The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), a non-profit organization providing sustainability certification in the graphic communications industry, announces the Silver Patron support of Primex Plastics Corporation. Primex is an award winning custom sheet extruder that specializes in the extrusion of plastic materials for the graphic arts, food packaging, textile, automotive, healthcare, construction, and pharmaceutical industries. By...
Calendars are time managers - they document the year's passing on a month-by-month basis. Some calendars are more than that. There are calendars that are hung on the wall with pride. The "2013 VIP Calendar: Print Inspires Print. Day After Day" from Agfa Graphics is one of those calendars, and it has been named...
Epson America enters the direct-to-garment (DTG) printing market with the introduction of two all new, purpose-built direct-to-garment inkjet printers poised to become the new benchmark in high-performance garment imaging—the SureColor® F2000 Standard Edition and the SureColor F2000 White Edition. Engineered by Epson from the ground up, the new SureColor F2000 Series printers deliver industrial-level production, image...
Heat Transfer Warehouse would like to welcome everyone to their open house on Saturday October 19th 2013. We are opening our doors to all customers and anyone looking for more information about the garment decorating industry. Industry professionals will be present from a variety of venders of material and equipment to share their knowledge with you...
Here’s one more reason you need to be at the 2013 SGIA Expo in Orlando, Florida, October 23-25: Drytac® (booth #654) will showcase its unique window graphics solutions at the Orange County Convention Center. WindowTacTM and ViziPrintTM, two specialty adhesive solutions for stunning window graphics, will be on full display at the Expo. Drytac® will also...
Priming the paper application tape before coating it with adhesive ensures excellent adhesive anchorage. This prevents adhesive transfer when performing wet applications. Jim Hingst writes, “Before we coat an application paper with adhesive, the paper facestock is primed. Not all manufacturers prime their papers, but they should.” To learn why, check out latest “Hingst’s Sign Post”...
The hottest new technologies, the industry’s most comprehensive educational slate, and debuting show floor features and attractions, plus a record number of co-located events highlight PRINT 13 which opens Sunday, September 8 in Chicago’s McCormick Place and runs through Thursday, September 12. This year also marks the first time that CPP EXPO which serves package printers and converters will...
At PRINT 13, HP announced continued adoption of its industry-leading digital printing portfolio, highlighting customer installations and new digital solutions that help general commercial printers increase efficiency and profitability. The analog printing market is projected to grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of just 1.2 percent through 2016, challenging print service providers (PSPs) to...
Mimaki USA, a leading manufacturer of wide format inkjet printers, is excited to announce the release of the Enhanced JV400LX latex inkjet printers. These state-of-the-art printers utilize the innovative new LX101 latex ink that features orange and green ink, for an expanded color gamut, as well as CMYK and the world’s first white latex ink. The Enhanced JV400-130/160LX improves...
If you want to provide your customers the rich look of an embroidered emblem, but the cost of embroidery is too rich for their blood, consider using RTape’s VelCut™ flock material, which is a velvety soft material at a fraction of the cost. Flock heat transfer appliques are cut in reverse (mirror image). The technique for...
