Print

The Role of Print in an Omni-channel World

Patrick Martell, CEO of St Ives Group and the new President of Ipex 2014, looks at print and the important role it will continue to play in the world of marketing in an omni-channel environment:

Is this the world's smallest footprint a printer can have?

By Sabine A. Slaughter

Just a few days ago, a diploma project from a Japanese student, Yugi Mamamoto came to our attention: An inkjet printer that instead of transporting paper from one side to the other "eats" itself through a pile of paper, simply being called "stack".

Inky innovative industrial inspiration

By Frazer Chesterman

Innovative ink enables outstanding and eyecatching packaging

I recently travelled to the southern Germany to visit a couple of clients for Inprint 2014 and to attend the LopeC Organic and Printed Electronics event in Munich. I was particularly inspired by a couple of very interesting Industrial Ink initiatives which 'caught my eye' and I wanted to share them with you.

Smart screen printing stays strong in industrial print

Not a lot seems to be written about it in terms of excitement about screen printing. And that's a shame, because the sector is brimming with exciting developments.

L-801 Label Printer at Gulf Print&Pack

The L Series 801 print solution features industry-leading cost of ownership and a high-impact, full-color output at 60ft./miute, 8.5″ width, and 1600 dpi resolution. The L-801 printer is an industrial web-fed inkjet solution, which is ideal for short to mid-run inventory and product identificatoin applications. The L-Series is ideally suited for bringing high-resolution, vibrant, full-color label printing to product identification applications at an ultra-low cost-of-ownership. The L-Series has an integrated un-winder, holds 1.25 liters of ink to support large runs and has easy access doors for fast, simple media and ink replacement.

EFI's new Jetrion label press at Gulf Print & Pack

Label printers all around the world are looking for cost-effective short run production of labels. One of the most compelling solutions is the Jetrion 4900 ML label press from EFI.

UPDATED: Tradeshows in the new Global Economy

New business models and ways to work challenge the traditions of printing industry tradeshows

Worldwide there are a lot of trade shows to discover and attend. In addition the four „must" ones plus one: drupa, Print, Ipex, Igas and China Print. Is this set-up still reflecting the industry or just a reminder of the glorious past? Sabine A Slaughter investigates this issue in light of Agfa, HP and Kolbus pulling out of IPEX.