Competitive Advantage
Advertorial DynaGraphics Makes First Investments in Heidelberg Print Platforms with Versafire EV & EP. After years of using other manufacturers’ equipment for offset and digital printing, DynaGraphics, the largest commercial […]
Digital Coaters
November 2020
Dimensional Differences
Many packaging applications are complex by nature. Before printing and finishing, the structural elements of a three-dimensional (3D) package must be understood to ensure success.
Photo Trends
Photobooks are a great application for those up to the task of optimizing workflow to ensure profitability. The book-of-one tendency...
Photobook Tools
Photobooks and other photo merchandise are well suited for digital printing. Consumers obsessively take and share images....
Technical Printers for Today
The first part in this series on technical wide format printers looked at the latest trends, whether customers were appropriately using their devices...
Meeting Old and New Needs
Architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), computer aided design (CAD), and geographic information system (GIS) is the traditional makeup of the technical document market...
Optimized Production
Finishing automation is increasingly important as print providers face a number of new challenges, including shorter, more complex work; faster turnaround expectations; and a reduced pool of skilled operators.
Tracing & Tracking
Marking/coding inkjet devices print barcodes, addresses, and dates directly onto products like bottles, cans, and glass. These machines are designed...
Essential Ecommerce
The storefront is a critical element of many web-to-print (W2P) solutions, which is further brought to light as the COVID-19 pandemic forces consumers and businesses alike to adapt the ways in which they do business.
Upper Cut
The demand for shorter print runs and custom orders are increasing, leading to the adoption of digital print technologies. Digital print providers want to offer the same features traditional clients expect, like die cutting. Several modern die cutters on the market are ideal for digital print environments that must remain profitable on complex, low-volume work.
A Quick Beat on Post Press
Post-press solutions are integral to the digital printing process. Varying configurations, including unwinders/rewinders, gluers/folders, inserters, binders, trimmers, and slitters are routinely required on the production floor—whether placed inline, near line, or offline. Trends in inkjet from personalization to achieving higher volumes are major influences on the newest generation of post-print equipment.
