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Quick Print Pro (QPP) — ISSN: 2050-5140 — is published monthly by Colourfast Group Limited, 36 Cheltenham Place, Brighton. BN1 4AB. A company registered in England Number: 2517164. Entire contents within this publication Copyright © 2022 Colourfast Group Limited. Quick Print Pro is an independent publication and not affiliated with any manufacturers or suppliers. QPP Quick Print Pro celebrates 24 years in publishing the professional print trade’s favourite magazine, formerly known as CSN Copy Shop News. Sharing best practice through both print and digital media, QPP magazine is in front of 36,000 quick print pros each month. Each day the live web version is updated with the hottest stories in frontline printing, including news, views, new products and suppliers information. Avid readers include Digital Printers, Commercial Printers, Copy Shops, On-Street Instant Printers, In-House Print Room Managers, FM and Conventional printers specialising in On-Demand, Short Run, Variable Printing, CRDs (Corporate Reprographic Departments), PSPs (Print Service Providers), Graphic Arts Businesses, Sign Suppliers and CAD Bureaus. QPP is available online and on your desk. www.QuickPrintPro.co.uk 38 years in print: 1984-2022 Subscribe C omment Contents 4 NEWS IN PRINT Hot news in print for quick print pros 8 NEW PRODUCTS What’s new to print and finish with? 14 DIGITAL IMAGERY Martin Christie – pixel prophet 16 PIP PEOPLE IN PRINT Top movers and shakers 18 EFI COVER STORY Are You Getting the Most Out of Your Digital Press Investment? 20 THERAPEUTIC PRINT Radwraps Wall Graphics Systems 22 PAPER CHASE Paper Acquisition Trail 24 THE PRINT SHOW Sneak preview 26 GREEN ISSUES Practice responsibility in print 28 NEW PROFIT CENTRE Best practice shared 32 FINDA PRODUCT / SUPPLIER QPP preferred suppliers in print 34 READERS SCRIBES These jokes are on you Sumptuous September This is a great month to be palatial in print. Please don’t get caught up in selling to price. Your customers messaging will benefit from being of the highest quality. Paper stocks, imaginative finishing and of course print embellishments. Bells and whistles? Yes, they can be added too. We are all responsible for the proof of our customers standards. Marketing in tactile print endorses the ‘advertisers’ credentials. No one responds to a tatty flyer or badly printed low budget mailshot. Eco does sell, but not as in economy with a make do message. Eco as in a caring choice for the environment does sell. Use this to target those with a published social responsibility. The proof or a quality service is in your hands, put this in your customers prospective business target hands too. Peter, Lavish In Print, Foulkes QUICK PRINT PRO
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He continues: “We didn’t look at any other suppliers because we have quite a lot of Horizon systems. Our team are used to operating them. They have the same easy set up so running a new addition did not require much training at all.”
GROWTH AND INNOVATION PBL PRINT ENHANCES PRODUCTION WITH HORIZON SPF-200L
The 4,500bph Horizon SPF-200L landscape feed bookletmaker combines stitching and folding with the ability to handle sheets up to 640mm in length. JDF-ready, it offers instant set-ups via a large icon based colour touchscreen for user friendly operation. The screen can be used for on the run fine up to 200 jobs.
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The Chester-le-Street operation runs two Heidelberg XL 75 five colour presses, two Heidelberg Versafire digital colour presses, and Ricoh and Konica Minolta mono presses. Its core business is the provision of quality, cost effective solutions for the public sector.
Eric concludes: “It is running really well and doing exactly what we thought it would do. We chose it to help with growth and we know it will help us achieve that.”The Horizon SPF-200L landscape feed bookletmaker joins a BQ-470 EVA four clamp perfect binder, a StitchLiner 6000 book production line and a SPF-200A bookletmaker.
Since the launch of its first analogue printer, to its newest digital solutions, EFI Reggiani has at its core a heritage and expertise that have contributed to the transformation of the textile industry worldwide. With its total commitment to providing “Innovation in Green,” EFI Reggiani’s leadership is the result of extensive research targeted at improving productivity, quality manufacturing process – and reducing energy use, impact – to ensure customers’ business growth andOverprofitability.theyears,EFI Reggiani’s product portfolio has continued to expand, ranging from rotary and flatbed printing machines, to scanning/multi-pass digital printers, to the world’s fastest digital textile printer – an award winning EFI Reggiani BOLT single pass inkjet printer that operates at 90 metres per minute. Additional leading edge, best in class solutions in the portfolio include the world’s fastest scanning printer for textile, an EFI Reggiani HYPER model that can output up to 20 linear metres per minute at peak speed. Known for high quality, flexibility and reliability, EFI Reggiani is also an innovator in ink – a recognised leader as one of the only companies to manufacture the full range of inks used in industrial textile manufacturing. www.efi.com/reggiani CONTINUES DIGITAL
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“We were completing A4 landscape jobs on a system more suited to longer runs but we wanted to be able to offer greater flexibility in terms of run lengths. The Horizon system is better suited to smaller quantities.”
Eric Stevenson, Managing Director, explains the investment: “The industry is generally heading towards smaller orders and the new landscape bookletmaker will help manage those more effectively and efficiently.
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EFI™ Reggiani, the industrial textile printing business of printing technology company Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI), has broken ground on a new textile campus to accommodate ongoing growth. The new 20,000 square metre campus in Comun Nuovo, Bergamo, Italy, is expected to be completed mid year in 2023.
The new facility was designed with environmental sustainability and employee wellbeing in mind. That focus includes plans to install 400 kilowatts of solar panels supplying 60% of the facility’s total energy requirements. Moreover, the building will benefit from superior thermal insulation that will ensure a reduction in heating and cooling costs. Numerous skylights in the facility will provide better natural lighting and a reduction in artificial lighting usage. Green space on the campus was a priority in the design process, covering an estimated 20% of the total area. For a more welcoming work offering a high-end, high-tech showcase for state of the art EFI Reggiani printers, as well as Mezzera pre and post treatment and Jaeggli yarn treatment products. The demo centre will also feature EFI Reggiani’s recently acquired portfolio of Inèdit raster image processing (RIP) and workflow software solutions.
“EFI Reggiani has always worked diligently to take our offerings to the next level, thinking ahead and developing high-tech, high-quality and reliable textile solutions,” said EFI Reggiani Senior Vice President and General Manager Adele Genoni. “The new campus is an important step in our journey, and it is proof of EFI’s strong commitment to continued development of the textiles business unit. Not only will this provide us more space to continue our growth, but it will also be a welcoming and sustainable environment for our employees.”
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PBL Print has elevated short run landscape book production capacity and versatility with investment in a Horizon SPF-200L bookletmaker from Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS).
The event will showcase GMG colour management on the LEC2-330, which enables accurate and reproducible proofs on packaging production substrates, incorporating white ink – particularly useful for printing on transparent and metallic materials. Thanks to reliable calibration and profiling, users can easily create specific media profiles for any media used with the printer.
SOS, GMG and Vivid are teaming up for an Open House Event aimed at packaging printers and designers, to be held on 14th and 15th September at Vivid’s showroom in Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire.
The LEF 2-300 is an award winning direct to object benchtop UV printer, for objects up to 100mm thick. It enables the printing of photos, graphics and finely detailed text with stunning quality onto PVC and plastics, canvas, wood, leather, fabric, acrylics and glass.
The event will utilise the wide range of cutting edge print finishing equipment at Vivid’s showroom covering lamination, digital foiling, cutting, creasing and folding, including the VeloBlade range of digital die-cutting systems. Vivid will also be demonstrating their recently launched Zip Core Packaging Software, that has been created to optimise every aspect of packaging design from start to finish.
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“THE 3D PROOF” event will produce packaging mock-ups with accurate colour, on real substrates, in real time including cartons, labels and foil packs. Printing will be done on two of the latest Roland machines supplied by SOS, namely the LEC2-330 — driven by GMG colour management — and LEF2-300. Samples will then be cut and folded on Vivid’s VeloBlade range of equipment, enabling visitors to take away a finished product.
SOS Sales Manager Ashley Fleming: “The latest equipment and software for packaging proofs can achieve levels of speed and accuracy which a decade ago would be unheard of. This is a must see event for anyone in the packaging industry!”TheLEC2-330 is Roland’s latest UV printer cutter, which has made an industry wide impact as an ideal machine for packaging proofs directly onto the production substrate, and premium labels. It has a maximum 762mm media width and can print, cut, perforate, varnish, emboss and add textured UV. A larger 1,265mm width version (LEC2-640) is also available.
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As well as box, label and foil samples, the SOS/GMG/Vivid team are happy to produce real life customer work. Visitors who would like to provide files upfront to produce at the event should email paul.barnes@gmgcolor.com
TheMagicTouch has acquired additional warehouse and offices adjoining their current Dunstable, Bedfordshire base. The company this year are celebrating 30 years of trading and continue to develop and market the latest in image transfer technology with their four unique brands TheMagicTouch, MagiCut, DyeSubMagic and DTFMagic. Jim Nicol, Managing Director commented ”The additional building and space will enable us to further expand our training and marketing facilities which continue to be popular with both existing and prospective customers. This has been highlighted by the increase in customers attending detailed training for white toner printers, print and cut and more recently Direct to Film (DTF) transfer printing prior to having their equipment installed and commissioned. Our other marketing support programmes for CRM and target sampling continue to be well received”. 671444 • sales@themagictouch.co.uk • www.themagictouch.co.uk THE solution problem. you
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GMG OpenColor creates a consistent CMYK and multicolour press simulation with GMG ColorProof. Plus, the award winning Calibration Creation Wizard enables management of output conditions in GMG OpenColor, streamlined configuration of printing parameters, and printing and measuring of test charts for visual evaluation.
The Plockmatic company will seek to expand sales of these devices through the existing Intec and Morgana international dealer networks, Plockmatic’s OEM partners as well as through its subsidiary operations in the UK and USA. Intec Printing Solutions will continue to design and configure products at its Poole headquarters, and all current staff will be retained. The acquisition includes the company’s US operation, Intec Printing Solutions Inc., based in Tampa, Florida.
The Intec business was founded by Ian Melville back in 1989. Commenting on the sale to Plockmatic International, Ian said: “Having started the business focussing on Apple Macs and prepress products back in 1989, we’ve travelled right through the printing process to our current range of post-press equipment. I can safely say that it has been a long, eventful, highly enjoyable, and, ultimately, very successful journey. It has been a great delight to meet with printers and print equipment suppliers from all around the world — they are all great people. It has been a pleasure to be a part of this fantastic and highly adaptable industry.
The company is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Plockmatic International AB and part of the Plockmatic Group, which includes the well known Morgana and Watkiss ranges of offline finishing systems. The Swedish firm’s CEO, Jan Marstorp, will continue to head the expanded group of companies.Commenting on the acquisition, Jan Marstorp said: “Intec are well known in the industry for providing quality products at competitive prices.
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The ColorCut range of cutting systems have been well received by the market, with sales in the UK, across North America, and many other international territories.
He adds: “We did consider other solutions but we know and trust Horizon and can be sure the collators will be reliable. They are a lot quieter and will give us more efficiency and accuracy.”
6 SEPTEMBER 2022 • QUICK PRINT PRO NEWS Harlow Printing Limited of South Shields has enhanced service delivery for a long term customer with investment in three Horizon VAC-1000 collators from IFS. Since 1947 the general commercial operation has been providing a print and print management service to an evolving and increasing customer base that includes the NHS, public sector organisations, local and national businesses. It has recently taken on additional bingo and promotional games work as well as direct mail following the closure of nearby Edward Thompson.
Managing director Richard Walker explains: “We made the investment for one of our core products – the red book child health record. We have three towers running inline to produce these books and they are more than ten years old. It was time to upgrade them to ensure we continue to provide the best service possible.”
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NEW TRIPLE HORIZON COLLATOR INVESTMENT AT HARLOW PRINTING
The current star of Intec’s product line-up is the company’s ColorCut range, which includes entry level large format production flatbed cutting products. Additionally, Intec offers the ColorFlare range of desktop and professional devices to enhance prints with both foils and laminates.
“These systems are ideal for small to medium sized print based operations that need to provide professionally cut and finished promotional display boards, boxes, labels and more. This is a sector of the market that has grown rapidly in recent years, and one that Plockmatic is keen to further explore and“Weexpand.alsosee a good match for these products with our large OEM customers who provide printers. These products will enable more applications and allow them to grow further into the light packaging and labelling market segment.”
The new additions join a raft of IFS supplied systems at Harlow Printing including a Horizon StitchLiner Mark III, a Horizon StitchLiner 5500, two Horizon AFC-566FG folders, a Horizon SPF/FC 200A bookletmaking system, a Horizon BQ270V perfect binder and a Horizon CRA-36BU creaser, a Durselen PB-04N drill and two Perfecta 115TS guillotines. www.ifsl.uk.com
successconsiderableteamUKUnitOfflinePlockmatic’sforBusinessadds:“OurMorganasaleshasenjoyedwiththeValiani range of large format finishing systems in recent years. We see the ColorCut suite of products complementing these in the UK and providing a terrific opportunity in this expanding market segment for our international dealerships worldwide.”
“As the owner of a successful business there comes a time when the question of where the business goes after I’m gone has to be posed. The sale of the business to Plockmatic has come at a good time for me, for Intec Printing Solutions, and for my fantastic team. This transaction will give me the opportunity to spend more time on several charitable projects that I have been involved with, as well as enjoying some well earned holiday time. For the business and the staff, it will provide the solid backing from a successful international manufacturer.”ThePlockmatic Group of companies is part of Grimaldi Industri Group, a diversified Stockholm based holding company. “The acquisition of Intec Printing Solutions further demonstrates our commitment to our customers, and to the document finishing business,” says Salvatore Grimaldi, owner and CEO of Grimaldi Industri. www.plockmaticgroup.com
Harlow’s three VAC-1000 collators take advantage of Horizon’s unique feeding technology that continues the Horizon development concept of ‘high speed’, ‘high performance’ and ‘high quality’. They can manage a wide range of applications at high productivity, with flexible but powerful programming and user friendly operation. They feature high power double feed detector sensors and an image checking system that stores and checks the printed image of each page on each feed cycle to insure page order and integrity. Production is supported by a Horizon ST-40 stacker.
Plockmatic Group has acquired Intec Printing Solutions Ltd, headquartered in Poole, Dorset, a major global supplier of unique equipment solutions for the print and graphic arts markets.
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At Labelexpo Chicago, 13-15 September 2022; HP Indigo will showcase the HP Indigo V12 Digital Press to the public for the first time. The HP Indigo V12 Digital Press is subsequently scheduled to proceed onward to the first beta customer, US-based, as yet undisclosed.
Rooted in HP Indigo’s industry winning formula and utilising the new industry altering LEPx technology, the HP Indigo V12 Digital Press and the HP Indigo 6K Digital Press will be demonstrated every hour on the stand alongside showcasing a wide range of solutions for sustainable packaging, automation and applications propelling new business opportunities.
Among its usual wide range of post-press equipment exhibits, Morgana Systems will also uses regular cutting and creasing forms, combined with a patented system of “moving press rollers” that provide the pressure necessary to cut through and score the substrate, all housed in a really compact unit.
Morgana Systems will give a worldwide debut to the Morgana BM4000 Series of bookletmakers at the 2022 edition of The Print Show, on stand A07. Heralded as a new kind of bookletmaker, these products can produce both A4 landscape and 297 x 297mm booklets, and offer either corner or edge stapling as standard, plus the option of the unique SquareBack finish. The new Morgana BM4000 Series can staple and fold booklets of up to 35 sheets (BM4035) or 50 sheets (BM4050). From A6 size booklets up to A4 landscape, and the 297 x 297mm format, the BM4000 is a versatile booklet maker designed to work with low to mid volume digital production printers. It delivers booklets of exceptional quality, and the ability to feed long printed sheets means that it can produce a wide variety of work, including A4 landscape photo booklets — a product that is becoming increasingly popular. Users can produce corner stapled documents in A4 portrait, and edge stapled documents in either portrait or landscape A4, along with regular spine stapling. Booklets can be produced consisting of up to 140 pages (BM4035) or 200 pages (BM4050). The system supports printed sheets of up to 660mm long sheets (without the CST creasing and side slitting module) or 620mm (with CST).
All4Labels Global Packaging Group, a leading label company and a pioneer in sustainable and digital packaging solutions, will be one of the first beta customers to install the HP Indigo V12 Digital Press, leveraging its capacity to deliver innovative and customised solutions that allow all customers to adapt to the fast changing markets.
Another key feature offered with the AeroDieCut is the ability to produce both embossing and debossing work. These features allow the printer to offer customers something slightly different and classy to embellish their printed work, and something that definitely stands out from the everyday, run of the mill
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“The V12 will change the maths of label printing, the sweet spot of HP Indigo print will grow to cover 70 — 80% of a label converter’s job basket”, said Eli Mahal, Head of Labels and Packaging Marketing, HP Indigo. “The HP Indigo V12 Digital Press printing side by side with the HP Indigo 6K, the HP Indigo 8K and the mid-web HP Indigo 25K Digital Presses will allow for customers to run an extremely efficient digital label factory, grow their business, and diversify into shrink sleeves, pouches and web 2 pack. We’re extremely excited to be bringing this to Chicago in September and welcome everyone to the stand to hear and see the V12 in action.”
The product represents the platen style die-cutter re-designed for the 21st Century. The AeroDieCut is ideal for short to medium run work, and can process complex cuts, creases, embossing or debossing, and perforations on printed materials in a single pass.
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“With more than 25 years of experience in leading digital transformation across the labelling and packaging industry, All4lLabels will deploy the first HP Indigo V12 Digital Press to commercialise one of the most revolutionary, sustainable and versatile digital production technologies for the labelling and packaging industry”, says Massimiliano Martino, CTO at All4Labels. “Together with HP we are now ready to shape a new era of digital printing by welcoming the HP Indigo V12 Digital Press into our core of operations.”
Using traditional die-cutting formes means plenty of external suppliers are available to create the cutting element itself — and, as this a mature technology, a competitive price can be almost guaranteed. Add to this the AeroDieCut’s ability produce step and repeat work, where just one cutting forme can be employed to step across a printed sheet up to five times, and the platen style of product — a good number of which are still hand fed devices.
Revolutionising label production, the HP Indigo V12 Digital Press will allow label converters to continue outgrowing the label market through changing their mind set to Indigo First and Flexo Second. As a result, brands will benefit from an agile and sustainable supply chain without compromising on print quality or packaging innovation.
Otherprinting.products that will be shown on the Morgana stand include the recently launched AutoCreaser and DigiFold Pro XL units, and the introduction of the latest 50cm AutoCreaser — the Pro XW. There will also be bookletmakers from the BM5000 and PowerSquare ranges, including the PowerSquare 224 with VFX feeder and Barcode reading. Another UK launch will see the Valiani Integra flatbed cutting
Scandinavia AB More than a laminator, this is the application table the competition doesn’t want you to see... www.yourprintspecialists.co.uk | info@yourprintspecialists.co.uk | 0191 256 6889 ELECTRONIC WORK STATION BY MODITECH FROM£6995+VAT ARRANGE YOUR DEMO NOW AT YPS Electronically controlled pressurised roller Motorised adjustable table height No need for a compressor Exclusively at Your Print Specialists scan for more info (EX. DELIVERY) Electronic Work Station EWS MODITECH EWS X4 4 Electric Legs | Cold Lamination Optional Heat Roller | Media Holder Tilt Function | Material Shelves 1750mm width | 3 lengths All EWS models are pre-assembled and packed vertically so they can be transported easily. At 78cm wide they can be moved through doorways and corridors to the work/installation area. MODITECH EWS X2 2 Electric Legs | Cold Lamination Media Holder | Material Shelves Tilt Function | 1750 mm width | 2 lengths
The unique and patented electronically controlled pressurised roller ensures an accurate and even pressure along the entire length of the roller. This means there is less potential to damage the prints, easier control of the process and no need for supporting posts to protect the corners or ends of the prints. There are multiple levels of control so the user can really focus on delivering the finishing solution required.
PERSPEX®re is the perfect choice for a wide range of applications due to its high optical transparency, durability and UV stability. Whether looking for new corporate signage, a high quality POS/POP display, a luxury shop fitting or even individual pieces of furniture and art works — PERSPEX®re will maintain the same properties as material produced with virgin acrylics. Its 10 year warranty guarantees the sheets against the harmful effects of ultra violet rays and there are no significant changes with regard to optical or mechanical properties. This extended life also leads to saving resources as fewer replacements are required.PERSPEX®re is a product offering sustainable, long term use and excellent product performance. www.perspex.co.uk
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Newcastle based distributor of large format and digital textile printing solutions, Your Print Specialists (YPS) has announced it will be the exclusive UK distributor of Moditech’s EWS 5th Generation Flatbed Laminators. These machines are uniquely designed to be perfectly aligned with the real life, practical demands of large format print service providers andEWSsignmakers.standsfor the Electronic Work Station. They have been designed to be the most user friendly and ergonomic workstations available anywhere in the industry. The benefits of these ergonomics can be seen in the positive impact they have on employee well being and efficiency, which in turn helps increase efficiency, productivity and profitability.GeorgiaBrown, Managing Director of YPS, says, “This really is a very special product and one that we are proud to be able to offer to our customers. Everything about the design of this machine is aimed at improving the overall user experience. It is elegant, safe and incredibly user friendly. This machine will be an asset to any business, appreciated by staff, customers and the business owners.”JørnOlsen, Business Development Manager, Moditech, says, “The Moditech EWS is now ready for global distribution and we are looking for the right distributors to support us in our key territories. We met Georgia and the YPS team at FESPA and felt that would be an ideal company to work with in the UK. They were looking for a product like ours to complement their range of large format printing solutions and we feel very confident that they will provide the right level of support and commitment that we are looking for in an exclusive country partner.”
“The ergonomic design of the EWS seems to have thought of everything to ensure a fantastic user experience and maximum productivity,” adds Georgia. “As well as all the electronic movement that make this the most comfortable machine to use, there are hidden shelves and other handy additions that users will find makes working a lot easier and more intuitive. The workstation also has a foldable glide beam that adds further working space when handling even larger materials.”
The Moditech EWS features include an electronically pressurised roller that makes it possible to work anywhere on the table. This means users don’t have to stretch to reach areas in the middle of the table, they don’t have to use supporting posts during lamination and there is much less likelihood of damaging the sign material. With the table being fully electronic, it therefore doesn’t need a compressor.
The EWS table surface tilts up to 25 degrees to ensure a comfortable working position, which is a huge benefit when working with large format prints and boards. The table height control is motorised so it is very easy to adjust it into the most comfortable position for all operators. There are also built in wheels that are controlled electronically to make the machine easy to move but also easy to fix in place for added
“Every Moditech EWS is pre-assembled, which means it can easily fit through a normal door to get into your workshop. Each table is packed vertically to a width of 78cm — so they can be transported and installed easily. Delivery through narrow passages and doorways is easy with the packed width of just 78cm. Even if you have a relatively small unit, thanks to the EWS workstation, a new applicator table is not out of reach due to size restrictions,” adds Georgia. Just about everything on the EWS is adjustable.
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PROFITABLE LAMINATION As a laminator, the EWS Workstation is focused on reducing waste, minimising potential damage and saving time. Each of which will help customers reduce costs and maximise profitability.
PERSPEX®re, their first range of 100% recycled PERSPEX® cast acrylic sheets. Now available from stock across all five PDL branches, PERSPEX®re meets the growing demand from wide format print and display companies for recycled substrates with a long lifespan. PERSPEX®re is manufactured using 100% recycled methyl methacrylate (rMMA), obtained from PERSPEX® acrylic sheet and production waste. This waste is depolymerised using various techniques including a distillation process which recovers methyl methacrylate (MMA), turning this waste back into its original monomer regardless of original colour or aesthetic effect. A range of commonly ordered colours are currently held in stock including PERSPEX®re clear, opal, dense white and black sheets. As with all PERSPEX® acrylic ranges, a bespoke colour matching service is available enabling customers to order recycled PERSPEX® acrylic in any colour.
PDL Marketing Manager Luke Martyn commented, “We are delighted to launch PERSPEX®re and further increase the availability of recycled products to our customers. There is a strong demand in many sectors to increase their share of recycled products and the introduction of PERSPEX®re further supports this. By using 100% rMMA in the manufacture of PERSPEX®re acrylic sheets, a valuable contribution is made to the reduction of waste and CO2 as it cuts down on the amount of virgin MMA required. PERSPEX®re is produced with a 10 year external warranty offering longevity of life and a truly long term sustainable product.”
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Concept kit designer Andy Slater has amassed over 45,000 social media followers and is known for his creativity when it comes to creating sports apparel.
This latest investment comes off the back of MacroArt’s installation of Durst’s Lift ERP software in 2021 and continues the collaboration between both businesses. The new software provides automated real-time scheduling, documentation, proofing and client support in a true sense, delivering efficiency and sustainability benefits for MacroArt and its clients.
Michael Green, MacroArt’s Managing Director, said: “Having invested previously in two Rhotex machines that gave us very good quality, reliability, productivity and versatility, and after significant research we once again partnered with Durst to upgrade our dye-sublimation print capability.
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Born and based in Manchester, a city known worldwide for its football heritage, Andy has previously worked with top UK brands and organisations such as BBC Sport and PlayStation, creating concept kits ahead of sporting events and tournaments. Andy commented, “I was incredibly excited to be asked to work on such a creative project with Roland DG to showcase the company’s vast printing colour capabilities. The design is inspired by a style I’ve adapted over time, taking iconic vintage shirts, and putting a modern twist on them”.
The Texart XT-640 is aimed at sportswear apparel and accessories print houses and soft signage manufacturers looking to create high volume sportswear, fashion, soft signage, interior decoration, promotional merchandise and much more.“The XT-640’s advanced print control technology produces stunning sharp image quality and brilliant vivid colour”, continues Stephen Davis. “For maximum production, it delivers fine detail and superb contrast at impressive print speeds.”
“We are delighted with the results. The P5 is extremely impressive, particularly its quality, wide range of fantastic colours and speed, as well as its superb inline fixation feature. Having the ability to stitch two materials together online with no chop and change, means virtually no waste of materials which is extremely important with rising costs and shortages and is exactly the kind of feature that adds value to our customers.”
THE NATION’S FIRST ‘92 CLUB’ FOOTBALL SHIRT NEW DURST P5 TEX ISUB PRESS AND LIFT ERP
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The Durst iSUB contactless fixing technology ensures excellent colour consistency as well as extreme sharpness of detail in images and text, also blurring or bleeding of colour is eliminated.
Investing in the P5 TEX iSUB was a natural progression and one that doubles our capacity and changes a two-step process into a very fast one-step process.
To meet the demands of continuing market growth, MacroArt has invested in technology and software from Durst, manufacturer of innovative digital printing systems and software solutions. The wide format specialist has become the first UK and Ireland user of the P5 TEX iSUB dye-sublimation production press, enabling it to continue delivering the best print for its wide variety of customers, and follows investment in Durst’s Lift ERP integrated, highly automated software platform last year.
“At both a machine and software level our investment with Durst is ensuring MacroArt is at the forefront of the latest print technology,” said Michael. “By bolstering our efficiency and sustainability credentials, our P5 and Lift ERP solutions are aiding our company wide drive to reduce waste, while producing the high impact, beautiful dye-sublimation graphics our customers know us for.”
Roland DG has created the nation’s first football shirt featuring the colours of the top 92 clubs in England and Wales. In celebration of the start of the new football season the nation’s first ‘92 Club’ shirt has been designed by concept kit designer Andy Slater, AKA Xztals. Featuring a combination of over 100 unique colours from each team, this one-of-a-kind football shirt perfectly showcases the colour precision and accuracy of the Texart XT-640Developedprinter.specifically for dyesublimation transfer printing, the Texart XT-640 is a next generation machine that delivers outstanding print quality and speed on long print runs. Promising unrivalled colour quality with seven droplet technology, the printer also offers a four-colour high-speed printing or eight-colour printing for a wider colour gamut and smooth colour gradients.Stephen Davis, EMEA Marketing Director at Roland DG commented, “Launched in time for the highly anticipated 22/23 season and during a very memorable year for football, it is the perfect way to highlight the capabilities of the Texart XT-640, which is specifically designed to provide super quality with vibrant colour technology for sportswear, sports apparel and sport accessory manufacturers”.
The Durst P5 TEX iSUB is the dye-sublimation printer with an integrated inline fixation (iSUB) for a one step direct to fabrics printing process that is enabling MacroArt to meet the demand for high quality, high speed and sustainable graphics across all its sectors including exhibitions, live events, sport, property and retail.
Peter Bray, Managing Director of Durst UK & Ireland, said: “The Durst P5 TEX iSUB is proving its reliability in 24/7 operation and delivering significant increases in quality, productivity and versatility to customers such as MacroArt. It’s brilliant that they have returned to pre-pandemic business levels. This new investment in our technology is a real sign of confidence for the future.” www.durst-group.com • www.macroart.co.uk
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W hile working from home in lockdown, I listened again to the original series on audiobooks online, and it has lost none of its original magic. The advantage of listening rather than watching is that you can still work on the screen while having one ear on the story.
PIXEL WHEN THE MACHINE FAILS — SWITCHES TO MANUAL
The reliance on technology has to be measured with human ability to understand it otherwise it does become the demon in the machine that takes over, from Forster’s desolate vision of the future to the smooth but threatening voice of HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) in Arthur C Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey — “you don’t want to do that, Dave.”
Forster’s future is much darker: an earth where the population has retreated underground to hide itself from a hostile environment and is serviced by a machine that provides all its needs from the air they breathe, the food they eat to the information they receive. As suggested in the title, this will not last forever but has been for so long that the original designers have long died and their knowledge with them. No one recognises that the machine is falling apart, and no one knows how to fix it. It could have been written today when the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have been in full rampage mode, and the climate appears in freefall, not over a hundred years ago in that apparently more carefree world before the First World War. The great thing about really good science fiction writing is that it has the ability to cast a critical comparison on current events by removing the action and actors to an alternative future - good or bad. Even Adams’ humorous adventures in space and time managed to contain some sharp satires on contemporary life - especially marketing executives!Regularreaders, and indeed most print shop workers, will know that we are subject to customers who rely on a technology they little understand and yet assume to be infallible. Before digital data became mobile, it was more difficult to exchange images, and therefore issues were more easily explained and understood. You almost expected things to go wrong by default.
I have actually been using a form of AI for over ten years since acquiring an early version of Nik software as a plug-in for Photoshop. This had what Nik called U-point technology which used control points like pins you could use to isolate and adjust colours and shapes, for example, in many clever ways. The smart bit was being able to manipulate specific parts of the picture rather than the whole image, and this also included options for sharpening, reducing noise and the like. Gradually many of these features, or tools which would perform similar effects, started to be incorporated into Photoshop and then Lightroom, where selections and masks could be edited independently. In addition, the hue, saturation and luminance of individual colours could be diminished or enhanced.Atthesame time, Adobe was developing its own AI in tools like Content Aware, first introduced in 2012, to improve upon the potential of cloning and healing of compatible pixels. The brush tools for those tasks are retained for touch-up of parts, but the main selection interface does a serious job of fixing the big cracks seamlessly. Significantly the working window allows a certain amount of manual adjustment of the controls instead of letting the AI do everything, so you can effectively guide the selection. Similarly, the Select and Mask features and Select Subject and Sky have refining options to make sure the right targets have been recognised.
14 SEPTEMBER 2022 • QUICK PRINT PRO PIXEL PROPHET
The most recent example in Photoshop has been the introduction of Neural Filters as a whole new option in the Filters column. This opens up a new dialogue box with about a dozen new toys you can play with. They
I even wondered if there be a better name for it if intelligence gave it intellectual credibility it didn’t deserve, but Advanced Logical Interpretation didn’t exactly roll off the tongue. I’m not trying to belittle its obvious capabilities, just put a note to highlight its possible flaws.
Martin Christie has always been a fan of radio, from a time when entertainment from terrestrial television was limited, and on the basis that images created in the imagination by sounds were often more interesting than those projected on the screen. One particular favourite was the original Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, in which fantastic events and creatures were generated in the mind which were never really matched by its transition to pictures.
While browsing that verbal library, and no doubt prompted by algorithms directing me to science fantasy, I came across a short story by EM Forster, The Machine Stops. Better known for novels like A Passage to India, the prolific Edwardian writer penned this tale in 1909, a time when audiences had been thrilled by the written predictions of Jules Verne and H G Wells and are in some ways a reaction to them.
When computers start telling us what we can and can’t do, it’s surely time to check where the plug is. Of course, they already tell us what we like — or what they expect us to like, and we may already be too far down that digital road to press pause but at least hovering a finger over the option to have time to think is better than blindly pressing enter everyThattime.veryhuman instinct for caution is why a good part of recent columns has been given over to the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence in the creation and manipulation of digital imaging and why it’s important to understand how it works and why it works the way it does. The more it becomes a part of the normal workflow, the less reason there will be to question it or check its results. And by the same logic, the more you rely on it, the less incentive you have to consider there might be a better alternative.
As I often stress, the software may be intelligent, but it can’t always tell the difference between a bush and someone’s head, and what’s more, it doesn’t care either.
Adobe took a much bigger AI step more recently with Sensei, which is way more than smart image editing but integrating a whole layer of machine learning across the whole creative suite of programmes. The aim is to improve workflow across the board as much time is spent between platforms performing relatively similar, repetitive tasks when creatives should be spending more time on the exciting stuff. At least, that’s the sales pitch. My instincts tell me you still need an eyeball to check results not an algorithm.
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Colour tends to lose specific colours first but certainly will tend to lack vibrance and saturation. If things cannot be restored, they have to be reimagined, and that is much more of a human talent than any clever filter can tackle.
QUICK PRINT PRO • SEPTEMBER 2022 15 PIXEL PROPHET are not installed automatically; you need to download them individually to use them. They are essentially intelligent shortcuts enabling actions that would otherwise take time to do manually and require some experience.Inarecent column, I showed how I used, at least partially, a neural filter to add colour to an old black and white photo, but also illustrated how I had to go in manually to correct some of the assumptions it had made, like not being able to see the difference between grass and gravel on a river bank. The texture may look different to the human eye, but not that different that it can’t fool a computer, and that is the problem. The machine does need a guiding hand in the first place to recognise subtleties we know instinctively.Perhapsifit had lots of very similar pictures to edit, it would pick it up, which is the whole idea of AI, but until then, it still has a lot to Apparently,learn.one of the next neural filters, currently in beta test mode, is picture restoration. I have seen some very mixed reviews on the internet, which doesn’t really surprise me. Although I haven’t been able to download a trial version to test it myself, I can guess it suffers from the same issues. I do a lot of photo restoration, particularly of people and faces, and there is no quick fix unless you want to just turn the subject into some plasticised cartoon character. You might be able to get away with a landscape or a building looking a little bit digitised, but a person’s skin, facial features and eyes are a very personal feature, immediately recognisable as human and individual. Our own innate facial recognition ability is still way ahead of any smart camera software. There are a number of online programs that will happily turn you into a caricature if that’s what you want, but it might not be so appropriate for a funeral display or a special memory! Most people would prefer to see something more authentic and life-like — wrinkles and all. Our facial expressions are sometimes very subtle but can convey a lot of visual information, which is why they are so important, and hard to recreate. Photoshop has a face recognition feature that can make eyes bigger and a smile wider, but it cannot create a face from a faded photograph.Oldblackand white photos fade, losing any deep contrast — the very thing digital needs as a reference, sometimes getting a yellow hue from chemical residue in the paper.
A number of these new neural filters work in the cloud - actually using Adobe’s super servers, which presumably are more up-todate than even the latest consumer upgrade, and no doubt also giving valuable feedback on what works and what doesn’t. While all use AI, they obviously apply it in different ways to tackle different tasks but use computer judgement to create the results. One of the criticisms is that there are not enough adjustment options to control the processes, but maybe this is the point. One way to add some manual intervention is to output the filter as a separate layer and use masks and colour selections as you have done before, for example. So why use the filters in the first place? Well, like any plug-in, they can be a handy quick fix tool, a handy guide for which way to go - or not, as the case may be. Certainly, with colourising, it seems to work reasonably well on some images and spectacularly badly on others. If you don’t know what the colours should be, it makes a reasonable electronic educated guess. It knows the sky is blue — or anything that looks like sky or grass — for example.
Sgt McGregor original photo coloured by Doug Banks and Adobe — can you tell the difference?
Incidentally, a set of filters that really does work, the previously mentioned Nik is alive and well and living in Paris, having been taken over and developed by DXO. I have the latest version installed and will show you all its magic next month.
I mean, I’m not sure what colour a 1962 BSA sidecar combination was, but this old family group looks pretty good — apart from grannie’s pink nose. On the other hand, for any accurate colour representation, like those restoration Victorian soldiers in their bright scarlet coats and shiny medals and buttons — forget it. You might recall the magnificent Sgt McGregor from a previous column, a veteran of the thin red line in the Crimean War, wonderfully restored by the patience of Doug Banks down to the finest detail. Not sure the Russians will be quite so in awe of the multi-coloured mess Adobe dressed him in. It looks like the filter just gave up on the challenge. Well, at least I’m not going to be replaced anytime soon by an algorithm!
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Solopress MD Simon Cooper said of the appointment: With his vast experience in our industry, Phil is the perfect fit for this newly created Head of Business Development role. Not only will print buyers learn more about how our current catalogue can support their business, but we also hope to identify areas where new products and variations could better meet their needs.
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In her new role, Tracy’s key objective will be to advise current and prospective Soyang customers on FUJIFILM Acuity superwide printers. Tracy brings a depth of experience to the role, with more than 25 years spent in the print industry, working for leading brands including EFI and HP.
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Director, Bruce Cozens and Engineer, Martyn Culver both celebrated 30 years of service this year. Assistant Service Manager, Dave Roberts celebrated 27 years and Sales Director, Richard Marlow, Technical Director, Gavin Ward and Warehouse Manager, Andrew Haywood all celebrated 25 years. Collectively Vivid’s amazing colleagues have achieved a combined total of 162 years of long service to the company! Martin Evans, Managing Director at Vivid, said “These are fantastic milestones. We are so proud to have long serving members of our team making such a positive impact within Vivid. On behalf of the company, I congratulate and thank Bruce, Martyn, Dave, Rich, Gav and Andy for their loyalty and commitment to Vivid and for the exceptional service they provide to our customers and partners. Their long service is a real reflection of the great workplace that Vivid provides and I am delighted to celebrate their incredible achievements with them. Here’s wishing them many more years to come!” www.vivid-online.com
Tom Goddard will take on the role of Supplies Manager for ArtSystems, while Robert Durrant will move into the position of External Media Account Manager, encompassing all media ranges supplied by the company.
Since then Phil has held a variety of roles, building a formidable reputation within the industry. Following a stint running his own litho printing business, Phil cemented his position as a recognised figure in the print world during a successful seven year spell as Senior Sales Executive at Saxoprint.
Tom has been with ArtSystems for eight years, developing his role within the business from Account Management to Product Specialist. In his new role, he will take over the day to day management of the internal supplies team. As Supplies Manager, Tom will continue to carry out his existing product specialist functions, as well as look after other members of the ArtSystems supplies team. Tom will be uniquely placed to feed up to date market trends and intelligence into the supplies team that will help ArtSystems capitalise on
Phil Foster commented: I’m thrilled to be joining Solopress at this exciting point in their journey. I prefer a consultative approach over the hard sell, and I’m happy that I’ll be able to put my print knowledge to good use as I introduce the business to new customers.
Phil’s appointment is part of an on-going programme of recruitment and investment by the Essex based printer that will see them expand their payroll, plant list and square footage yet further within the year.
Phil’s role at Solopress will span both on-boarding new business and maintaining key relationships. In addition to identifying businesses that could benefit from working with Solopress, he’ll also work with those businesses to make sure they get the most out of the relationship.
On joining Soyang, Tracy says: “I’m really excited to be joining the team. One of the main attractions of the role was to be working with a business that has a customer-centric philosophy and a history of account based marketing. This is at the heart of Soyang Europe’s success and growth in the UK.
Soyang Europe, the manufacturer and distributor of digitally printable wide format and superwide format media and surface coverings, and the distributor of the Fujifilm Acuity Ultra R2 printer, has announced the appointment of Tracy Dineen as Fujifilm Product Manager, with immediate effect.
“With the synergy of machinery and media being critical to a customer’s success, the draw to join Soyang and to genuinely focus on the long term relationship was key to my decision. It’s an exciting time and I am sure that we will present as the partner of choice for the industrial end of the market.”
HEADS SOLOPRESS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TRACY DINEEN NEW FUJIFILM PRODUCT MANAGER AT SOYANG ARTSYSTEMS PROMOTES TOM GODDARD AND ROBERT DURRANT
Solopress has announced the appointment of Phil Foster to the role of Head of Business Development, reporting directly to MD Simon Cooper. Phil started his career in the print industry over 35 years ago as a plate maker in pre-press, before making the move into sales.
“This is a very positive development that will improve communication and allow us to be much more proactive,” ArtSystems Marketing Manager John Draycott says. “It is incredibly gratifying for me to have worked with Tom over the years and watch his career develop.”
Nottingham based specialist systems distributor and service provider ArtSystems has announcd the promotion of both Tom Goddard and Robert Durrant to new senior roles within the business.
Robert is also a long-serving member of the ArtSystems team, having been with the business since ArtSystems took over the UK distribution of Neschen Supplies almost 10 years ago. His focus was initially working with end users to sell the Neschen brand and over time this role has extended to also cover resellers, allowing him to form many key relationships that have proved to be successful and incredibly valuable to“RobertArtSystems.hasclearly demonstrated the ability to take on new responsibility and his passion and enthusiasm for the business never dwindles,” John Draycott adds. “He is the ideal person to use his skills and experience to lead and showcase the whole range of media that we have. I’m delighted to see Robert take on this additional responsibility as his career moves forward.”
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It’s no secret that hiring and retaining talent in today’s marketplace is a challenge. The ability to easily design automated workflows not only enables companies to utilise less skilled workers, it also speeds work through the shop and reduces opportunities for costly errors. Workflows can simplify a wide range of activities that can be labour intensive, require special skills and impact productivity. These can encompass everything from job submission and prepress to make-ready, colour management and finishing.
COVER STORY 18 SEPTEMBER 2022 • QUICK PRINT PRO I f your company is looking at adding a digital press or acquiring one for the first time, I’m sure you have spent a fair amount of effort on due diligence to make sure you know what the latest digital press bells and whistles are and how they can help your business continue to grow. But often overlooked is the value that adding a digital front end (DFE) can bring. Gone are the days when it is sufficient to simply File/ Print. That can still be done, but there are so many advantages to the built-in automation and workflow an effective DFE can offer.
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Another challenge most companies are facing today is shortages in paper stocks. After struggling to get sufficient paper stock of the right types to meet customer needs, the last thing you want is for any of it to be wasted unnecessarily! By using automated workflows and specialised tools to ensure an accurate order-to-ship process, your production operation will see fewer errors, higher quality, and thus less of that precious paper supply is wasted.
How many jobs do you process each day? 10? 20? 200? More? If you can save even 15 minutes of prep time per job, how much more capacity does that give you with your current staff? Speeding up the process by 15 minutes per EFI
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ARE YOU GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR DIGITAL INVESTMENT?PRESS
Electronics For Imaging (EFI) recently interviewed a number of printing companies about how they choose a DFE, how they decide what configuration is best, and what they expect to gain from this choice. We were surprised at how many of the respondents indicated they just accepted the recommendation of their chosen printer manufacturer or dealer, and how many of them actually did not know about the many productivity tools a good DFEWeincludes!alsolearned that when companies were offered options, many of them chose the least expensive configuration. These companies are missing out on significant ways to improve both quality and productivity, highly important in today’s competitive marketplace. Here’s why.
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JOB SUBMISSION Using a web-to-print solution like MarketDirect StoreFront from eProductivity Software makes job submission fast and efficient. While it is not part of the DFE, a web-to-print solution can be integrated with Fiery DFEs to make the job flow seamless. Then using Fiery JobFlow Base, you can automate the job submission process and batch processing of multiple files with the same print settings. Think business cards, as an example.
PREPRESS The Fiery Workflow Suite offers a number of applications that deliver more accurate print ready files with much less prepress time. For example, Fiery JobFlow automates job preparation steps in prepress workflows to produce ready to print files. It performs essential job processing tasks such as image enhancement, imposition and preflighting, and then submits files to the proper location. It can also automatically archive jobs at various processing stages for later use. The free version, JobFlow Base, is included with most Fiery external DFE configurations. We were surprised at how many of the customers we spoke to during our study have never used JobFlow Base, and some did not even know it was available. That’s just one of the many productivity tools available as part of the Fiery Workflow Suite.
MAKE-READY Here, too, there are a number of tools available to make this a more productive fully visual page layout for ganging and booklet imposition. When combined with Fiery JobFlow, multiple operations may take only a few seconds instead of 15 to 20 minutes each.Orconsider Fiery JobMaster, offering intuitive make-ready including media assignment, chapter definition, advanced page numbering, fully visual tab insertion and design, finishing, scanning and powerful late stage editing features. Each of these steps, done manually, takes time and can be error prone. One respondent to our recent study cited a recurring job that has benefited from Fiery and Fiery Command WorkStation, saying, “We do a book every year that has 13 different colour stocks, so I load six colours in the machine, use Command WorkStation to designate which pages go on each colour, then run the other four and three, then assemble. We can do 300 spiral comb bound books in a day or day and a half.” He noted that trying to run this job any other way would take significantly longer and make it difficult to meet customer delivery requirements.
QUICK PRINT PRO • SEPTEMBER 2022 19 COVER STORY job is completely doable, and probably at the low range of possibility. Then think about how much time you could save per job if you are able to process the print ready files faster, especially when they include complex — or not even that complex — variable data, an offering for which demand is high. Carefully track all jobs through your shop for a week. How long does it take to intake a typical job? How much hands-on time is required by the sales rep or CSR? What about prepress? And once the job is print ready, how much of the time is your digital press running at rated speed? Now take a look at finishing. Are your bindery staff manually setting up the equipment for each job, and how long does that take on average? Also take a close look at waste — makeready waste, finishing waste and waste due to rework required because you catch errors or colour anomalies, or, heaven forbid, the customer rejects the job? Add that up and imagine reducing that time and waste by 10% … by 30%. What would that mean for your bottom line?
FOR MORE INFORMATION … Be sure to check out all of the resources available at EFI.com, including Learning@ EFI and our Fiery community when you are ready to make your next digital press investment — or if you are looking for ways to make your current operation more productive and profitable. And watch for Part Two of this article next month!
Once you understand where you are today, think about where you would like to be next week, next month, next year. And then consider how choosing the right DFE can help get you there. Now, let’s take a look at each step of the process to see how choosing the right DFE configuration can help. We’ll start with job submission and prepress. Other areas of production will be covered in
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THERAPEUTIC PRINT 20 SEPTEMBER 2022 • QUICK PRINT PRO T fabric to provide complete graphics solutions that can be installed with minimal disruption to carers, patients and residents. The prints are then coated with Landor’s ColourShield liquid laminate anti-microbial coating, which adds greater durability and image quality and is Certified ISO 22196 offering 99% protection from harmful germs and bacteria.
He concludes, “We are so pleased to be working with Landor to deliver these solutions because their products are so perfect for the application. Phototex is a dream to work with. Easy to install and when you peel it from the walls it’s like it was never there. The anti-microbial coating is also very easy to apply and although it provides great protection, you wouldn’t know it was there. These are fantastic products for an application that provides comfort and support for thousands of people.”
Derric Landor, Managing Director of Landor UK, says, “This is the perfect residue when removed. It delivers a fully recyclable print solution that looks great and can be installed quickly and easily and can then be removed just as easily and with no damage. In addition, our anti-microbial coating solution is easy to apply and enhances the prints while also providing protection from most harmful germs and bacteria, which is essential in healthcare environments. Radwraps delivers a fantastic and important service to people with dementia and we are delighted to support them.”
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The graphics are coated with Landor ColourShield anto-microbial to protect the image from day to day exposure and damage as well as providing ISO 22196 certified protection from 99% of harmful germs and bacteria. “Landor’s Phototex self-adhesive fabric with ColourShield antimicrobial liquid laminate coating provides a complete graphics solution that is effective and safe for patients, residents and carers.”
“The benefits of dementia friendly signage and environments are well documented and proven to be a huge benefit to patients and carers. Not only do they provide a soothing environment, they also inspire positive conversations with carers, friends and family through nostalgic memories
In a major report on dementia in the UK by the Alzheimers Society, there are currently more than 900,000 people in the UK living with dementia. One in 14 people over 65 have dementia, increasing to one in six for over 80s. Although there is not currently a cure for dementia, healthcare facilities, such as hospitals and residential care homes, can support the wellbeing and safety of their patients and residents by creating a comforting environment using appropriate graphics and imagery.
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James adds, “Patients and residents with dementia have most likely grown up in the area and will probably have visited locations of natural beauty many times. We use local images of beauty, which can invoke long term memory and provide talking points. The scenes also look serene and provide a calming environment to help patients and residents feel safe.”
Maddocks, Director at Radwraps. He continues, “It is critically important that when we install graphics into care homes and hospitals that it causes minimal disruption. When the images need to be changed, Phototex is also very easy to remove and replace, which again minimises disruption for the care setting and residents. Landor Phototex is absolutely the perfect product for this application because it is incredibly quick and easy to install and remove. It also has no smell, leaves no residue and never damages the surface when it is removed. It can be applied to just about any surface, including walls, doors, floors and ceilings and to cap it all, it is fully recyclable.”
Landor UK and Radwraps Wall Graphics Systems have created dementia friendly wall graphics designed to provide a therapeutic and nostalgic environment for dementia patients for many years.
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Denmaur’s Chairman, Harry E Gould Jr., commented, “We are acquiring an ongoing and profitable operation in Middleton, and although a slightly different business model, the combined strengths and differences of the two companies will generate added value and a unique opportunity for the UK paper and board market going forward”
Steve Creates, Managing Director at Zulu Packaging commented “We are delighted to be joining Premier and the wider JPP family. I am looking forward to working with the Premier teams to grow our business together and take our products to new areas of the market.”
When London-based Scottish paper artist Kyla McCallum was commissioned by automotive manufacturer Lexus to create a model car made of paper, she turned to Antalis for advice on suitable materials.
The scaled car, complete with a paper city through which it cruises, features in a promotional video created by Lexus in tribute to Takumi craftsmanship. The paper car model was built on top of a remote-controlled chassis, on a 1:10 scale and included over 100 individual parts.
Crucial to taking the project from concept to reality was the choice of paper to be used. Kyla McCallum of Foldability chose three papers from Antalis to craft the paper city and Lexus Alchemy Silver, 300gsm • Curious Alchemy Titanium, 300gsm • Curious Metallics Electric Blue, 120gsm
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Zulu Packaging provides products for a wide range of lamination and packaging film requirements, including, flexible packaging films for direct food contact, lamination films for carton producers and a stock range of lamination films for commercial print. Zulu Packaging will now become a specialist division of the Premier group and will be known as Premier Lamination Films.Michael Beever, Managing Director commented on the acquisition, “I am delighted to welcome Zulu Packaging to Premier. Lamination films are sold very successfully in many countries across the wider JPP group and we have used this experience and expertise to identify opportunities to further expand our product offer to existing and new customers. Many of our existing commercial print customers can now source their lamination film requirements from Premier with an extensive range of films available from stock that can be delivered with their paper order. It will also allow us to provide packaging converters with a greater choice of products that complements our expanding carton and graphical board business.”
THE CAR Curious Metallics Electric Blue was chosen as it is almost an exact match to the paintwork on the Lexus UX 300e featured in the video. Kyla comments, “The Curious Metallics Electric Blue, 120gsm, was really easy to cut and mould into shape, and it didn’t pucker easily, which was great.”
Denmaur Managing Director, Nick Gee, stated, “Denmaur and Middleton share the ethos of a family-owned business as well as a tremendous respect for employee commitment, which has been instrumental to the success of both companies. The acquisition adds another facet to our business, allowing us to provide making sizes of paper and board to our customer base with short lead times.” www.denmaur.com
Creative Papers Sales Manager at Antalis, Vicky Weatherington comments: “We have been excited to witness the progress of the project — it’s a great example of the versatility of paper.” www.antalis.com
Denmaur Independent Papers has reached an agreement to acquire the business and assets of the Fine Paper and Conversion division (incorporating Vision Paper and Board) from Middleton Paper Company Ltd, with completion scheduled for mid-July. Middleton’s staff will continue to operate from their location in Walsall and the Middleton brands will also remain under the new ownership. This will represent Denmaur’s first acquisition since Harry E Gould Jr. took a majority shareholding in the company in 2019.
Denmaur has steadily grown since opening their doors in1983 to become one of the UK’s leading paper merchants specialising in supply for the publishing, commercial print and carton board sectors. Also known for their sustainability services, Denmaur recently announced the landmark 100,000 tonnes of carbon-balanced paper sales. Middleton has made their name largely through their conversion services in the graphic paper and board market, with the introduction of a merchanting arm, Vision, in more recent years.
Mike Gee, CEO of Denmaur, noted, “This takes me back to my roots, before we started Denmaur, when I worked alongside Jean Stanley at M6 Paper who were then a very successful merchanting and conversion company. Jean is now part of the Denmaur team and will no doubt share our excitement of sales and conversion coming together again.”
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“From a business perspective the acquisition makes good sense. The synergies that can be achieved, particularly in the area of stockholding and distribution, means that we can offer an enhanced service with very few incremental costs and this additional range of products provides greater choice and convenience for our customers”.
Curious Alchemy Silver and Titanium were chosen for the paper city to create a ‘Metropolis’ feel. The tallest building was over two metres high and therefore required a stiff and robust paper; 300gsm Curious Alchemy proved ideal.
The paper Lexus took five and a half weeks to make and the entire project took over four months to complete, from the initial concept through to filming the final set.
“With vibrant, long lasting and Greenguard Gold certified inks, powerful Core Technologies and a host of enhancements over the previous versions, Mimaki’s new UJF models offer real advantage to businesses looking for a direct to object printing solution,” Southworth said.
“The 3DUJ-2207 offers a new approach to 3D printing, with its ability to accurately reproduce work in up to 10,000,000 colours,” Southworth said. “Its compact footprint belies its extraordinary capabilities and visitors to The Print Show will be able to view a broad array of impressive samples produced on this machine and its larger stable mate, the Mimaki 3DUJ-553.”
Finally, Hybrid Services will showcase the new Mimaki 3DUJ-2207 full colour 3D printer. Utilising UV-curing inkjet technology, the high definition colour reproduction made possible with the printer provides new opportunities across a range of industries.
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“Equally, sign makers attending the show will be able to keep abreast of Mimaki’s latest hardware. With a range of ink technologies on display, we look forward to demonstrating new and exciting printing and cutting solutions that offer tangible workflow advantages for the sign and display industry.”
24SHOWTIME SEPTEMBER 2022 • QUICK PRINT PRO Hybrid Services, the exclusive distributor of Mimaki in the UK and Ireland, has revealed it will demonstrate a range of new print technology from Mimaki on its stand at The Print Show 2022. Visitors to the Hybrid Services stand in September will be able to view a number of Mimaki printers in action, including two of the new 330 Series; Mimaki’s latest platform that currently includes solvent print and printer/cutter solutions, plus a dye-sublimation model. Featuring the two solvent machines at the event, Hybrid Services will demonstrate the significant productivity enhancements that the pair of 1.6m machines sport. Both models feature a new X/Y cutter, which provides inline X and Y axis sheet fed cutting. This eliminates unwinding and manual cutting from the workflow, helping printers to significantly speed up and streamline the post print process.Another standout feature is the newly designed multi-media system that allows three rolls of media to be loaded simultaneously, greatly reducing the time and labour required to change print media. A single operator can bring the desired media into position simply by turning the handle on the media changer.Hybrid Services reseller account manager Martin Southworth, said: “Mimaki once again pushes forwards with intuitive, cost effective, and high quality solutions; the two new 330 Series models offer significant advances to an already established technology.“WithMimaki’s heritage in manufacturing dedicated solvent printers stretching back to the early 2000s with the launch of the sector defining JV3, the latest iteration in the ‘3’ lineage is the 330 platform. Intec Printing Solutions, a global supplier of equipment for the print and graphic arts market, has revealed it will offer live demonstrations on a wide range of its machines at The Print Show 2022. Highlights on the Intec stand will include the ColorCut FB9000, its flagship automatic digital die cutter, which will be running unattended.
The Print Show 2022 will take place from September 20th to 22nd at the NEC in Birmingham. www.intecprinters.com • www.theprintshow.co.uk TECHNOLOGY AT THE PRINT SHOW
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The UJF-3042MkII e Series features a print area of 300mm x 420mm, while the UJF-6042MkII e Series offers a larger print size of 610mm x 420mm.
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“Hybrid’s stand at The Print Show will incorporate some of the very latest printing and cutting solutions from Mimaki. With a prime position and unique layout, visitors will be able to see new wide format printers utilising a variety of ink technologies that can deliver a vast array of profitable and engaging applications.
Visitors will be able to see first hand the type of work the machine can produce and the quality of theseAlsopieces.dueto appear on Intec’s stand in September is the popular ColorCut automatic sheet cutter, alongside the ColorCut LC600 ultra-fast, automatic label kiss cutting machine. Visitors will also be able to view a number of Intec’s large format flatbed machines, with the manufacturer keen to showcase its large format cutting abilities, while it will also display and demonstrate the ColorFlare desktop and professional foiling and lamination machines, allowing users to add that extra sparkle to the sheets they are cutting.ThePrint Show 2022 will be the first major industry event where Intec will exhibit under the Plockmatic Group umbrella, having been recently acquired “Being the only UK event for the industry, it is important that we are there,” said Terri Winstanley, Product and Marketing manager at Intec. “It ensures that we are able to engage with customers and industry professionals alike and to see what everyone has to offer. “We’ve always supported The Print Show because it gets us out and in front of the most important people, the users of our equipment. It provides us with a chance to engage with other industry leaders and understand the industry focus and what the requirements and motivation is for the wider market.”
“Commercial printers looking to incorporate a wide format workflow into their business will find plenty of inspiration, applications, and technology from Mimaki on the Hybrid stand, and we look forward to meeting them at the show.
From product prototyping to industrial design applications such as medical and architectural modelling, the new printer is also adept at producing small scale models for design offices and educational settings, as well as collectible gaming figures.
Duncan Jefferies, head of marketing and business development for Hybrid Services, added: “Mimaki’s reputation as innovators within the printing industry ensures we have a consistent flow of new technologies and come September, we look forward to presenting the very latest hardware in the Mimaki line-up.
NEW OPTIONS Also set to appear at The Print Show 2022 are the new UJF-3042MkII e Series and UJF-6042MkII e Series, Mimaki’s latest direct to object printers, with the ability to print onto an extensive variety of soft and hard media including plastics, leather, wood, acrylic, metal, and glass.
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Jordan Darragh, Founder and CEO of PrintReleaf, said, “We are excited to partner with Kyocera. Our environmental goals and philosophy match Kyocera’s, and we look forward to strengthening our sustainability commitments and growing our global forests together.”
This is where Global sustainability charity WRAP’s voluntary Textiles 2030 initiative is hoping to make a difference. It works with the Manchester Fashion Institute and leading businesses and partners across clothing, retail, supply, reuse and recycling including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Oxfam. Its aim is to accelerate the fashion and textile industry’s move towards circularity and system change by focusing on:
• Sustainable clothing design and improving the durability of clothing. WRAP research shows that extending the life of clothes by nine extra months can reduce carbon, water, and waste footprints by around 4% to 10% each.
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Kyocera has announced a new partnership with PrintReleaf, a global certification system and software platform dedicated to automating reforestation to offset paper consumption. This allows Kyocera Document Solutions customers to contribute to a reforestation project in Ireland that plants an equivalent volume of trees correlating to the paper usage in Kyocera Document Solutions devices.Inaddition to collecting monthly data on customer print usage, Kyocera will automatically and certifiably plant trees in Ireland based on total paper consumption. Reforesting is done by PrintReleaf at a rate of 8,333 sheets per standard tree, as detailed in the PrintReleaf Standard, and 100% net survivability of the trees is guaranteed. The PrintReleaf portal allows PrintReleaf partners and customers to track their progress and share the ongoing impact of the Taskalfa Pro 15000c production printer.
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More than 70% comes from the production, preparation, and processing of raw materials. Therefore, reducing waste in production, before transport and distribution, could lead to savings of 24 million tonnes of GHG emissions.
It is a difficult task if you consider the evolution of consumer habits including fast fashion and e-commerce and the impact they have had on the entire production chain. Emphasis is now placed on the need to shorten production and delivery times, the reduction of production batches, the quest for uniqueness, and extreme customisation of the individual garment.
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“Our partnership with PrintReleaf further supports Kyocera’s commitment to sustainability through our products, manufacturing processes and as a wider organisation,” said Steve Pearce, Group Marketing Manager at Kyocera.
• Encouraging reuse and recycling.
• Providing guidance on fibre and fabric selection to improve sustainability, reduce environmental impact, and increase the usable life of clothing.
The name Kyocera, derived from its founding in Kyoto and its development of fine ceramics, has been used since 1959 as the Kyoto Ceramic Company. Kyocera has been one of the top 500 most valuable companies since its inception, with annual sales of just over 14 billion dollars and 76,000 employees worldwide. www.printreleaf.comwww.kyoceradocumentsolutions.co.uk
“The Kyocera TASKalfa Pro 15000c already reduces the impact on the environment thanks to its ultra low power consumption through inkjet print head technology and by utilising water based inks. By offering the additional reforestation of a customer’s printed pages we believe we have a ground breaking environmental proposition.”
• Building a circular rather than linear approach to textiles and apparel, something consumers, especially younger ones, are beginning to demand.
After responding to a need for fast and cost effective textile sample creation digital Direct To Garment (DTG) printers have evolved to support the design and completion of printed fabrics in a way that ensures economic, logistic and production advantages. They print on demand just what is required, adapt or alter designs quickly, and eliminate long wait times by ensuring local production. They use less water and energy and require lower quantities of dyes and other chemicals used in the pre and post-treatment phases. This powerful combination makes digital production attractive to both printers and brands. Epson’s portfolio features a number of DTG systems that support the ability to rethink the way clothing and accessories are manufactured. They include the SureColor SC-F3000 developed for higher volume users who will benefit from its increased productivity with a low total cost of ownership. There is also the SureColor SC-F2100 that has long been the benchmark of reliable DTG printing. www.epson.co.uk/products/printers/large-format-printers
SUSTAINABLE IS YOUR TEXTILE PRODUCTION?
Goals around the planet, as well as people, prosperity, and peace, are the focus of the United Nations’ sustainability agenda, formulated and adopted by UN member states in 2015. However, to achieve meaningful change member nations need to take action beyond simply signing onto a framework.
Creating a local vibrant textile community can enable brands and retailers to have increased influence over members of its global supply chain. It can also reduce transportation across global supply chains.
• Researching consumer behaviour to help inform brands and retailers on how they can market more durable, sustainable and less resource intensive products.
Digital printing technologies can deliver easier to control, quick response capabilities that supports local manufacturing. They can help reshape the production chain while delivering energy and raw material consumption savings.
The textile industry is under increasing pressure to find alternatives to traditional production processes, to increase its sustainability, and reduce its environmental impact. According to a McKinsey & Company report, created in partnership with Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), the fashion industry is responsible for about 4% of global GHG (greenhouse gas), a figure equivalent to the annual emissions of France, Germany, and the UK combined.
One way to achieve greater oversight and control, plus fast, agile, and individualised production, is through reshoring.
An exciting new range of sustainable metallized paperboard products developed for digital print production www.denmaur.com Please contact your local Denmaur office for further information, swatches, plain and printed samples or visit www.denmaur.com 21_0123 It is a certified plastic free product on a Carbon Balanced board substrate. It’s completely sustainable and 100% recyclable! • A foil board substrate rather than a selective foil embellishment • No limitations in the amount, size, complexity or number of foil colours that can be created at the same time. • Works perfectly on dry toner, inkjet and HP digital presses. • Proven to run at commercial speeds with no build-up of static. • Allows in-line foil embellishment with existing digital press.
The desktop inkjet printer not only produces a premium quality product but is also reliable and simple to use. The machine’s integrated printing and contour cutting function is perfect for creating personalised T-shirt graphics, poster prints, stickers, and decals – all from the comfort of one’s home.
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Moreover, the business’ branded stickers and labels provide customers with a one stop source for any print and embroidering requirements, from high quality workwear to events and sportswear clothing.
‘We are really pleased to maintain a high customer retention rate due to the machine’s versatility. Once our clientele finds out that we also do business cards, flyers, stickers, and many other things, they join the dots and understand that they can have an end to end supplier for everything they need under oneRolandroof’.DG’s support services have been instrumental in the company’s growth, providing Wizzprint.com with a solid foundation of assistance, from machine to software interfaces, empowering start-ups to build a profitable business and turn their imagination into reality.
The BN-20 is a reliable workhorse and produces exceptional output from its specified printhead. It is competitively priced and desktop sized for like minded entrepreneurs to accommodate in almost any room”, he says.
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The Robsons first got involved in the printing business when encouraged by their friends who had retired from their embroidery businesses. After attending an introductory garment decorating course at digital printing solutions provider, Roland DG’s UK headquarters, they purchased a VersaSTUDIO BN-20 print and cut desktop printer/ cutter for high quality print and cut output, from stickers and labels to heat transfer garments.
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The BN-20 demonstrates how these solutions can give anyone the tools to create a range of value added items that start-ups want to pay for and own. But now that the business has come out of the launch phase, Mark has transitioned to larger width models within Roland DG’s offering to meet higher production requirements and increase printing speed.‘TheBN-20 is the perfect business launching device at an affordable price, but as the business grows, finding good printing partners is essential, and when you do, you tend to stick with them, and they with you, which is why Roland DG’s upgrades and additions are on the cards,’ explains Mark. www.rolanddg.eu before now were not up to 1290mm. Dye or Expected pricing £39,950 +VAT. Contact RSR to receive launch info. 784999
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First year students will understand the process and create their own digital designs. Second year students will develop their own textile print as part of a major project. It will include the option to produce meterage. It will also support the students as they explore ways dye-sublimation technology can help the clothing and textile industry respond to key pressures.
“We were outsourcing this work, but the volumes became such that we saw the logic of bringing production in-house,” she says. “We underwent a major reorganisation and some structural changes to the building to accommodate the machine, but it’s already proving worthwhile, not just in meeting existing demand but in attracting new orders.”
Rehana Khan, Lecturer at West Herts College, explains: “We wanted to be able to give students an opportunity to see for themselves how digital print can be used in fashion. Now technology has become easier to use, and more affordable, the time was right for us to make that investment. Having access to the latest technology is essential in making students aware of what is possible.”
It’s a winning philosophy – PDQ has recently taken on new staff and has doubled output compared to pre-pandemic levels. PDQ has longstanding connections to the funfair industry as a result of family connections, says Alison Blyth. “My father was an engineer with a passion for restoring antique fairground rides, most famously the ‘Moon Rocket’ which was revolutionary when first built in the 1930s and is now working at The Dingles Fairground Museum in Devon.” www.serviceoffsetsupplies.co.uk • www.pdqprinters.co.uk
The new addition will be central to learning from September 2022 onwards.
Alison Blyth has owned and run PDQ throughout its 30 year history. Its roots are in litho, and the company still runs a four colour SRA2 and a two colour B3 press, but also offers a full range of services including digital and wide format. “We do everything from labels and variable data through to high quality promotional work, and our customers are local, national and even international. We just got our first order from Latvia! Our new business is by word of mouth, we work hard and always focus on personal service.”
The impacts this can have on fashion design and creativity, and how that will shape future production, is a key consideration for the fashion and textile department at West Herts College following its investment in an Epson SureColor SC-F501 dye-sublimation printer.
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PDQ Printing Services of Morley, Leeds has installed a Gibson GT-F3020 LED-UV flatbed printer, supplied by SOS (Service Offset Supplies).
“They will be able to see the key role digital print plays in garment production. Students can create their designs and immediately hold their end-product. They can also consider a different approach to garment creation — whether that is with the production process, or the textiles used. It will be the first time they will have used the technology to bring their designs to life.”
Proprietor Alison Blyth says the new machine has primarily been purchased in order to meet a growing demand for the production of outdoor signsespecially for fairground clients — which the Gibson will print directly to Correx board.
“The 24-inch dye-sublimation printer with fluorescent yellow and pink ink was picked for a number of reasons,” explains Rehana. “We had a heat press and so wanted a dye-sublimation printer that was easy to use, had a narrow width, could manage pattern pieces and was compatible with the programmes we were already running. We also liked its ability to offer vibrant colour.”
West Herts College choose Epson SureColor SC-F501 to enhance students’ understanding of textile production
The European Parliament says it is responsible for producing 20% of global wastewater each year while the Australian Circular Textile Association (ACTA) says 30% of clothing is never sold. Dye sublimation does not use water and it enables the on-demand production of garments. It can also drive local production capabilities to reduce carbon emissions and miles travelled. www.epson.co.uk
“We knew we wanted to produce 10ft by 6ft sheets, whereas most flatbeds run 8ft by 4ft,” says Alison. “We approached some major suppliers for info, but were disappointed with the response. It was a huge contrast with SOS, who we have known for many years as our litho plate supplier. When we asked them if they sold flatbeds they immediately gave us a quote, some samples and all the information we needed. This helped us to be confident about the support we will get from them, which is important especially if you’re going for a new market.”TheGibson machine has a maximum print area of 3.1m x 2m, Ricoh Gen6 print heads and uses LED-UV curing. The ink train runs on a magnetic linear motor for reduced friction and maintenance. “It’s fast, it’s accurate and it’s easy to use. We estimate we can produce as many as 200 boards every day.”
“This knowledge will help them be better prepared for their next steps after college,” says Rehana. “It will enable them to be further ahead in the game. Not only will they understand the process and how that can affect design but also how it can shape ordering, respond to demand, and address questions around sustainability.”Shecontinues:
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Understanding the digital print production process and how it can influence design and execution will allow the students to reframe their designs, test their ideas and bring their final creations to life.
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Dye sublimation printing enables on-demand product development that helps prevent the need for international freight shipping and empowers professionals with greater control of their textile design.
The students will use the dye-sublimation printer to create womenswear and menswear and even upcycle textiles. The college will also use it as a tool to help explain the ethical and environmental factors surrounding the design and production of fashion and how reshoring using dye-sublimation technology can make a positive impact.
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MY WEDDING DAY
A man was found guilty of overusing commas. The teacher warned him to expect a really long sentence.
DREAMER Last night, I dreamed I was swimming in an ocean of orange soda. But it was just a Fanta sea.
The World Cup Final is the same day as Amazon Prime Day, so if it is coming home, it’ll get here incredibly quickly. If you add up all the numbers of 1966 you get 1 + 9 + 6 + 6 = 22. Do the same with 2022 – 2 + 0 + 2 + 2 = 6 and 6 is Szechuan Beef in ginger and special fried rice. It’s coming home!.
TIME TO KICK OFF THE INEVITABLE WORLD CUP JOKES
LATE AGAIN
HAIR TODAY And the unexpected winner of the race was the Barber! However, he did do a short cut.
CRIME OF SILENCE
The boss says, “This is the third time you’ve been late for work this week. Do you know what that means?”Theemployee replies, “That it’s only Wednesday?”
I felt a little lightheaded, so I booked an online virtual doctor’s appointment with my doctor. “What seems to be your problem?” asked the doc. “I’m lightheaded and I think I might be anaemic,” I stated.“Well,drop in for a blood test and we’ll go from there,” replied the doctor. “Anything else I can help you“Yes,with?”I’mwondering if I can still add a few items to my Amazon Fresh order?”
ONLINE APPOINTMENT
YARDSTICK I found a rock that is 1760 yards long. It must be a MILESTONE! RINGING MY DOORBELL My neighbour rang on my doorbell at 3 am. Can you believe it!? Luckily, I was still up playing the drums.
5. Who knew what time it was when the first clock was made? A TRUE GENTLEMAN I gave up my seat to a blind person on the bus. And that’s how I lost my job as a bus driver. WRONG AGAIN I got my wife a metal detector as a present, but she didn’t like it. Strange, as she always likes to dig up things from the past. TELL THE TRUTH When I got to work this morning, my boss stormed up to me and said, “You missed work yesterday, didn’t you?” I said, “No, not particularly.”
STREET PERFORMER An Englishman, a Frenchman, a Spaniard and a German are watching a street performer. While he’s juggling, the street performer notices that the four have a bad view, so he stands on a crate and asks them, “Can you all see me now?” The four guys respond to him, “Yes...”, “Oui...”, “Si...”, “Ja!”
Not a lot of people know this. The swordfish has few predators in the wild. Except for the rare penfish… …which is said to be mightier. FELIX THE COPY CAT
At the funeral of the richest man in town, a stranger saw a woman crying very loudly. The stranger said, “Are you a relative of the deceased?” “Then“No.” why are you crying?”
URBAN LINGO Yesterday I saw a guy spill all his scrabble letters on the road. I asked him, “What’s the word on the street?”
1. At a movie theatre, which ‘arm rest’ is yours? 2. In the word scent, is the “S” silent or “C”? 3. If people evolve from monkeys, why are monkeys still around? 4. Why is there a ‘D’ in fridge, but not in refrigerator?
FIVE GREAT CONFUSIONS
34 SEPTEMBER 2022 • QUICK PRINT PRO THE JOKE’S ON YOU
MAROONED Shipwreck Diary. Day 1: Alone, doing well. Mentally Sound. Met a crab. Day 2: I have married the crab. Day 3: I have eaten my wife.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
A friend of mine got kidnapped by a group of mime artists. They did unspeakable things to him!
It was my wedding day, and no one was happier than my 78-year-old mother. But as she approached the church doors, an usher asked, “Which side are you on?” “Oh, no,” she said. “Are they fighting already?”
SPEED OF LIGHT Light travels faster than sound. That’s why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
READERS’ SOMETHING TO SHARE?
DON’T YOU JUST LOVE ARTISTS?
SCRIBES
What does a painter do when he gets cold? He puts on another coat. CATCHING UP You know you are getting old when your boss hires a new employee and you find out that you used to hang around with their grandpa when you were growing up.
RICH MAN’S FUNERAL
“That’s why!” SHHHHH. I was in the library once when a man walked in asking for a ham and cheese pizza. The librarian politely told him that he was in a library. The man first apologised and then whispered to the librarian, “Can I please have a ham and cheese pizza?”
BEST CLOCK JOKE EVER After five long years, I’ve come up with the best clock joke ever. It’s about time!
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