Roland DG Corporation has announced several changes and additions to its Board of Directors. The moves were announced after Roland DG’s recent annual shareholders’ meeting and the company’s Board of Directors’ meeting held on March 24, 2016. Among the announced appointments, Hidenori Fujioka (pictured), previously Director and Executive Vice President of Roland DG, was named Representative...
The demands of a competitive landscape and eager customers are encouraging signage providers to work harder than ever before to get more creative and garner more attention in our distraction-rich society. To be successful, you must embrace new types of applications that are up to the challenge. Backlit printing is one such application, and it is gorgeous—and impactful. It...
It’s no secret: There’s been an uprising when it comes to the printing of graphics—the digital printing of fabrics.
If you’ve been to one of the major tradeshows in the past few years, you’ve seen firsthand the exponential growth of manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors playing in the fabric side of the market.
And you’ve no doubt seen the number of shops...
Ubiquitous in towns and suburbs across the country, monument signage is as classic as signage gets. Its pervasive impression of heaviness, however, may be just that—a perception only. Reminding us of the traditional methods that are used to manufacture and install this type of signage, Jim Nordquist, president of Viscom Architectural Graphics in Clearwater, Florida, points...
In recent years, vinyl application has expanded to include windows, walls, floors—and now even barricades. On a recent project for Merchandise Mart in Chicago, ER2 Image Group in Bloomingdale, Illinois was tasked with creating a large vinyl wrap for a drywall barricade blocking off the food court while it was under construction. This wasn’t ER2’s first...
Equipment, Materials & Software
AXYZ International Presents the Trident Series Router-Knife Combination
The most versatile router-knife combination developed for digital print finishers is available now from AXYZ International, a global leader in CNC router and knife cutting systems. The Trident Series offers high-speed knife processing with powerful routing capabilities and is set to revolutionize the graphics industry. It is designed to meet the traditional demands of the print finishing...
Before the Summer Olympics in August and general elections in October, the country and people of Brazil, South America will host Fespa Brasil 2016 next week. INX Digital and its Brazilian distributor, BR Group, (Aisle 5 – TRIANGLE Booth 521) plan to demonstrate a wide range of TRIANGLE® brand advanced alternative inks at the event, April 6-9 at Expo...
This year’s FESPA Digital saw visitors to the J-Teck3 stand, hail the company’s most diverse premium ink range, J-Cube, the product of choice from its wide portfolio of sublimation ink for transfer printing. Offering an extensive gamut of vivid colours including striking fluorescents and varying shades of black, J-Cube equips textile companies with superior colour combinations...
United States Sign Council (USSC) scholarships are available to employees of USSC member firms or dependents of an employee at a USSC member firm. In addition, once the student has been chosen by the Scholarship Committee as a scholarship recipient, he or she may renew the scholarship for three additional years providing the student maintains a 3.0 grade point...
Digital Printing
Epson Now Shipping Complete SureColor S-Series Line of 64-inch Production Solvent Printers
The new Epson® SureColor® S-Series 64-inch production, roll-to-roll, solvent printer line is now shipping. Poised to become the new benchmark in high-performance solvent printing, the SureColor S-Series, including the flagship SC-S80600 (pictured), leverages advanced imaging technologies to provide unparalleled levels of productivity and image quality, plus improved reliability, to the signage, vehicle graphics, and fine art reproduction markets. The...