Epson revealed its new Monna Lisa 13000 on stand D20, Hall 5 at drupa in Dusseldorf. It is an affordable single-step digital direct-to-fabric textile printer with compact footprint that delivers in-line printing using more sustainable pigment inks.
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The Kongsberg Ultimate Cutter has won the EDP Award for Best Wide Format Cutting Solution. Launched just six months ago, the new cutting system made its global debut at drupa 2024.
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Canon has expanded the appeal of the Colorado M-series by launching new innovations that offer both new and existing customers an expanded application range, and open opportunities to enter new market segments, such as packaging and industrial print.
New FLXture Micro-texture Printing for Special Effects
A new feature now available for the Colorado M-series printer is FLXture, a five-ink-layer printing technology that adds micro-texture to large format prints for subtle surface detail, replicating the sensory feel of materials such as wood and leather. The PRISMAguide XL software, prepares the layers of UVgel ink for printing. Whether the requirement is for a subtle background texture, elegantly embossed lettering or to highlight parts of an image on high-value packaging, labels or other products, FLXture can enhance printed applications with additional surface textures without complicated combinations of different materials. FLXture is available both for new installations, as well as current users, on the latest software releases for the Colorado printer and PRISMAguide XL.
New UVgel Factory System for Packaging
For those looking for a financially viable alternative to outsourcing very short runs of printed packaging or for print service providers wanting to explore packaging applications to diversify their offering, the new UVgel Packaging Factory extends the Colorado’s capabilities to deliver the digital equivalent of litho lamination. Producing customised printed sheets of liner material for subsequent lamination to a corrugated base substrate, the UVgel Packaging Factory brings the benefits of digital print-on-demand to this high-opportunity sector, and can create impactful printed packaging for retail, consumer and high-value goods.
The UVgel Packaging Factory comprises a Colorado M5W roll-to-roll printer with a Fotoba jumbo roll media loader and output trimmer and stacker. It can handle a jumbo roll (up to 2,000 metres long) of the same media used in litho lamination, delivering sheets of high-quality, instantly dry and highly scratch-resistant output at up to 159m2/hr. The FLXfinish+ option with the Colorado M-series offers further design creativity, enabling the addition of matte, gloss or mixed matte and gloss effects on the same print, without additional varnish. As with offset litho printed sheets, the digitally pre-printed sheets can be handled via the regular litho lamination process. And with the UVgel Packaging Factory’s high level of automation, print jobs can be left running unattended.
Maximised Productivity for a Broader Media Range
In a further step to maximise productivity by reducing the need for roll changes for longer jobs, a new, enhanced Jumbo Roll Interface kit option now enables the Colorado printer to handle jumbo rolls of all types of media, including transparent, structured, metallic and dark-coloured media.
UVgel Benefits Extend into Industrial Print
The capabilities of the Colorado M-series and UVgel also extend to industrial print applications, specifically printing graphic overlays for membrane switches, which are printed electronic circuits that use pressure to open and close a circuit. Printed on a polymer substrate, such as polyester or polycarbonate, the ink used for graphic overlays needs to be hard-wearing and flexible to prevent delamination. In these aspects, UVgel technology excels, being robust enough not to require laminating in many instances, and being specifically developed with the elasticity for printing on flexible media without cracking. No additional or optional features are required for this application.
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Handtop has launched the new hybrid UV Printer HTA 2500 Robo Printer at drupa 2024.
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As the once great Australian economy slows and businesses, especially print manufacturing, fall over like flies and families are living in makeshift accommodation - it seems that those in Canberra are just watching it happen like a slow train wreck or spectator sport. Maybe it's time to do what the UK has just done and call an election, let the people decide who can stop the decline into an impoverished third-world backwater. The AiG's Innes Willox identifies the worrying facts.
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Mutoh has won the prestigious 2024 EDP Award for best 'direct-to-shape (object) printer - the XpertJet 1462UF. Australia was an early adopter of this model with initial short supply the main issue in fulfilling demand. It expands any printer's offering into industrial, promotional and even sporting objects such as golf balls.
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In a growing trend where press and printer manufacturers aim to channel printwork to their own devices by forming partnerships with platforms for the creation of print design work, HP Indigo has announced a tie-in with Fiverr, hot on the heels of its tie-in with Canva. Capturing the work from creation and driving it only to fixed-brand devices must surely raise the issue of restrictive trade? Conventional 'get 3 quotes for print' might become a thing of the past!
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It's a huge drupa for Screen and packaging dealer Jet Technologies, with the Kyoto-based company releasing three major packaging innovations at drupa, to be re-sold through Jet's newtowk plus other screen commercial print releases.
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Peak industry association Visual Connections was very well represented at drupa 2024, with General Manager Sarah Moore and Marketing Manager Robyn Frampton working the aisles, plus a few Board members on the stands.
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Delta was the first to install a Nozomi in the UK, and first in the world to have three Nozomi presses under one roof, the company is well-positioned for analogue to digital migration, shorter runs, faster time to market, with exceptional print quality.
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With the announcement at drupa, that the former world's largest printing company, RR Donnelly, has ordered 15 new digital presses from HP, this news, alongside several other all-digital multiple press orders, begs the question 'Is this the drupa that sees accelerated decline of offset and accelerated uptake of digital?' Andy McCourt applies some critical thought to the questions.
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With over 60 Landa Nanographic presses already installed workwide and more sold at drupa including to the world's largest online Printer Cimpress (Vistaprint) Check out these images that demonstrate just how good Landa Nanography is.
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On drupa's opening, Canon, announced an expansion of its production inkjet portfolio and its entry into the B2 sheetfed inkjet market with the varioPRESS iV7, a new inkjet press capable of producing 8,700 B2 4/0 sheets per hour. This is the press that will also be offered by Heidelberg under the Jetfire branding. Here are more details.
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The new printhead is based on the company’s renowned silicon Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (Si-MEMS) and delivers high productivity and versatile single-pass or scanning solution for a range of demanding applications.
- Koenig & Bauer Durst release VariJET 106 single-pass printer at drupa
- HP and Canva announce strategic partnership
- Major drupa news! Heidelberg & Canon unite for future digital strategy
- Drupa 2024 Opens! – Andy McCourt
- Avery Dennison Unveils its latest Innovation in sustainable printing -SP 3522 Opaque Matte
- Post-drupa technology review nights, Melbourne & Sydney
- Brother introduces Direct-to-Embroidery or DTE
- SCREEN GA acquires German colour experts CGS ORIS
- Stark warning - Electricity reliability will plunge unless we build says AiG
- Mutoh partners with Fujifilm on new Aquafuze water-based ink
- Epson expands sustainable heat-free printer range
- Prestige Photobook icon, Momento Pro, in Liquidation
- Elitron digital cutting upgrades Kombo TAV for drupa 2024
- DuPont to release new Artistri DTF & waterbased inks at drupa
- Mimaki introduces Eco-Friendly carton ink cartridges to global market
