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The above quote from Muhammad Ali beautifully explains what perseverance means. Once I asked my colleagues what according to them was the most innate emotion of humans. One of the bright interns at our office replied, ‘fear’. More than the correctness of the answer, I was intrigued by the response itself. However, on pondering I realised how right it was. Fear is also the most natural instinct of business owners. The fear of the unknown, volatility in business environment, fear of losing customers, and fear of failure... However, as Wayne Gretzky said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”. This year, Drupa is one such shot the industry should take. It’s a step towards knowledge and new business opportunities. The last edition of the show saw India leading the charts in terms of footfall at the show. I am quite confident that India will soon also top the chart in terms of business value created. As a loyal servant to the industry, ScreenTex too will be present at Drupa –to help you forge relation and stand by you as we together create the ‘Rising India’ moment at Drupa. In this edition of ScreenTex, we bring to you a range of stories on trends, technological changes and how to chase your dreams without fear. SPAI-FESPA recently organised the awards to honour the best works of the industry. We have technical article decoding the printed electronics world and another one on 4D printing. We also have an exclusive interaction with the FlexE team which is looking at making waves in the flexible electronics industry. Then there are several other stories and articles which, I am sure, you will relish reading at Drupa. See you there!

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CONTENT REPORT

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Conference on Printing Technology Industry cheers for best works at SPAI-FESPA Awards 2016

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Direct-to-textile printing – A sporting effort

TECHNOLOGY

4D-printed structure opens new window of opportunities

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ScreenTex invites you to Drupa 2016 With a view to take the Indian printer’s voice to the global markets, ScreenTex is participating at Drupa 2016 as a media partner. At the global exhibition of printing industry, ScreenTex will be focused on engaging in discussions with leading players of the industry and understanding their perspective on the Indian printing market. Drupa which is known for highlighting the key trends of

the industry will offer a good platform for Indian companies to engage with leading names of the industry and search for prospective partners and customers. Moreover, keeping up with the tectonic changes witnessed by businesses owing to the advent of smartphones, IoT, 3D printing and printed electronics, Drupa 2016 has laid down six key themes print, functional printing, packaging production, multichannel, 3D printing and green printing. “The printing industry in India is quite buoyant about growth. With key initiatives from the government thrusting on inclusive education and skill development, as well as initiatives such as Make in India, it is the

opportune moment to look at international partners and global technological trends which can be ushered to India,” said Jignesh Lapasiya, publisher, ScreenTex. Till end of March 2016, 48 Indian companies had registered as exhibitors. The last edition of Drupa (2012) saw 8% of the visitor footfall from India, piping Belgium and France by 1%. While this one per cent might look small, in absolute terms, if you take 8 per cent of total visitors (314248), it equals to over 25000. This year, the expectations are even more. This year, there will be a total of 1,650 exhibitors from more than 50 countries. The exhibition will be spread in a 1,50,200 sqm area, comprising 19 halls. www.screentex.in

Indoflex launches joint stock Company of EPTA Inks in India Tirupur-based Indoflex Screen Print Supplies, which was incepted almost two decades ago by Raja T Velusamy has joined hands with Italy based EPTA inks to launch a joint stock company in India. The new entity, EPTA India will begin with the manufacturing of textile screen printing inks and then gradually diversify into other products. The inks, thus, produced will be eco-friendly and compliant

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to Okotex and other international standard RSL norms. Indoflex, the importer of textile screen printing inks and accessories, begin its journey in the industry by supplying WILFLEX screen printing inks from USA. Later, as per the market requirement, the company added water-based inks from Italian companies - Manoukian and Argon - to its product basket. Four years ago (in 2012), Indoflex had announced that it would be manufacturing inks in India in technical collaboration with EPTA INKS, Italy (then KIIAN). The company manufactured a few variety of textile screen printing inks with the technical knowhow of the experts of the Italian ink maker. Raja T. Velusamy, Chairman

and Managing Director, EPTA India said, “In line with the Make in India policy of the government, we plan to manufacture high quality, ecofriendly products in India. This joint venture will considerably save the cost of imports and logistics, and thereby, bringing down the cost of product for the end-user. These products will be designed and developed in Italy and made in India.” The launch event was attended by R. Govindaraju, Managing Director, SRG Apparels and CII Chairman, Tirupur; Maurizio Fucilli, Managing Director, EPTA Inks – Italy as well as printers from Tirupur, Chennai and Bengaluru. EPTA Ink will be participating at the upcoming Drupa 2016 printing exhibition. EPTA India will be at Screenprint India show in May.

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ESMA at Drupa to focus on functional printing Functional printing will build the core of ESMA presence at drupa and it is therefore worthwhile to briefly investigate what hides behind this term. In its early days, the functional printing relied on chromatic inks which changed colour due to external influences such as light (UV/black light), temperature (heat), pH changes or water contact. They found their applications in printed gadgets, especially packaging which took marketing advantage from the distinctive special effects. Initial applications have pushed the boundaries of functional printing. Printed circuit boards (PCB) and flexible antennas combining FM, TV, mobile, GPS in one antenna and used e.g. in automotive, gave rise to car radar systems for adaptive cruise control. Nowadays, near field communication (NFC) and RFID antennas are standard features in electric devices and the

integration of printing in the manufacturing process constantly improves their cost-efficiency. As far as electroluminescence is considered, a technological jump took place towards OLED (organic light emitting diodes). Flexible OLEDs integrated in fabric pave the way for smart textiles and wearables, as shown in one of the recent ESMApowered international projects – POLEOT (Printing of Light Emitting Devices on Textile). The door to the future of printed electronics, conductive inks and coatings is now wide open. Smart wearables and smart sensors increasingly find applications in medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Capacitive switches, batteries, touch panels and screens – printing once again replaces expensive and highly energy-consuming processes. Obviously, marketing departments will come on board, as well. One of the recent Audi TT brochures included printed controls which, after

Marabu to show digital range at drupa 2016 It is a drupa year and Marabu will be showcasing its digital range, including textile transfer printing, new Plug&Print inkjet inks as well as UV direct printing onto glass. The ink manufacturer will be showing its new Plug & Print inkjet ink for ECO-SOL MAX 3, a concept for digital textile transfer printing, and the variety of UV direct printing onto glass.

The company has also partnered with Screen and will be highlighting the wide format UV printing system Truepress Jet W3200UV in its portfolio for the first time. In cooperation with Mutoh, Marabu will be presenting its new digital concept for “cold peel” textile transfer printing onto T-shirts. One advantage, in comparison to sublimation printing, is the wide variety of fabrics which can be printed suing this. The digital textile transfer concept will be shown on a Mutoh ValueJet 628 live at its booth.

aligning with the smartphone on the right spot, turned the page into a controllable experience of the new model’s cockpit display. Functional printing partners with anti-counterfeiting technologies and delivers combinations of inks, coatings and substrates to create invisible markers. Both for monetary needs or luxury goods, security print is the most efficient and cost-attractive protection against imitation. Current possibilities offer even fingerprint recognition surfaces. The industry is growing and gives new, creative development dimensions for printers, manufacturers and product designers. These will be discussed during the 3rd Advanced Functional and Industrial Printing conference (AFIP) on March 2-3, 2016 in Radisson Blu Scandinavia hotel in Düsseldorf. The day before the conference, 1st March 2016, the nearby CST has also invited all attendees for a guided factory tour showing the company’s involvement with functional printing technology.

The final patches will be transferred via a heat press. The company will also highlight a wide variety of digital UV direct printing onto glass. At drupa 2016, for the first time the German printing ink manufacturers would dedicate their resource to provide technical seminars at drupa. VdL. The lectures would be held in German and in English over several days by renowned experts from the Sector Group “Printing Inks” of VdL. Marabu will present the potentials of digital printing and options of screen printing. www.marabu.com

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EFI Matan Superwide UV printer at Arrow Digital’s Demo Centre Arrow and EFI have come together with renewed energy and a wider portfolio and capabilities at Arrow Digital’s R&D demo and applications centre in India. Arrow has installed the EFI Matan 8QW at its demo / training centre in Ahmedabad. The aim is to enable its customer to test and get hands on experience on the printer. “As customer satisfaction is of prime importance to us, we want our customers to be completely confident on the Project they are investing in,” the statement issued by the company read. Also, available in 3.5m and 5m models is a true workhorse and offers a good

performance with speeds up to 3800 sq.ft/hr. “Endless new opportunities arisen for your business with the new EFI Matan 8QW. Take on profitable high-end jobs and increase your margins. Add white quality printing to your repertoire, on top of Matan’s patent-pending 7-color Parallel Drop Size technology, to create beautiful images for indoor and outdoor applications,” the statement claims. It collections of value-added options include inline finishing, vacuum plate system, automatic back-to-back printing, wrinkle analysers etc. These options are aimed at increasing productivity, minimising waste, reducing

Cosmo Films to launch Luxotique range at DRUPA 2016 Cosmo Films, one of the leading manufacturers of speciality BOPP films will be launching its new range of premium lamination films under the Luxotique brand, at DRUPA 2016. The yet to be launched Luxotique range comprises of the new improvised velvet, scuff free matte and digital lamination films. The portfolio has been designed keeping the needs of luxury packaging and high end graphic lamination industries in mind. The range includes the following products: Luxotique Velvet: The flagship product of the Luxotique range is engineered to lend a rich velvet finish to the printed surface. Engineered on a special matte base film, this film is ideal for giving a premium finish to premium/ luxury liquor, perfume, watches and jewellery packs/boxes. The film can also be used for laminating coffee table books, high end magazines,

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brochures, manuals etc. Luxotique Scuff Free matte: Unlike a traditional matte film, this film provides excellent resistance to scuff marks which could develop during production, transportation and handling of the pack. The matte surface of the film is also ideal for post laminating procedures such as UV spot coating, hot foil stamping, embossing etc. Luxotique Digital: Regular thermal lamination films do not give adequate bonding with digital printed surfaces containing high levels of fuser oil. Luxotique digital film has been specially engineered to provide excellent bonding to digital printed surfaces, along with providing excellent optics and protection. This film is available in both gloss and matte varieties. Cosmo would also be showcasing its standard and special applications lamination

labour, ensuring ease of use and turning the Matan into an all-inone multi-purpose printer. Furthermore, it lets you do jobs on a wider range of applications, including fleet and vehicle graphics, outdoor advertising, backlit signage, fine art and point-of-purchase displays. Other available models are EFI Quantum, which produces highdefinition and close-view indoor applications using 7pL drops, 3 grayscale levels, LED UV-curing, and an impressive collection of optional accessories. The EFI Matan 4Q is the entry level printer in the Matan family which can produce billboard, signs as well as indoor applications.

films at the expo. Sushil Dhar, Global HeadLamination Films Exports, Cosmo Films said,“DRUPA is an excellent market place bringing everyone engaged in print & graphic industry together once in four years. Being a critical member of the post press industry; we look forward to this event to showcase our impressive range of products to the whole printing and lamination fraternity. This year is even more exciting since we are launching our Luxotique range of premium lamination films at the exhibition.” www.cosmofilms.com

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Roland DG, Apsom launch Texart XT-640 at GTE 2016 Roland DG announced the launch of Texart XT-640 dye-sublimation transfer printer, which made its debut appearance at the Garment Technology Exhibition 2016, at the NSIC Exhibition Complex, Okhla, New Delhi in February. At the show Roland DG and Apsom Infotex showcased the leading Texart series of printers (XT-640 and RT-640), which boast of inherent safety and eco-friendly

features, to add value for users in the sublimation market. The Texart XT-640 and Texart RT-640 are dyesublimation transfer printers designed for the textile printing industry. They offer wide range of textile applications; including sports merchandising, fashion apparel, soft signs (polyester banners and flags), home furnishing interior décor, promotional items and personalized gifts. The XT-640 is the latest in Roland DG’s series of Texart dye-sublimation transfer printers. Regarding its features, Mukesh Jha, Product Manager, Apsom Infotex, “The XT-640 produces outstanding print quality in next to no time as it features dual

print heads to achieve high-speed performance print speeds of up to 63m2/h. The chassis has been reinforced for stability, enabling highly detailed printing with precise ink droplet placement. In addition to that a new, more convenient feed adjuster at the front and back of the printer provides even tensioning and prevents skewing of the media.” Both the Texart XT-640 and RT-640 boast the use of accompanying Texart Inks which come in 8 colours including Orange and Violet. The printers are available in two ink configurations 4 colours (dual CMYK) and 8 colours (CMYKLcLmOrVi). www.rolanddg.com / sales@apsom.com

Kodak in talks to sell inkjet business Eastman Kodak Co. said it is in talks to sell its Prosper enterprise inkjet business and also plans to exit silver metal mesh development, focusing instead on developing touch sensors on copper mesh technology for its fledging micro 3-D printing operations. However, the company clarified that Versamark business is not up for sale. Kodak’s enterprise inkjet systems, which includes Versamark products, accounted for 10% of its revenue last year. To account for the moves, Kodak cut its 2016 revenue guidance, saying it now expects $1.5 billion to $1.7 billion, compared with its earlier view

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of $1.8 billion to $2 billion. It reported $1.8 billion in 2015. It affirmed its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization projection of $130 million to $150 million. The announcements came as Kodak, which emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2013, reported it swung to a fourthquarter profit and narrowed its annual loss for the year to $75 million from $118 million. Kodak said it would continue to make photographic silverhalide film and that it expected to book an unspecified impairment charge in the March quarter tied to the silver metal mesh exit. The print systems division, which accounts for more than half of Kodak’s revenue, reported an 11% revenue decline. Prosper, which had been one of Kodak’s growth areas,

accounted for about $81 million, or 5% of sales in 2015, Kodak said. “The Prosper business has significant potential for accelerated growth,” said Jeff Clarke, Kodak Chief Executive Officer. “To achieve its full economic potential, Prosper will be best leveraged by a company with a larger sales and distribution footprint in digital printing markets.” “We have received strategic interest in the Prosper business from companies and their financial representatives,” Clarke stated. “We will continue to invest in Prosper during the sale process. This is an exceptional technology and product set, highly valued by the printing industry.” The company believes that the market opportunity for Prosper will expand further with the planned introduction of Kodak Ultrastream at Drupa.

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Q.I. Press controls books order from Siliguri Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) has not only built up a reputation in the Netherlands and Europe, but also far beyond. Uttarbanga Sambad in India is yet another in a long series of businesses that have been placing orders with QIPC. The order was secured through Naph Graphics — supplier of the new offset presses. Uttarbanga Sambad is investing in the mRC-3D system for colour registeration. Uttarbanga Sambad is a regional broadsheet that has been in existence since 1980. With a market share of 80 percent, it is the biggest newspaper in the state of West Bengal. In addition to Siliguri, the paper also has printing plants in Cooch Behar and Malda. The mRC-3D system is to be installed on a brand new

newspaper press with four towers and two folders in its plant in Siliguri in the north-east of India. The order will involve a total of 8 mRC-3D cameras. Naph Graphics is responsible for the project coordination. Uttarbanga Sambad’s production manager, Shekhar Karande explains what the most import reasons were for investing in the mRC-3D. “Our aim was to make time savings in the colour register. We also want to print more accurately as well as minimise the amount of waste.” The mRC-3D is a fully automated colour register system for rotary offset printing presses. In this particular case, eight digital cameras with built-in microprocessors will

be responsible for real-time data processing of the measurement data. The mRC-3D system in India comes with the Automatic Ink Mist Shield (AIMS) which cleans the lenses automatically. Karande added, “As a result of this, we expect to make considerable savings in terms of time and money. We also hope to improve the print quality.” www.qipc.com

Kornit Digital introduces Storm Hexa and Storm 1000 Kornit Digital launched two new direct-to-garment printing systems at Fespa Amsterdam. The new Kornit Storm Hexa and Kornit Storm 1000 inkjet DTG printers include a recirculating ink system to reduce ink consumption and to further optimize reliability, as well as a doubled number of nozzles to increase productivity of up to 40% over previous Storm configurations. The Storm 1000 is the standard configuration of the new product family and features 12 print heads in a CMYK and White configuration. It produces up to 170 garments per hour in

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high productivity mode, including inline pre-treatment. It covers a print area of up to 50 x 70 cm or 20 x 28 inches. The new Storm Hexa is equipped with 16 print heads and two additional colours for full CMYK, Red, Green and White support. It is the system of choice for colour conscious applications such as the production of promotional and brand related garments. It also can produce up to 170 garments per hour in high productivity mode. Both systems are based on Kornit’s unique NeoPigment printing process. They are equipped with advanced productivity features such as a built-in pre-treatment system, a quick replace pallet mechanism, a 4 litre bulk ink system, an integrated humidity system and a backup power system for a quick

and easy system start. All Kornit printing systems are compatible with a variety of fabrics (cotton, polyester, blends, denim, silk wool and more) and are geared towards industrial mass-customization applications. Guy Zimmerman, Kornit’s Vice President of Marketing Business Development, comments, “The Storm series of direct-to-garment systems have been Kornit’s signature product for more than a decade. The Storm II is the bestselling industrial direct-to-garment printing system in the market. Launching a new and improved generation of it is an important milestone for us and a great opportunity to further improve the efficiency and performance of our industrial systems. The new Storm configurations show drastically improved throughput and further reductions in ink consumption.”

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Wohlers Report 2016 reveals $1 billion growth in 3D printing industry

Wohlers Associates Inc. recently released the 2016 edition of the Wohlers Report, one of the most recognized and comprehensive accounts on the state of the global additive manufacturing industry today. The findings, which are based on information from 51 industrial system manufacturers, 98 service providers, 15 third-party material producers, various desktop

3D printer manufacturers, and 80 3D printing experts from 33 countries worldwide, has revealed that, for the second year in a row, the 3D printing industry has grown by $1 billion to a total of $5,165 billion. That $5 billion represents a total CAGR of 25.9% in 2015, which is slightly lower than the 33.8% CAGR of the past three years, yet still extremely promising. It also indicated that over the past 27 years, the CAGR for the industry is 26.2%, demonstrating impressive consistency. In 2014, the 3D printing industry grew 34.9%, the highest growth rate in 17 years. According to Wohlers, despite some challenges within the 3D printing industry, growth

was particularly apparent in two distinct and seemingly opposite sectors: industrial metal additive manufacturing and desktop 3D printers. This is a trend they have certainly seen throughout the years. In 2013, Wohlers reported that sales of metal 3D printers were up a whopping 74%. Two years later, market research company CONTEXT revealed that interest in metal 3D printers was still white hot, with sales up another 45%. On the desktop 3D printer side, Wohlers also revealed strong growth— whereas in 2014, roughly 160,000 desktop 3D printers were sold, that number is up to 278,000 and counting. www.wohlersassociates.com

Landa to unveil webfed Nanographic printing press at Drupa Landa has announced that it will unveil its new Landa W10 Nanographic Printing Press for flexible packaging at Drupa 2016. The meter-wide (41 inch), highspeed web press prints up to 8 colours at 200 meters per minute (656 ft/min) on plastic packaging films, paper, carton board and aluminium foil. “Fourteen years of nanotechnology research has enabled us to make tremendous breakthroughs in the quality, speed and cost of printing for flexible packaging. The Landa W10 Nanographic Printing Press produces gravure quality printing - at production

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speeds - on a broad range of substrates from plastic packaging films to metal foils, from paper to carton,” says Benny Landa, Chairman of the Landa Group Finally, there is a solution that meets the needs of the flexible packaging industry for affordable short-to-medium run lengths of highest gravurequality packaging materials - with flexo-competitive costs and productivity,” he added. “We expect visitors to our stand at Drupa to be completely blown away by the amazing performance of this press - for which we will be taking orders at Drupa.” Landa will double the size of its Drupa 2016 stand to 3,000 sq/m and will conduct live demonstrations of all of its products, including the Landa W10 web press.

In addition, the Company will be showing its line-up of sheetfed Nanographic Printing Presses, including the Landa S10 for folding carton and POP and the Landa S10P perfecting press for commercial printing. Landa will also be unveiling its newest technology, NanoMetallographyT, a zero-waste metallization process that will halve the cost of metallized printing. It is operable with the full spectrum of conventional printing technologies, including narrowweb flexo, offset and screen for the production of labels, sheetfed offset for folding carton and commercial printing, web-offset for publishing and wide-web flexo and gravure for flexible packaging. www.landanano.com

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QUICK BYTES BeautyFlex launches BKF Denim Cutter BeautyFlex, manufacturers of transfer prints in India since 1994, recently announced its latest product, Denim Cutter. Many of us have come across various eye-catching threading effects seen on jeans. To achieve these threading effects printers have long been using laser cutting process. The BKF I.E Denim Cutter, however, is a chemical that is a ready to use product and can be printed easily through any screen mesh exposed with any design and pattern of one’s choice. The process according to the company is very simple: customer will have to print 3 coats with BKF and touch-dry the print area using curing gun. After re-printing it thrice and touch dry the print area with curing gun. Now, fuse the fabric at 180o c for 15 seconds or 2000 c for 5-7 seconds. However, the technique cannot be used to print on 100% cotton fabric.

DTG Digital appoints IDSC appointed as India distributor

Indian Dyes Sales Corporation (IDSC) has been appointed as a distributor to market Australia-based DTG Digital garment printers in India. DTG Digital has been an industry leader in direct to garment inkjet technologies for over a decade. This brand is well known globally as the leading innovator in the garment decorating industry. “The demand for DTG Digital printers is growing tremendously and we are very excited to have DTG Digital as a part of the Indian Dyes Sales Corporation team. The direct to garment business is ideal for T-shirt printing. A lot of orders printed on direct to garment are short-run and are usually highly customized and have lot of colors. Traditional printing methods cannot easily cater for small print requirements. Even though silk screen printing still has its importance in garment printing, we want to seize this opportunity to bring

in an addition to our existing portfolio. DTG Digital printers can take over on-spot printing jobs quite easily,” said Binoy Shah, CEO, IDSC. Direct to garment printing is really a straightforward process. Generation of great artwork is the beginning, proper selection of print settings is second along with consistent operation of the machine, and finish the process with a quick press under your heat-press and you are ready to deliver high quality, durable, digital printed garments. DTG Digital printers have excellent ink management, brighter prints, faster production, more flexibility and easier to use without the maintenance levels currently experienced in the market.

Arihant installs EFI VUTEk GS3250LX Pro LED UV Printer

Arrow Digital has recently installed the EFI VUTEk GS3250LX Pro, UV LED curing

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digital inkjet printer at Arihant DigiPrints, Mumbai. Arihant announced that with the addition of its new printing system it is pushing the envelope to meet the needs of its client and new customers. “The new system is like a Triple action plan for us,” said Mitesh Kothari. “First, it delivers higher levels of quality and productivity. Secondly, it offers eco-friendly sustainability improvements, as it uses LED UV for more compatibility with Substrates. And, last but not least, it offers unsurpassed versatility for printing on a broad range of substrates.” The VUTEk GS3250LX Pro system uses an advanced LED printing technology, printing on a 126-inch wide hybrid print bed. The manufacturer claims that it consumes less energy and is more environmentally friendly, virtually no VOCs. A representative of Arrow Digital added, “The EFI Vutek is a 3.2-meter wide flatbed and roll-to-roll UV printer with the highest image quality of up to 1000 dpi, fastest production speeds up to 2400 ft2/hr. and with excellent color gamut. The EFI VUTEk GS3250LX Pro hybrid printer extends the range of supported substrates while lowering operating costs and lead times. 8 color plus

unique multi-layer white print capability and true grayscale technology allows them to produce high definition pointof-purchase graphics. For high productivity it can be switched to Fast-5 mode.

Bobst and WifagPolytype in exclusive negotiations of acquisition

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QUICK BYTES DuPont launches ink for printed electronics DuPont Advanced Materials is launching a new electronic ink for inkjet printing under the name PE410 that offers the high conductivity and strong adhesion required for rapid digital design, prototyping and full-scale manufacturing. The technology will enable digital printing for electronic components and circuits in applications where extremely fine lines are required, such as OLED panels, solar cells, printed antennae and touch panels. The ink requires only a low sintering temperature, which makes it suitable for printing on PET. It also shows good chemical compatibility and adhesion on multiple surface types and organic layers. The ink is suitable for the PiXDRO LP50 with Konica Minolta print head and the  Fujifilm Dimatix Material Printer.

Printpack India bookings on smooth road

The 13th edition of Printpack India, South East Asia’s, one of the biggest and much awaited show on graphic arts industry, is slated for 4-8 February, 2017, at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. A record

service company since 2003. Since 2008, Bhattacharjee has managed the entire newspaper production of The Times of India in Delhi as its Asst. Vice President. Prior to this, Bhattacharjee held a leading management position for the ABP Group of Publications, Kolkata, and the Business India Group of Publications, Mumbai.

Presstek acquires Anocoil Corp.

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Presstek has completed the acquisition of the business and operations of Anocoil Corporation, one of North America’s largest independent producers of analog and digital offset printing plates for the newspaper and commercial market segments. The acquisition of Anocoil Corporation expands Presstek’s market reach, product line, customer base, and manufacturing capacity. Anocoil Corporation brings over 58 years’ experience of providing advancements in offset plate technology with two state-of-the-art production facilities located in Rockville and Enfield, CT.

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H.B. Fuller to buy Advanced Adhesives

H.B. Fuller has signed an agreement to purchase Advanced Adhesives, a provider of industrial adhesives in Australia and New Zealand. With fiscal 2015 net revenue of $17 million, this business will be included in H.B. Fuller’s Asia Pacific operating segment. Established in 1985, Advanced Adhesives works closely with customers in consumer packaged goods, woodworking and product assembly applications. The addition of this business will enable H.B. Fuller to strengthen its industrial adhesives market position and leverage a broader technology portfolio in both Australia and New Zealand.

Huhtamaki-APPCO in joint venture Huhtamäki Oyj has revised its joint venture relationship in Arabian Paper Products Company (APPCO) with Olayan Saudi Holding Company (OSHCO). Huhtamaki’s ownership in APPCO will increase to 50%

and the operative territory of APPCO expands from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. At the same time APPCO’s product range is broadened to include all Huhtamaki Foodservice Europe-Asia-Oceania business products. APPCO is a joint venture company between Huhtamaki and OSHCO, operating in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia since 1985. The annual net sales of the company in 2015 were app. EUR 24 million. Earlier Huhtamaki ownership in APPCO was 40%. With the expansion of the joint venture relationship Huhtamaki continues to implement its growth strategy and strengthens its position in Middle-East and North Africa.

ePrint Machinery is Horizon new Indian distributor Japanese book finishing specialist Horizon, has appointed ePrint Machinery as their Indian distributor. Our immediate focus will be to strengthen the sales network with possible dealers being appointed at select locations apart from expanding our inhouse team,” said Omprakash HR, managing director. He was previously associated with Proteck.

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Aurangabad hosts National Conference on Printing Technology

The National Conference on ‘New Trends in Printing Technology & Print Media’ was organized by Department of Printing Technology & Graphic Arts of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad on 18th March, 2016. The Conference was inaugurated by notable personality in the Printing Industry, Prof. Kamal Chopra, VicePresident, All India Federation of Master Printers and Prof. Chopade, the Vice-Chancellor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. Prof. Chopra explained with his exemplary words the journey of printing advancements from ancient times and focused on the future of printing technologies very interestingly. He also conversed on how we are used to live in the world of digitization in our daily life. The convener of the conference, Prof. Parag Hase, Head

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of Dept. of Printing Technology & Graphic Arts said, ‘The aim behind organizing Conference is to know the students and researchers in the field to know the new trends in printing technology and print media, which has been seeing the rapid changes in very short durations recently. This gathering shall provide a platform for printers too for sharing new technologies and their actual feasibilities in their present print businesses.’ The second session was full of technical knowledge sharing, exchanges and panel discussions. It was chaired by the man behind success of PAMEX, Tushar Dhote, who is also President of Mumbai Mudrak Sangh. He conversed with the gathering with his impeccable speech for the youngsters, soon-to-be entering the printing profession after their education. He said, “The new

technologies in image transferring systems are taking place in Printing Technology. The printers have to update themselves with the changing time and the needs of the consumers. Electronics and Computerization have modernized every bit of our life. Printing cannot be exception for it. The Printers must adapt with the electronics and information technology tools. Jignesh Lapasiya along with Paresh Shah from Paper N Film and Azhar Qureshi from BeautyFlex conducted a demonstration and seminar on textile and sublimation printing. The next speaker, Suresh Mahajan, Deputy General Manager of Lokmat Media showcased his studied presentation on Web Offset Printing and how newspaper industry changed accordingly. On behalf of Monotech Systems, Chennai, Virendra Rajput and his team delivered technospeak-cum-demonstration to the audience about 3-D printing. Miss. Sone presented on behalf of Department of Industries of Government of Maharashtra, the schemes for young entrepreneurs in printing, the ongoing printing clusters in the State of Maharashtra. Ravindra Joshi, Treasurer, All India Federation of Master Printers was Chief Guest for the valedictory session. He concluded the Conference with expectations of all Printing Institutes in India coming together and doing the best for creation of skilled manpower for the industry. There were participants for the Conference across the country and the members of Printing Clusters in Maharashtra also attended the gathering in larger number..”

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Industry cheers for best works at SPAI-FESPA Awards 2016

At the recent SPAI-FESPA Awards held in Mumbai, the organisers stuck to the ‘Keep it Simple’ strategy. The recent edition of the SPAIFESPA Awards 2016 saw screen printers being honoured for their excellent works under various categories. For the first time,

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a competition was held to celebrate screen printing in the country. This year, SPAI received over 140 entries under different categories. While the best entries received were awarded with Gold, Silver and Bronze titles, all of the entries received were sent to the global awards by FESPA.

“The competition gives an opportunity for the printers to appreciate the best works but we didn’t want other printers —who have done equally good work— to be robbed off a chance to showcase their works in the international stage. Hence, we decided to send all the entries

REPORTS received to the FESPA Awards,” said Bhargava Mistry, President, SPAI. He added, “Currently about 80% of the revenue of the screen printing industry is contributed by the industrial printing segment. The industry is on the growth path and will attain a 35% growth in next five years. Therefore, it is important to showcase the great works of the Indian screen printers on a global platform.” The Award was sponsored by The Huber Group, Photokina Chemicals, Print Dynamics, Creative Printers and Gautam Paper Udhyog. ScreenTex was the media partner. These entries were judged by an elite jury panel encompassing Kiran Prayagi, Akhil Contractor, Bhargav Mistry, Nikhil Ahuja and Kamlakar Wadekar. Among these several printers won laurels at the FESPA awards. These were Om Decals, Delhi (Bronze); Neat Graphics, Thane (Bronze); Pramukh Embroidery, Mumbai (Bronze); Perfect Packaging, Mumbai (Silver); Tarun Printing Works, Mumbai (Silver); Protolab Electro Technologies, Mumbai (Silver); Spectrum Scan, Mumbai (Silver); and Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad (2 Bronze and 1 Silver). At the event, a group of young to-be printing engineers led by Pawan Khake of PVG College of

Engineering, Pune were also given token of encouragement worth Rs. 10,000 by the Kesar Foundation and SPAI. The souvenir was presented by Shri. Madhukumar Doshi. These students have been diligently working on a project on printed electronics, hence contributing to the future of screen printing industry. While organisers usually have a skew towards hosting a glam and entertainment day for the industrymen during such awards, SPAI this year moved towards its core function: education. “Association is meant to help the members grow into better and more informed professions; and in this education plays key role. Thus, this year we decided to decipher the heavy jargons around printed electronics through a technical presentation by a team from IIT Kanpur. We are glad the industry appreciated the effort,” said Sandesh Tere of SPAI. This year, the initiative to manage the awards was taken up by Sandesh. From encouraging printers to send their nominations to the the management of Gala event had tints on Sandesh’s perfectionist attitude. Scientists from The National Centre of Flexible Electronics (FlexE) - IIT Kanpur made an

SPAI - FESPA AWARDS 2015 RESULTS A & M Enterprise AB Screens Aim Prints Classic Stripes Divine International Gautam Paper Udhyog Image Care Image Printers Krishna Creations Kumar Ad Media Marvel Art Gallery Nahir Arts Neat Graphics Neat Key Graphics Pvt. Ltd. Om Decals Perfect Packaging Pramukh Embroiedery Prayag Advertisers Protolab Electro Technologies Pvt. Ltd. PRS Permacell Sainath Poly Lam Santi Arts Screen Art & Graphics Screen Art Enterprises Spectrum Scan Tarun Printing Works

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REPORTS engaging presentation on flexible ‘printed’ electronics. The team spoke at length on how the flexible materials have made inroads in to the printed electronics market. Dr. Sudhindran Tatti, COO, FlexE said, “The whole reason to have a discussion on printed electronics is about finding synergies between industries. India already missed the semiconductor bus. Today, there is hardly any manufacturing facility of semiconductors in the country.” Pointing out the next wave is large area flexible electronics. He mentioned three reasons to get into the race: India is a nonparticipant in $400mn market of semiconductors; this is the right time to participate in the flexible electronics since it’s in the nascent stages; and it is expected

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to balloon into the size of semiconductors industry in the next 20 years. FlexE recently setup a robust R&D centre to deep dive into the oceans of possibility offered by flexible printed electronics. In this concern, the entity is also looking at industry partners to jointly develop applications. Marking a stark contrast with other R&D centres, Sudhindra says, “We don’t want to be typical R&D centres but want to solve problems and find innovative applications using screen printing. The areas we have identified for this are counterfeiting, RFID and NFCs chips for various applications, and for healthcare.” Appreciating the trend to

bring in technical seminars during award function, Gurbakshish from Omega Marketing said, “This might be for the first time that education found its dominance over entertainment during awards. We are glad that SPAI opted for such a model since the core objective of such events should be promoting knowledge and best practices.” Adding to the view, Gautam of Gautam Paper Udhyog said, “Often entertainment dilutes the objective. Today there was cheering for the best works, appreciation for knowledge and a tint of entertainment. It was one of the best awards we have participated in recently. We need to make such events bigger and better each year so that together the screen printing industry receives the respect it deserves.”

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Digital versus traditional packaging printing technology By Michael Seidl

While digital printing has succeeded in establishing its value in the traditional areas of the print media industry, the adoption has been a bit slower in the packaging industry with the exception of the label printing market, which began adopting digital print technologies relatively early. But the tide is beginning to turn. A growing numbers of producers and customers are recognising the benefits of digital packaging print and implementing the technology. The market is growing According to the latest forecasts, the volume of the worldwide print market is set to grow to 420 billion euros by 2020 from a current level of around 407 billion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; following the significant sharp decline in the

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years between 2008 and 2010 from 438 billion euros to 407 billion euros. Within the global print market, packaging print is the only area that will grow significantly, with an increase of 3.3% per year, for a share of the overall market of 141 billion euros by the year 2020. This includes folding boxes, labels and flexible packaging. In terms of specific printing processes, flexo printing is projected to see 2.6% growth, and digital printing 8%. Today, only 7% of packaging is printed digitally, but that share is projected to grow significantly. For packaging converters, digital printing can be a logical adjunct to analogue printing

and simultaneously allow them to develop new applications. It is also worth mentioning that the report The Future of Package Printing to 2019 by Smithers Pira, 2014, anticipates an annual growth of 17% for digital printing. This makes it the fastest growing technology within packaging print, projected to reach a volume of 19 billion U.S. dollars by 2019. The choice for consumers has become considerably greater and brands are anxious to differentiate themselves from competitors to acquire market share. The world of digital labels HP has now installed more than 1,000 digital presses in the

TECH TALK market, and considers that digital printing has become mainstream. Xeikon has well over 300 systems installed, and more than 50% of its sales now come from the packaging industry. Traditional companies such as Heidelberger Druckmaschinen have gone down the digital path via Gallus, and since Labelexpo 2015 are fully on-board with digital with the Gallus DCS 340. This converting system, developed in a joint project by Heidelberg and Fujifilm, is equipped with the latest generation of inkjet print heads and prints at a quality level that was previously only achievable in offset printing. It delivers highend UV inkjet print quality with a native resolution of 1200 dpi at a speed of 50 metres per minute, with the flexibility and efficiency of digital printing combined with the benefits of flexo printing. Also unique to this solution, in addition to outstanding print quality, is the integration of inline finishing modules. The Gallus DCS 340 prints digitally from roll to the finished, die-cut label; all in one pass. French company Autajon bought and tested the first system, and has now ordered three further systems. Label print shops increasingly recognise that digital printing can be used as a logical adjunct to the long print runs in flexo or offset printing. Designs can also be changed rapidly. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost as if label design is turning into fashion design. Some wine bottles are becoming style icons as a result. And the next digital wave is already on the horizon: flexible packaging, folding cartons and corrugated will also be riding this tide.

is significant and will continue to develop digitally in the coming five years, but it is also subject to social change (primarily due to external mobility). People eat and drink on the move (nomadic mobility). Flexible packs are gaining popularity and increasingly replacing fixed packaging. In the food sector in particular, flexible packs are easy to handle, and they fulfil the current trend for less waste and a smaller carbon footprint. The convenience factor cannot be ignored in this segment, either. Digital printing provides manufacturers of flexible packaging the opportunity to grow their businesses. The formula is a simple one: high quality packaging, produced digitally, with just-in-time delivery. This is why the technology is currently gaining ground, supported by presses such as the HP Indigo 20000 that issued a clear signal to the packaging market with its launch. Swiss firm O. Kleiner KG was the first company in the world to install an Indigo 20000 and specialise in the production of flexible packaging using flexo, gravure and more recently, digital printing. O. Kleiner KG has leveraged its HP Indigo 20000 to produce small runs as add-ons and to provide new options for customers in the smaller run sector. A good example of this is closures for small jam jars. Whilst flavours such as strawberry are produced in large runs, other flavours such as raspberry have smaller batch sizes. These will in future be produced using digital printing. Further applications include test packages or personalised packaging.

Flexible packaging The market for flexible packaging

Colourful world of folding cartons Digital printing is still relatively

new in this market sector within the packaging world, even though there are now several excellent examples of applications here. The folding carton industry tends to use the technology for small and differentiated runs; print runs before or at the end of large, conventional runs are another application. Digital folding carton printing is currently still considered to be in the early adopter stage; in other words, the users who have recognised the trends and developed the first applications. A good example of this is Peter Sommer from Elanders in Germany who, together with Ritter Sport chocolate, concocted a fascinating project. A special website was set up where consumers were able to order personalised packaging for their Ritter Sport chocolate. This was a venture that really paid off, as customers were willing to pay considerably more for this chocolate. The project also gained recognition from Mediaware in Ireland who implements packaging projects for Microsoft. There are now a growing number of projects of this nature as brand owners recognise the potential and savy print shops are helping them to realise creative ideas.

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Packaging made from corrugated To date firms processing corrugated have been slow to adopt digital printing technologies, with the exception of those using flatbed systems (HP Scitex, Durst, Mimaki, swissQprint). However, this is more due to the fact that until now there had not been many systems available on the market that could be used for corrugated. But this will be changing relatively quickly due to providers such as Bobst or the HP / KBA joint venture. And the large players in the industry very clearly see the advantages of being able to respond to market requirements more quickly and thus being able to offer a higher level of service. The use of digital technology is also helping to optimise workflows and potentially also re-design production sites – following the principle of using the right technology for the right jobs. Digital colossus in pre-print Following barely two years of development, HP and KBA presented the world’s first HP PageWide Web Press T1100S to a group of visitors in Würzburg in November 2015. This gigantic inkjet rotation with a web width of 2.80 metres and with digital pre-printing of the top layer

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is opening up new options for the flexible production of corrugated packaging in different sizes and run lengths that were not economically feasible before. The first customer for the HP T1100S was DS Smith Packaging. The company was interested because in comparison to standard analogue printing technologies, the system offers considerably greater productivity and flexibility, particularly with small and medium sized runs. Thanks to its high productivity of over 30,000 square meters of printed area per hour, the press can be used cost-effectively for large runs as well. Another current example in the corrugated card market comes from Bobst. At the last drupa in 2012, CEO Jean-Pascal Bobst announced that his company was developing a digital printing system. The project, shrouded in secrecy, is now in use with beta testers just a little over three years later, specifically at Model in Switzerland and at Schumacher in Germany. This industrial digital solution for printing packaging and displays made from corrugated material uses Kodak’s Stream Inkjet technology and offers not only intense colour reproduction and one of the highest print resolutions available, but also functions with food-compatible printing inks. The digital sheet press designed for four-colour printing on a wide range of uncoated and coated corrugated permits the personalisation of runs large and small of packaging and displays at high speeds. At an outstanding speed of up to 200 metres a minute, the new press delivers high quality on sheets up to a maximum size of 1.3 x 2.1 metres.

Special applications These days, digital packaging printing is not restricted to just the areas mentioned above. Labels and codes are not covered in this article as that would be far beyond its scope. However, there is a range of special applications that shows just how versatile and creative digital printing can be in practical use. Here are two examples: The German start-up company mymuesli recently installed a Heidelberg Jetmaster Dimension at its site in Heidelberg for the customised printing of muesli packaging. That means you can not only buy your favourite muesli but you can also design your own muesli container yourself with a picture and text. The filling machine manufacturer KHS has, together with Xaar, implemented a project where printing is carried out directly onto PET bottles at the Belgian Martens Brouwerij. The digital direct printing system uses Xaar 1002 GS6 print heads and achieves a physical resolution of 360 dpi where text and graphics are printed using low-migration LED inks in 4C plus white. This means that 12,000 bottles an hour can be printed directly. Looking ahead to drupa Visitors to drupa 2016 will certainly see several solutions that demonstrate the implementation of digital technology in the packaging industry. One example of this is Bennty Landa’s nanotechnology that this time will be shown with a complete system for packaging production. It is a fascinating sector that will be stimulated by all of these developments. And above all… this is a growth market. Good news for the industry! www.messe-duesseldorf.de

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Photokina enters hydrographics market

Aakash Sheth of Photokina Chemical recently revealed to ScreenTex that the company is working on promoting hydrographic printing technology in India. Hydrographic printing is a well-known technique in industry for transferring colour inks on a thin film to the surface of a manufactured 3D object. It enables high-quality colouring of object surfaces and works with a wide range of materials. The process starts by printing (using a conventional inkjet printer) a pixel image on a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film, which is a water-soluble film. However, there are pre-printed films also that are available in more than 3000 designs. After that, an activator chemical is sprayed on the film, softening the colour film to make it easy to stretch and also activating

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a binding agent. Lastly, a substrate object is slowly dipped into the water through the floating film. After touching the object, the film becomes stretched, wraps around the object surface and adheres there. During this process, the colour ink printed on the PVA film moves with the film and eventually gets transferred to the surface. To facilitate quick drying, a drying oven can also be used. The drawback is that letters/words cannot be printed at the exact spot as desired since dipping process shifts the registration of the print. Hence only designs can be printed with hydrographics. Photokina is currently importing the film but the chemicals are being

indigenously manufactured at its facility in Gujarat. “This technology has been around for 5-6 years or more and holds huge potential in our country. Automobile, mobile covers and footwear are few among the various industries that have effectively used hydrographic printing,” said Akash. The company has also started a consulting programme under which Aakash trains people about the technology. “Currently, the consulting is done in two modules. One: in which we go to the customers printing plant and train the staff on the shopfloor; the other option is to invite the staff of the printing facility to Photokina’s plant,” he said. The duration of the training differs from one day to five days depending on the modules selected by the printing company. The approximate cost for this consultation and training is Rs. 4000 for one day’s training program. In this, the trainee is subjected to practical training of the process for five to six times. Asked why Photokina wants to invest in the technology, Aakash is quick to respond, “First mover advantage is the biggest reason. Moreover, we truly believe this is an interesting printing methodology and can be effectively put to use in our country. Screen can print on flat/ semi flat surfaces, now we have a technology that prints on any shape/surface. First we developed screen products and researched new technologies and now we brought in a method of printing; this proves that Photokina strongly believes in innovation.” www.photokinachem.com

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Preflighting customers’ PDFS for success in print production By Simon Eccles

Printers know, at least in theory, that powerful preflight checking software will increase production efficiency in the workflow. In the good old days, customer jobs submitted for print would go through so many human-overseen stages at the camera, plate and screen stages that any problems would be noticed early on.This gave the opportunity to query it with the customer, or if the solution was obvious the pre-press operators would usually fix it. As wide format digital printers increasingly follow commercial printers down the automated workflow paths, it’s technically feasible for a customer file received by a printing company to be processed completely automatically to the point where the first time it’s seen by human eyes is as it emerges from an inkjet printer.

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Letting mistakes and bad files get through to print is obviously expensive and leads to issues of who pays - customer or (sadly often) the printer who doesn’t want to lose further business by kicking up a fuss. Large format printers are therefore increasingly using pre-flight programs that can automatically pick up content or format problems before they screw up anything expensive. Suppliers of pre-flighting report that wide format and packaging are their fastestgrowing sales areas, though that could be because general commercial and publishing markets are now pretty mature. According to David van Driessche, chief technical officer of Four Pees, a Belgium based developer and distributor of pre-press workflow systems: “Large format is more and more

important for us - we see it with callas pdfToolbox, we see it with tFlow Approval – we see some of those aspects with the Creative Edge 3D visualisation tools. “Standardisation and preflight and automation are becoming more important in that market. But I also think the reason it looks like a big trend right now is because in that market you haven’t had much of that going on over the last ten years. It’s pretty much all manual and job-by-job. Competition and price pressure makes them rethink that I think.” David Dilling, managing director of pre-flight developer Markzware explains: “Obviously, the larger the printer, the costlier the error. Resolution is a big one to check for.” Other common problems are missing fonts, spot colours instead of CMYK values, RGB instead of CMYK, unprintable hairlines, transparency problems, drop shadows not appearing as they should, and layer orders going wrong. PDF/X reliability PDF is now the most common file delivery format, although in wide format it’s not universal. You still see vector formats such as AI (Illustrator native) CDR (CorelDraw native) and EPS (an output option for many sign programs). You may also see bitmap formats such as TIFF or JPEG for some types of image. Since 2001 it has been possible to create PDFs that conform to a narrow “subset” of specifications that practically

TECH TALK guarantee they’ll print properly – this is called “blind exchange.” These are the various flavours of PDF/X. The most commonly used today are PDF/X-1 and X-3 or 4. The first of these, currently most widely used as PDF/X1a:2003, uses the PDF 1.4 format and basically ensures that all colours are converted to CMYK, that all the fonts are embedded in the file, and that image resolutions are at least 300dpi, without overcompression. PDF-X-3 can handle CMYK, spot, calibrated (managed) RGB and CIELAB, wit ICC profile. PDF/X-4 extends this to support colour-managed CMYK, grey, RGB or spot colour data, as well as PDF transparency and optional content. Programs that can output PDF/X usually have a way to verify the content as they work, and refuse to create a file if the contents are out of specification. Adobe Illustrator CC, InDesign CC 2015 and QuarkXPress 2015 layout programs can output PDF/X-1, X-3 and X-4, for instance and they report it if they can’t verify the files due to their content. In principle, if printers ask for the appropriate PDF/X and customers supply them, then

there’s little need for preflighting. PDF/X files identify themselves in either the file info or the metadata. However, to be sure a printer will want to use a verifier, and while you’re doing that you may as well be checking for other problems at the same time. Pre-flight choice In Europe, the main PDF preflight programs are callas pdfToolbox and Enfocus PitStop Pro and its spin-offs. These check, verify and where possible allow editing and correction of PDF files. Adobe’s Acrobat Pro and the recently launched Acrobat DC utilities for PDF creation and editing have decent built-in preflighting that’s based on callas’ technology. However, while the options let you look for all sorts of problems and fix a lot of them, the user interface is different and not very intuitive compared to callas’ own pdfInspector. For more advanced features you’ll need to look at Enfocus or Callas. “We’ve seen over the past two or three years the advent of workflows and PDF being used a lot more in wide format,” says Andrew Bailles-Collins, product

manager at Enfocus. “When we do our regular surveys on our support performance and on our products, we’re seeing a large rise in people using it in large format. We went to FESPA for the first time last year, and we were hearing the same sort of problems we’d been hearing about for ten or 15 years in the commercial world, but for them it’s all new.” Enfocus PitStop was first launched in 1998 and the latest version 13 was introduced in April 2015 and updated in October with new features for wide format, packaging and labels. It runs as a plug-in to Adobe Acrobat, meaning you need to buy both, and adds considerable functionality. PitStop Pro can be bought with a perpetual license for €699, or on a yearly subscription for €25 per month. It not only checks a PDF with the option of applying automatic fixes, but it also offers a fairly comprehensive range of manual editing tools for text and graphic content. New in PitStop 13 is the option to apply marks such as grommet holes for banners and the like. Preflight checks can be made from a pre-defined set that includes PDF/X and the Ghent PDF Workgroup standards, or users can define their own specific routines from a large list of options. These can be built into Action Lists that apply specific checks and fixes. The standard PitStop Pro 13 is intended for use by single operators, though it can be integrated into automated workflows such as Enfocus’ own Switch system. There is also PitStop Server at €2,999, which monitors incoming PDFs (from say a hot folder or FTP server) and automatically applies pre-defined checks. It can fix some problems

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automatically, but is able to reject some types of fault and either alert the sender or divert them into another folder for a human operator to work on. PitStop Server 13 gained the ability to create Action Lists directly - previously they had to be created in PitStop Pro and exported. PitStop 13 pre-flight technology is also used in Enfocus’ ConnectALL system, which lets printers supply a simple filepreparation workflow to their customers. This runs pre-flight checking defined by the printer and suggests fixes before the file is actually submitted. Callas pdfInspector is broadly similar to PitStop but without such extensive manual editing tools. The current pdfToolbox 8 was introduced in June 2015 and is a plug-in to Acrobat. It costs €499 as a single user desktop version. It supplies pre-flight features plus colour conversions (including RGB or CMYK to multi-channel colour sets), page and content manipulation controls and imposition. It can also convert PDFs to bitmaps (TIFF, PNG or JPEG), which some printers may require. An automated server version

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costs €3,999 and can hook into the Enfocus Switch automation system. There are also options for developers to integrate the code into their own products. David van Driessche says that callas is planning to add more wide format specific features into future versions of pdfToolbox. “Meanwhile, pdfToolbox 8 can add eyelets or grommet marks,” he says. “It can be done either with fixed positions or you can use JavaScript to calculate placement very precisely. “There is also (since version 7) the possibility to get a report on ink usage in a file, by percentage of the page or total square cm. This has been used by a number of large format printers for price calculation.” Native format checking If clients are still sending you native file formats, Markzware’s FlightCheck provides the unusual ability to pre-flight a wide range of these and highlight common errors. According to European MD David Dilling, “Sign printers and so forth get in a plethora of file formats, from Word and Publisher to InDesign and Quark. For sure they see more and more PDF, but largely it is like it was, ten or so years ago.” FlightCheck doesn’t have any editing features of its own, but unlike PitStop and pdfInspector it has the ability to launch the creator program assuming you have a copy, (say CorelDraw or Illustrator) and to take you to the position of the error in the graphics file. It can also generate a report to show to the customer so they can correct it if preferred. The current FlightCheck 7.7 can handle files generated by

Acrobat, CorelDraw, FrameMaker, FreeHand, InDesign, Illustrator, PageMaker, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Publisher, QuarkXPress and Word, as well as PostScript files. The company also makes format converters, all priced at €199 or alternatively supplied as a 12 month subscription. Q2ID can open QuarkXPress files into InDesign for editing (today’s InDesign CC can open older QuarkXPress files but only as far as v.4). ID2Q can go the other way, from InDesign to QuarkXPress. Pub2ID takes Microsoft Publisher files, generally disliked by ‘real’ printers, and converts them to InDesign. January 2016 saw the launch of MarkzTools2, a standalone application that converts InDesign documents into IDML files without the need for InDesign. This allows InDesign CC 2015 documents to be opened by older versions from InDesign CS4 onward. Possibly more useful in a pre-flight context, Markzware’s PDF2DTP converts PDFs to fully editable InDesign files. “For some things a PDF editor is just not reliable or efficient,” Dilling says. “Text, for instance – it is far more reliable to edit that in InDesign than Acrobat.” As automated workflows grow in importance in large format printing and PDF increasingly is the delivery format of choice, so pre-flighting will become ever more necessary. If you consider the cost of only a few jobs that that it saves from having to be re-run, the investment is modest.

For more print insight and inspiration visit www.fespa. com. This article is published by courtesy of FESPA, who retain the copyright for the content.

CHERAN’S JUMBO MODEL MC TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION Model

CF 2638

CF 3844

CF 3242

CHERAN’S SWIFT ROLL SUBLIMATION MC TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

CF 3848

CF 4252

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CFR 1250

CFR 1750

CFR 1950

Working Area

44”

65”

72”

Actual Size

51”

72”

79”

Heater Power

6KW

9KW

12KW

Temperature

220 C

Speed

0 to 99 Sec

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10 Amps

18 Amps

Platen Size (MM) 650x950mm 800x1050mm 950x1100mm 950x1200mm 1050x1300mm Working Area

24”x36”

30”x40”

36”x42”

36”x46”

Power

440V, 50HZ

Heater

6.5KW

12KW

14.5KW

18KW

Temprature Timer

220 C

0 to 99 Sec

Air Pressure

0 - 8 Bar

AMPS

10 Amps

18 Amps

22 Amps

27 Amps

Micro Controller based digital temperature and timer control Specially designed for Sublimation transfer Manualy tray movement enables easier and faster operation Aluminium plate with Teflon coating is used in heater bed for quick distribution Suitable for sublimation polyester clothes

Automatic Tray Movement Option Custome Platen size 28” x 36”, 40” x 60” also available

Electric Drum Heating Type Fast Continues Production Easy Handling & Maintenance Customized Cooling Timer Setting Suitable for Pattern Fabric, Towel, Flag, Cloths & Sportswear Suitable for Sublimation Transfer on Polyester Cloths

TECH TALK

Choosing the right plotter for your signage business By Nessan Cleary

It’s time we turn our attention to the cutting plotters that are so often paired with roll-fed printers… Cutting plotters are mainly designed for cutting relatively thin flexible media like vinyl. Typical applications include vinyl lettering, as well as cutting out pre-printed stickers, decals and even some short-run labelling applications. They’re considerably cheaper than a cutting table and should easily pay for themselves in a relatively short time frame. Obviously any cutting plotter should be capable of cutting right through flexible substrates such as self-adhesive vinyl. But they should also offer options such as perforation and cutting only partway through a material to create a tear-off line.

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It’s important to check the cutting force and that any prospective plotter can handle the type of substrates that you intend to use. Otherwise, choosing a plotter is mainly a case of balancing its cost versus the cutting speed and the volume of work that you have. What’s available? There’s a fair number of cutting plotters available so rather than go through them all we’ll highlight some of the most common and the features you can typically expect from these plotters. Thus Mutoh sells the ValueCut plotters, available in three widths - 610mm, 1320mm and 1830mm. They take media up to 0.8mm thick. They use a

drag knife and can accelerate from a standing start up to 4.2G and have a cutting force up to 600g, which allows them to cut at a speed of 1530mm per second. Mutoh has also thought about the print and cut workflow, which is essential if you’re going to be able to put the prints through a cutter with accurate registration. The Mutoh cutters come with FlexiStarter software for adding cutting paths to design files. It can also create a reference mark for the ValueCut machines to locate the design. Mark Rammant, product specialist for Mutoh, adds: “You can also create marks in a graphic design software like Illustrator. You can import these into the FlexiStarter software and it will automatically put these contour

TECH TALK lines through using a chosen spot colour and swatch name by recognizing this spot colour as cutting data.” He says that the ValueCut plotters will also recognize cut paths from other programs such as Onyx RIP, which also supports print and cut workflows. Summa also has several vinyl cutting options. The standard Summacut is available in 142cm and 164cm widths, while the newer D140 FX, only comes in the 142cm size. This can cut at up to 113cm per second with up to 3G acceleration and up to 400g knife pressure. Summa also has the more heavy-duty S class, designed for high volume industrial work. These are available in two series: the D-series use a drag knife and can cut with a force of up to 400g; the T series uses a true tangential knife and can apply up to 600g cutting force. They’re available in four sizes with cutting widths of 74cm, 120cm, 135cm and 158cm. They can cut at up to 1000mm per second with optional take up rollers and media racks available for the largest two sizes. All of these systems use an automated optical system that picks up marks on the print to align the cutting blades and all support barcodes. There’s also an optional camera system for the S2 T-series. Mimaki has the CG FX series, available in 760mm, 1300mm and 1600mm widths. They’re designed for vinyl work and will take media up to 0.25mm thick. They can apply up to 400g of pressure and cut at up to 100cm per second. There’s an optical sensor to detect registration marks on the print and they come supplied with Mimaki’s FineCut plug-in that works with either CorelDraw or

Adobe Illustrator. Mimaki also sells the CGSRIII series, also available in three sizes, with cutting widths up to 606mm, 1070mm and 1370mm. These can bring 500g of pressure to bear but only cut at up to 70cm per second. Print and cut The alternative approach is to integrate the cutting directly into the printer, which saves both cost and space. Mimaki has hedged its bets and also sells integrated machines based on its solvent printer engines. Thus the CJV300 is a version of the JV300 while the entry level CJV150 is based on the JV150, both with integrated cutters and at a slightly higher price point. In both cases the specifications for the print engine remain unchanged. Roland has long favoured this approach and also sells a number of printer/cutter machines with both solvent and UV printers. Thus the LEC UV printers come in 760 mm and 1371 mm widths and can cut at up to 600 mm per second with a blade force of up to 300g. There’s also a desktop UV print and cut machine, the BN20. Roland also sells several solvent printers, such as the 1.6m wide XR640. The specifications for the cutting part of this printer are similar to the LEC models – with a maximum cutting speed of 600mm per second and cutting force of 300g. Conclusion There are two main advantages to using separate devices for the cutting and the printing. Nick DeCock, Mutoh’s marketing manager, argues that there is a different economic model for the

two machines, explaining: “The composition of a cutting plotter is mechanical whereas a printer consists of ink lines and wet parts that come in contact with the heads. Also, there is an accelerated development in printers so it’s better to buy separate printers and cutters.” The second argument is about volume. As Decock notes: First, you have a cutter that can work standalone from the printer. With an integrated machine you can only print or cut but can’t do both jobs simultaneously. That said, an integrated machine will almost certainly be cheaper than buying two separate devices and so might be a good starting point to test the market. There’s no issue of registration as the print is already in the machine so it’s a relatively simple process and can add value to the prints for very little additional time and cost. Ultimately, the choice is down to the volume of work that you have to handle.

For more print insight and inspiration visit www.fespa. com. This article is published by courtesy of FESPA, who retain the copyright for the content.

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LIMELIGHT

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The next wave is flexible printed electronicsâ&#x20AC;?

In an exclusive conversation with ScreenTex on the sidelines of SPAIFESPA awards, Dr. Sudhindra Tatti, COO, National Centre for Flexible Electronics (NCFlexE) spoke about why screenprinters need to look ahead and prepare for the next wave of opportunity. Almost every day we see something being talked about the printed electronics market. A lot of these also mention how screen printing plays a key role in this. There is a fascination to understand the subject closely to decipher the hidden opportunities. So how does NCFlexE contribute to this? Large area flexible electronics is a segment of the electronics industry which is based on the monolithic or hybrid integration of electronic components on flexible substrates. Flexible Electronics provides a new opportunity for the printing industry. The electronics emerging

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from this technology would be fabricated on substrates that are plastics, paper, textiles or metal foils. The circuits will be printed roll-to-roll by fast manufacturing processes, much the same way as newspapers are printed. The products will be much more affordable and if required, even disposable. Dr. Sudhindra Tatti, COO, National Centre for Flexible Electronics (NCFlexE) at IIT Kanpur, says. Currently the centre has 450sqm cleanroom with facility for wet processing, lithography and bio-material processing. A complete set of processing equipment including evaporators; sputtering, PECVD, RIE and DRIE for inorganic material processing have been put in place. Moreover, an integrated facility for fabrication of OLEDs for display and lighting and OPV modules by evaporation and spin coating is also part of

the elaborate setup. In addition to the existing facilities, a new building is being constructed in which approximately 700Sq.m will be cleanroom facility that will house state of art R2R printing facilities with multiple station interchangeable head of gravure, screen, slot die facility. Non clean laboratory will be equipped with the complete set of device characterization and simulation tools. Under this, NCFlexE will incorporate all types of printing technologies from screen to litho to gravure, and from roll to roll to sheet. India already missed the semiconductor bus. Today, there is hardly any manufacturing facility of semiconductors in the country. Pointing out the next wave is large area flexible electronics. He mentions three reasons to get into the race: India

LIMELIGHT is a non-participant in $400B market of semiconductors; this is the right time to participate in the flexible electronics since it’s in the nascent stages; and it is expected to balloon into the size of semiconductors industry in the next 20 years. Asked how India is placed for this revolution, he says, “Conventional silicon manufacturing requires billions of dollars of investment for high-end equipment and stringent clean rooms. However, it is conceivable that these new materials (organic semiconductors) can be processed at fractional cost of investment and in less stringent manufacturing environment. Flexible Electronics uses new materials and methods of manufacturing and hence opens up new possibilities for manufacturing due to the lower entry barriers and existing infrastructure. Partners and applications Flexible electronics can find applications in several sectors. Distributed energy production through organic solar cells on windows and roofs, disposable sensors or lab-on-a-chip for health monitoring, security packaging of medicines to prevent circulation of fake drugs, wearable and lightweight electronics, airport baggage handling, labeling of books in libraries or answer scripts in a large scale examination, flexible displays and lighting are examples of few possible applications. The examples span a large number of industrial sectors. One of the key objectives of the centre is to identify India Specific applications for flexible electronics and we are looking for industry partners for collaborative product development in a variety of areas. Some examples of our

technology offerings are flexible electronics based sensors for applications in healthcare and point of care diagnostics (affordable, portable solutions for medical equipment), printed electronics for packaging industry, anti-counterfeiting technology for medicines and consumer goods and many others. For instance in healthcare and medical equipment segment, according to Dr. Sudhindra the point of care diagnostics is a sector NCFlexE and partners are diligently working on. Going beyond healthcare, NCFlexE is looking at printed sensors for agriculture, dairy and much more. Asked what would play a key role in the success of PE, he is quick to respond that inks are a key enabler in this technological paradigm. In printed electronics, optimum quality in printing can’t be bargained for. Moreover, high speed and throughput holds the secret to the success of this technology. Therefore, inkjet and screen are two good bets. The central goal at NCNCFlexE is to carry out industry-aligned research and commercialization of technologies. The centre is in the process of establishing national and international collaborations for projects with academic and industrial partners. “In this effort, we have joined hands with industry partners to jointly develop applications and products. While the knowledge part would be contributed by NCFlexE, the role of industry would be to contribute applications, products and help in the execution. We want to solve problems and find innovative applications using screen printing.” he says.

Marking a stark contrast with other R&D centres, Dr. Sudhindra says, “In addition to the knowledge generation and obvious interaction with industry for product development, commercialization of technology necessitates that attention be paid to scaling and economical aspects of manufacturing. He adds that just finding a solution by importing technology is not a solution. Hence, there was the need to work closely with industries to find a solution. Five industries have already joined the initiative including companies such as Manipal Technologies, Sahasra Electronics and Applied Materials. Recognizing the importance of the existence and availability of locally made equipment and materials supplies, the centre is involved with simultaneous engagement with all product, equipment and materials industries. The goal is to build upon the existing industries, such as chemical and printing, for example, to create a vibrant eco-system for flexible electronics manufacturing. Asked what the future beholds, he says IoT is one such segment that PE can fuel. In this, sensing through sensors, communications through printed RFID or NFC microchips, response through smart package, and security (counterfeiting) are only few applications. The challenge, however, would be simplification of process. The need would be to reduce the number of layers, improve ease of handling and smooth integration into current setup. “One thing on which we want PE to be different to semiconductor is ecofriendliness. We want to product to be compatible in terms of health and safety as well,” he concludes

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WALK THE TALK

Advance Syntex is on a growth path

The whole-time director of Vadodarabased Advance Syntex (ASPL), Bhavan Dhirendra Vora, in an exclusive interaction with ScreenTex talks about the upcoming plans of the two-generation old metallic yarn manufacturing company to raise an IPO on BSE. What prompted your to create Advance Syntex Bhavan? Share the brief history with our readers. Advance Syntex is engaged in manufacturing of metallic yarn since 1974 and one of the first few companies to introduce Glitter powder in India in 1980 with Japanese technology and equipment. Our founder D.J. Vora is a Mechanical Engineer from the University of Bombay in 1970, and he always had a penchant for innovative solutions. He was trained in USA in 1978 for making glitter powder and holography. Holography, then, was a laboratory project. In year 1979, we decided that the technology should be made available on Indian soil as well. Even though, we were one of the first persons to start manufacturing of glitter

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powder in India, he never intended to have monopolistic control over the market. In fact, he encouraged several other entrepreneurs to manufacture glitter powder in the country. What are your main products? What is the infrastructure setup in place? At present, we are engaged in manufacturing of precision cut glitter powder for various applications such as textile printing, moulding, and flocking over and above conventional decorative application. We have recently developed formaldehyde-free glitter for cosmetics and knitted garments used for baby wear and ladies under garments, and look forward to manufacturing edible glitter which has high demand in bakery industry. Marketed under the brand name of Midas, these are as per the exact specification of its clients. The company has a modern infrastructural unit which comprises of two manufacturing units and an in-house designing

unit. The manufacturing units are spread over a sprawling area of 35,000 square feet and have a combined installed capacity of 350 tonnes pm. The units are equipped with machines and equipment of latest technology, some of which are imported while others are locally developed by our in house experts. The in-house design unit is equipped with all the requisite facilities that help them to design and develop their range of products in accordance with the exact needs of our clients. Unit is equipped with full-fledged testing laboratory, to keep a strict watch on the process control as well as testing the finished products before the dispatch of final consignment. Adhering to stringent quality measures, we have employed quality auditors who check all the production activities starting from procuring of raw material until the final packaging of the products. In fact, the resins are also produced in house. What is the current production

WALK THE TALK capacity? And we heard new expansion plans are in place… Presently, we have capacity of 250 MTPM for manufacturing of metalized polyester film and 100 MTPM for manufacturing of coated polyester films. Coated polyester film is highly value added product as compared to metalized polyester film. Since, the coated polyester film has a very good market and good demand from the existing clients we are expanding existing capacity of 100 MTPM to 170 MTPM for manufacturing of coated polyester film. For the proposed expansion we have purchased one factory at GIDC where expansion is carried out. We have already acquired the land, and commenced production. The lacquer coated polyester film is mainly used for making Metallic Yarn and Glitter Powder which is a large industry in India and internationally. This film is also used in flexible packaging. The total market size of lacquer coated film is approximately 2000 tonnes per month in domestic market and also has a huge requirement in international market. Currently, the production capacity of ASPL is 100 tonnes per month, which after completion of expansion by April 2015 shall be around 170 tonnes per month. How is the market for metalized polyester film in India? As per current statistics, the packaging industry consumes 15000 tonnes of metallised films per month. ASPL is one of leading manufacturers and exporters of metallized polyester film. Metallized polyester film is best suited for flexible lamination and holograms. However, the wide known application includes twist wraps for candies. We manufacture this product because 50 per cent of the production is being

consumed in-house to make its various products. The product has vast market and huge demands. Surat itself is a big consuming centre for this product apart from other markets. There is a big potential for export also, due to global shortage and a big and robust growth of packaging industry which is the largest consumer of this product consuming almost 15,000 tons per month for preparing pouches and other attractive packages. It should be noted that the market of packaging film is growing at an average of 15 to 20 per cent per annum whereas the global market is growing at an average of 10 to 12 per cent per annum. Looking at the growth and demand from packaging market we plan to add another metalizing machine at our facility by end of 2018. Therefore, we are optimistic about the market. Which are primary international markets that you engage with? Absolutely, we have clients spread almost all over Europe, Russia, Israel, Indian subcontinent and we are also planning to enter American and Latin American markets. We are also negotiating with a company in Germany which shall be the sole distributor of our glitter powder and polyester films in Europe. This shall boost our exports in a big way. We are targeting to gradually grow our exports to 35% of total production. We are also coming up with SME IPO on BSE in April.

MSME Recognition Certificate for the year 2013 for achieving in growth in production and profit in medium enterprise category by the government of Gujarat. ASPL also formed an all India Zari Powder Association and represented to state government and other states that glitter powder is future of embroidery and weaving of Zari in textiles. It saves lot of investments in heavy machinery and space. Hence, we were successful in convincing them to make glitter powder free from VAT and CENVAT. Also, through our efforts we replaced pure gold in glass bangle industry with glitter powder which resulted in tremendous national saving. Use of Glitter powder also saves nearly 50 per cent of material when used in textiles and garment industry. All these efforts helped ASPL being honoured with numerous awards such as certificate from Skotch Foundation for being one of best SME enterprises in India; India SME 100 Awards in Year 2014; India SME Excellence Award in Year 2014; India’s Small Giants in Year 2014 by SME Forum. In fact, we were also featured in Duns & Bradstreet’s premier publication as one of leading SMEs of India in 2014. These are all encouraging moments for us.

There are number of awards that ASPL has won over the years…. Awards are overwhelming and humbling at the same time. ASPL was honoured with Best

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SPOTLIGHT

Innovation is dependent on market acceptance: NSR Creation printing, and I handle the sales and designing department while my younger brother leads the marketing team. Since we are into value-addition jobs, we are more focused on the adding new techniques, designs and works. On an average day we turn around approximately 2000 prints at the unit.

Nasir of NSR Creation in a freewheeling chat with ScreenTex explains how only innovation and value addition has helped him create a niche for his company How did you start NSR Creation? I am trained graphic designer and have worked as a designer for textile printing industry for over right years. The interest to be an entrepreneur as well as stick to my creative aspirations led me to start NSR creation. Like any small enterprise, the finances were difficult to procure. Therefore, bootstrapping was the only way ahead for me then. Although, it could have been an easier decision to just stick to the design role and not make serious capital investment, I decided otherwise. As I wanted to begin with manual screen printing jobs, I set up tables and hired a staff of five to undertake the jobs.

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So how did you land your first order? When you work in the industry, people over the years start understanding your creative bent and entrepreneurial aspirations. When I decided to start on my own, I visited the friends in the industry. Many of them were quick to congratulate me for the decision as they felt I could add value. Few in fact tendered orders immediately, while suppliers too helped me by extending credit to as much as 365 days. Moreover, the payments were prompt. These are the initial support an entrepreneur dreams of and by the grace of God, I was lucky to find help at the right moment. How big is your unit? The unit is around 1800 sqft which encompasses two tables of 24 and 15 metre. The working team comprises of 10 people in

What is the USP of NSR Creation? Like any other company we wish to be the best in all but there are specialities of each work. Two things NSR is known for in the market is HD print and addition of beads and other effect on garment. This is not something I am boasting about but what the markets have told us. These are done with exquisite precision. Also, every year we take a tour of international markets and then gauge which trends might be well received in India. Sometimes, the market here understands that this might be a future trend, sometimes they don’t. For instance, foil on T-shirt was a trend which we had presented way before it entered India. But the buyers felt that this would not sell in the market. Today, they are selling like hot cakes. So innovation is dependent on market acceptance. Few people are of the opinion that there is no ‘value’ of value addition in the cost driven market. What is your view on this since it is the USP of your business? I disagree with the notion that the market forces are undermining the ‘value’ of value-addition. Price war is an inevitable part of the demand supply matrix. There is

SPOTLIGHT no running away from it. However, even the cost you seek for valueaddition should be worth it. If you are merely using value addition as a ‘sales-bait’, there is no point blaming the market. When complaining about the price, people should understand that each business owner calculates costs considering the cost of the unit/facility, the consumables quality, electricity and manpower cost, and other factors. Thus, according to different factors each printer has a minimum threshold set for pricing. Below this, they decline the business. And this threshold is different for different business. According to you what have been the biggest challenges? Labour issues and skill gap have

been the biggest challenges. Cheap labour is a myth. Moreover human resource poaching is taken casually by the industry. It is important to upskill workers and take good care of the “master”. This means that not only would you need to invest in the manpower; you will also need to invest in the training of the manpower on a constant basis. How has the online T-shirt etailers helped small printers? One of the first companies to begin such work has been Ink Fruit. Although, the company is no more the bigger player in the etailing space of garment, it once promoted smaller printers to print good quality t-shirt designs and they used to sell the same

on websites. Similarly, the advent of Craftvillas to the flipkart, each have made selling good designs online in an easy manner but it is still not the easy way in. Discounts and stringent rules are few impediments that deter more printers to come up. What are your plans for the coming five years? Change is inevitable and the biggest change right now is the moment toward the automation. NSR will look towards installing a couple of automated screen printing machine.

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BUSINESS

Direct-to-textile printing – A sporting effort By Rob Fletcher

Moving into sports textile could be considered as a way to expand and diversify the product portfolio, which is what the market requires

With the sports industry serving as a very profitable market itself, the sector also offers many opportunities in terms of digital textile print. Whether it is major sponsorship deals or lucrative television rights contracts, the professional sports industry is one growth sector that shows no signs of slowing down. Athletes and teams across a host of different sports are benefitting from a strong commercial interest in this market from various industries – including the print industry. Printing plays a major part in the sports industry, especially when it comes to the placing of sponsors on a team’s jersey. After all, without the use of this printing technology, clubs would not be able to carry around the logo of companies that, in some cases, pump millions of pounds into the team each year. This ongoing trend of the use of digital textile print in the sports industry will be one of many key areas and markets up for discussion

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at the 2016 FESPA Digital Textile Conference. Booming sector One such speaker is Paola Bonfanti, special content director at the 4IT Group, who will address a range of subject areas during a dedicated panel session at the Conference. Focusing on the latest developments of technology within the digital textile print sector, Bonfanti and the panel will consider the most recent changes and the impact these will have on both printers and end-users. “The direct-to-textile sector is currently booming; it is a market that has kept growing over the last 15 years or so, affecting the paradigms of the textile industry at large,” Bonfanti said. “The capability of reproducing even very complex designs in different formats, a significantly reduced time-

to-market, the flexibility of the production setting, as well as the optimisation of environmental and economic impacts are among the major virtues of direct-to-textile technologies. While there are some applications that will stick to paper transfer technology, the market keeps moving to a truly digital process.” “Further developments toward higher productivity, the expansion of the colour range and enhanced capabilities to produce enriching effects is to be expected.” Focusing more on the sports sector of the wider market, Bonfanti offers her own viewpoint on this area, paying attention to some of the more recent changes that those interested in diversifying into this sort of work should pay attention to. “The technical and sports clothing sector is historically tied to dye sublimation transfer printing,” Bonfanti said. “It’s this technology, which has continued to reinvent itself over the years, that has introduced the possibility of personalising sportswear garments, aligning the sector with the transfer of demand from mass production to mass personalisation. “From the point of view of trends, the sports clothing sector has always favoured highly concentrated colours for full field prints, while for the textiles the combination with dye sublimation transfer printing has led to the overturn of synthetic fibres.” “The most recent technological developments concern the use of transfer papers that are increasingly light and low coating, and they also relate to the rapid spread of high productivity printing systems, which is a trend

BUSINESS that involves the big sports brands most of all.” Research the market and respond to trends Having acknowledged a significant level of demand in the sports sector of the direct-to-textile market, Bonfanti went on to consider whether expansion into this area could be a good move for the more traditional print company. “Moving into sports textile could be considered as a way to expand and diversify the product portfolio, which is what the market requires,” Bonfanti commented. “However, the move would require the acquisition of a specific knowhow.” With this in mind, Bonfanti also highlighted some of the recent technological changes in

the sports market and noted how those involved in this type of work can take advantages of these advancements to capture a greater market share. “The most recent technological progresses concern the use of transfer papers that are increasingly light and low coating, as well as the development of fluorescent inks for sublimation print,” Bonfanti said. “These trends should continue, together with a rapid spread of high productivity printing systems, which is a trend that involves the big sports brands most of all. In addition, environmental requirements and functional needs will be set as priorities in the technological innovations that will lead the

market over the next 12 months.” Bonfanti will be just one of a host of specialist speakers that will be in attendance at the 2016 FESPA Digital Textile Conference. Each expert will be on hand to offer guidance and advice to those in attendance that are keen to get ahead in the competitive direct-totextile market and secure new work. With sport serving as one of the most profitable markets, not just in terms of print, but a whole host of other industries, visitors would be well advised to find out as much as possible from experts before making a move into this exciting area. Bonfanti has already picked out potential for success in the sports sector of print, but also highlighted the need for printers to properly research the market before making any move.

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TECHNOLOGY

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TECHNOLOGY

4D-printed structure opens new window of opportunities

A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has evolved their microscale 3-D printing technology to the fourth dimension, time. Inspired by natural structures like plants, which respond and change their form in response to environmental stimuli, the team has unveiled 4D-printed hydrogel composite structures that change shape when immersed in water. “This work represents

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an elegant advance in programmable materials assembly, made possible by a multidisciplinary approach,” said Jennifer Lewis, senior author on the new study. “We have now gone beyond integrating form and function to create transformable architectures.” Lewis is a core faculty member at the Wyss Institute and the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at SEAS. Another Wyss core faculty member, L. Mahadevan, the Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, and professor of physics at Harvard University and SEAS, is a coauthor on the study. Their team also includes co-author Ralph Nuzzo, the G.L. Clark Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In nature, the tissue composition and microstructures

of flowers and plants have dynamic morphologies that change according to their environments. Mimicking the variety of shape changes that plant organs such as tendrils, leaves, and flowers undergo in response to environmental stimuli such as humidity or temperature, the 4D-printed hydrogel composites developed by Lewis and her team are programmed to contain precise, localized swelling. Importantly, the hydrogel composites contain cellulose fibrils that are derived from wood and resemble the microstructures that enable shape changes in plants. The 4D printing advance combined materials science and mathematics through the involvement of the study’s colead authors: A. Sydney Gladman, a graduate research assistant advised by Lewis and specializing in the printing of polymers and composites at the Wyss Institute and SEAS, and Elisabetta

TECHNOLOGY Matsumoto, a postdoctoral fellow at the Wyss and SEAS advised by Mahadevan and specializing in condensed matter and material physics. By aligning cellulose fibrils during printing, the hydrogel composite ink is encoded with anisotropic swelling and stiffness, which can be patterned to produce intricate shape changes. The anisotropic nature of the cellulose fibrils gives rise to varied directional properties that can be predicted and controlled. Just like wood, which splits more easily along the grain than across it, when it is immersed in water the hydrogel-cellulose fibril ink undergoes differential swelling along and orthogonal to the printing path. Combined with a proprietary mathematical model developed by the team that determines how a 4D object must be printed to achieve prescribed transformable shapes, the new method opens up new potential applications for 4D printing technology, including smart textiles, soft electronics, biomedical devices, and tissue engineering. “Using one composite ink printed in a single step, we can

achieve shape-changing hydrogel geometries containing more complexity than any other technique, and we can do so simply by modifying the print path,” said Gladman. “What’s more, we can interchange different materials to tune for properties such as conductivity or biocompatibility.” The composite ink the team uses flows like liquid through the printhead, yet rapidly solidifies once printed. A variety of hydrogel materials can be used interchangeably, resulting in different stimuli-response behavior, while the cellulose fibrils can be replaced with other anisotropic fillers, including conductive fillers. “Our mathematical model prescribes the printing pathways required to achieve the desired shape-transforming response,” said Matsumoto. “We can control the curvature both discretely and continuously using our entirely tunable and programmable method.” The mathematical modeling also solves the “inverse problem,” the challenge of predicting what the printing toolpath must be to encode swelling behaviors

toward a desired shape. “It is wonderful to be able to design and realize, in an engineered structure, some of nature’s solutions,” said Mahadevan, who has studied phenomena such as how botanical tendrils coil, how flowers bloom, and how pine cones open and close. “By solving the inverse problem, we are now able to reverse-engineer the problem and determine how to vary local inhomogeneity, i.e., the spacing between the printed ink filaments, and the anisotropy, i.e., the direction of these filaments, to control the spatiotemporal response of these shape-shifting sheets.” “What’s remarkable about this 4D printing advance made by Jennifer and her team is that it enables the design of almost any arbitrary, transformable shape from a wide range of available materials with different properties and potential applications, truly establishing a new platform for printing self-assembling, dynamic microscale structures that could be applied to a broad range of industrial and medical applications,” said Wyss Institute Director Donald Ingber, the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and the vascular biology program at Boston Children’s Hospital and professor of bioengineering at SEAS.

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What should you buy? Wide format technologies compared

The term ‘wide format’ covers a huge amount of different digital technologies, but how well do you understand the different options and what’s best for your company? By Nessan Cleary. Wide format digital printing is a mature business sector, which has developed over the last two decades and includes several distinct technologies. It continues to evolve rapidly so it pays to continually evaluate the capabilities of the different printers, inks and consumables to keep up with what can be achieved in the most cost-effective manner. In subsequent sections of these guides we’ll explore some of the underlying technologies such as the different types of inks and substrates. But there are a number of basic questions that we’ll go through here. The first is whether the graphic is for indoor or outdoor use. Some printers use aqueous inks that are better suited for indoor use as the inks won’t stand up to bad weather, though the

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prints can be laminated. However, aqueous printers are cheaper than outdoor printers and can give very high quality results. They often feature eight or even 12-colour inksets to cover a very wide colour gamut. That said, today’s outdoor printers can produce extremely good results, and many online photo bureau use outdoor printers because of the range of materials that they will print on. Of these, solvent inks will work with most media, and are suitable for outdoor applications for several years. Latex is often marketed as an environmentally- friendly alternative, because the inks are mainly water-based. However, they use an enormous amount of heat energy to dry the water out of the prints. UV-curable ink printers will print to an even wider range of media, including direct to rigid substrates but tend to be more expensive. The printers themselves use either a roll-fed system for

handling flexible substrates or a flatbed design for rigid board materials. Most of the smaller roll-fed printers come in a choice of 1.3m and 1.6m widths and can handle many applications from banner advertising through to vehicle graphics. There’s also a class of superwide printers that are typically 3.2m wide, with some going up to 5m wide, which is ideal for printing large banners and building wraps. Most of these printers can print either across the full width or to two smaller rolls side by side, each with completely different images. Flexible media can be laminated to boards, but it’s generally better to print direct to rigid media using a flatbed printer. It’s a quicker, and therefore cheaper process and the results are likely to be consistent as the media is held still while the print heads move across the bed. Flatbeds are available in different sizes and at different price points from entry level machines up to high volume production printers capable of challenging screen printers for longer run jobs. The budget machines tend to compete on price and image quality, but there are now a number of mid-range flatbeds that offer a good compromise between image quality and speed. They also have the advantage of lower ink prices, as they use much higher ink volumes. Many printers are hybrids capable of handling both roll fed and rigid media. But whereas in the past most hybrids were adapted from roll fed printers and

GUEST COLUMN had tables either side to support rigid media, nowadays many flatbed printers offer roll feeding options for handling flexible media. Most wide format printers use multiple passes to build up an image. This means they create a high resolution image by filling in gaps in each successive pass. It also allows the printer to cope with problems such as blocked nozzles that might otherwise cause lines or other artefacts on the image. But while multiple passes can improve image quality, it also slows down production. Thus, much wide format production involves striking a delicate balance between image quality and productivity. For this reason, many people quote a ‘viewing distance’ for wide format graphics. Thus a poster in a shop will need much higher resolution because customers may be standing next to it, whereas a banner on the side of a building will only be seen from some distance and can be printed faster with less passes. Colours In theory the CMYK process colours should be adequate for producing most colours, but many print engines use additional inks, usually light cyan and light magenta for better gradients, particularly for areas such as skin tones. Some also have options for extended colour gamuts adding orange, violet and green. The downside is that extra colours add to the cost and may not be necessary for graphics viewed from a distance. Many engines also have white as an option. White ink is essential for some jobs, such as window graphics where the white ink can

lay down a backing to enhance the colours. Most devices can also print a graphic in multiple layers, which allows for double sided window graphics with the white in the middle to prevent show through from one side to the other. However, white ink has larger pigment particles than other colours and so tends to slow down the printing. Jobs that use white ink have to be carefully scheduled in the print queue so as not to delay other work. This is especially the case if the white is to be flood coated over the whole job. Most digital printers have two white ink channels to cope with this. White ink tends to be more expensive than other colours, and doubly so if two white channels are used. In addition, the printheads will dry out if the ink isn’t used frequently, so many companies prefer to avoid white ink, especially as most substrates are white. That said, white ink can improve colour vibrancy on cheaper and some recycled materials that don’t have a pure white facing. Some solvent printers also offer metallic effects. Typically these work by using a silver base and then adding process colours to create tints, such as a yellow to create a ‘gold’. Many wide format digital print engines also offer varnish, essentially a clear ink, as an option for one channel. This can lead to some interesting tactile effects, if the graphic is meant to be touched, and can highlight parts of the image. It’s particularly useful for producing packaging or retail graphics. Many vendors also claim that clear ink offers enhanced protection for the print, though laminating is

probably a better option. Textiles Wide format digital printers can print to an enormous range of substrates, which we’ll cover in more detail in further stories in this series. But it’s worth noting that there is a growing interest in printing display graphics such as banners to textiles, sometimes known as soft signage. Textile banners are easier to transport and to store than conventional materials like vinyl and, being washable, easier to keep clean for re-use. In addition, textiles are easily recyclable, making them a much greener alternative. Most of the textile materials used for graphics are a polyester blend and there’s a wide range of different materials from banners through to tee-shirts. The main method of textile printing is dye sublimation, which usually involves printing the image first to transfer paper and then using a heat press to fuse the image to the fabric. This process drives ink colourants right into the textile fibres so that the material retains its natural look and feel. However, some digital printers can print direct to the textile. It’s also possible to print direct with latex or even UV inks, saving the cost of specialist printers and finishing equipment. The inks tend to sit on the surface, but the results

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are adequate for flags and banners. Workflow software In general, wide format workflows are not as advanced as those used in general commercial print. Some printing engines come with their own Raster Image Processor (RIP) and most dealers will recommend or bundle a RIP for each machine sold.

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RIPs have developed considerably over recent years, becoming digital front end systems that include basic layout tools such as tiling and nesting. Most support colour management. Most Management Information Systems (MIS) and web to print programs can cope with the demands of wide format digital: short runs of nonstandard materials and assorted shapes and sizes. Consequently, web to print software is becoming more widely used in wide format, for easier job submission, supporting online comment and approval, as well as variable data printing. Finally, it’s worth noting that the same basic wide format digital output technology can

be used to create a huge range of products, from posters and banners through to free standing point of sale displays, as well as packaging and even some garments such as tee-shirts. This flexibility and scope have helped to fuel wide format digital printing’s growth. There really is no limit, only one’s imagination. For more print insight and inspiration visit www.fespa. com. This article is published by courtesy of FESPA, who retain the copyright for the content.

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INTERNATIONAL APRIL 2016 06-07 April 2016 LOPEC 2016 Leading Exhibition on Printed Electronics. At: Messe Munchen, Munich, Germany www.lopec.com 06-09 April 2016 FESPA BRAZIL 2016 South America’s Leading Show on Screen & Digital Printing Industry. At: Expo Center Norte - White Hall, São Paulo, Brazil. www.fespabrasil.com.br 13-17 April 2016 IRAN PLAST 2016 Leading International Exhibition on Plastic Industry. At: Tehran International Permanent Fairground, Tehran, Iran. www.iranplast.ir 17-19 April 2016 TPF DIGITAL PRINTING 2016 International Digital Printing Exhibition. At: Sanghai New International Expo Centre, Sanghai, China. www.cstpf.com 27-28 April 2016 PRINTINED ELECTRONICS EUROPE 2016 Europe’s Leading Show on Printed Electronics. At: Berlin, Germany. www.idtechex.com 26-28 April 2016 PLAST PRINTPACK NIGERIA 2016 Nigeria’s Leading Show on Printing & Packaging Industry. At: Landmark Centre, Lagos, Nigeria. www.fairtrade-messe.de 26-28 April 2016 DHAKA PRINT PACK SIGN EXPO 2016 Leading Exhibition in Bangladesh on Printing, Packaging & Signage. At: ICCB, Dhaka, Bangladesh www.tashikka.com

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