codes are used for logistics and reverse logistics in e-commerce and online retail, for ‘track and trace’ applications in food and beverage sectors, and for security applications, including brand protection, in the pharmaceutical and tobacco sectors. The Domino K600i is a monochrome UV inkjet printer available in seven different print width formats, rang ..read more