Keywest Technology recently released a white paper entitled "The Greening of Communications," which takes a critical look at the "green" aspects of digital signage. Sign Builder Illustrated is reprinting this white paper in two parts. Below is the first part, which looks at why digital signage is green, and the benefits of choosing to use this dynamic signage....
Total Graphic Solutions (TGS) of Acworth, Georgia has found that keeping up with the latest digital printing equipment leads to booming business. In the past two years, the sign company has added two Inca Onset S20s from Fujifilm to its digital equipment lineup. “The quality, production capacity and speed turned our business around,” said Charles Rezac, president, Total...
The regulations, restrictions, and backlash against EMCs are nothing new to the industry. For over a decade, city planners and businesses have struggled to find common ground on the use and regulation of EMCs, or digital signs. Planners are typically concerned that digital signs might distract drivers and make their communities “look like Vegas,” while business owners want...
SIGNARAMA Fort Collins Goes Green The Green Message™ line was just introduced by SIGNARAMA Fort Collins. An array of fully recyclable banner and display signs, the zero-waste product line can be used for both outdoor and odorless indoor displays. The eco-friendly display media allows conscientious customers to specify recyclable materials when producing large format signs such as durable...
Global Imaging Inc., the nation’s leading value-added reseller and integrator of wide and grand format printing systems, has announced it will now distribute the entire line of HP Latex and UV large-format printers and presses. The portfolio of HP large-format solutions distributed by Global includes the HP Scitex FB500, FB700, and XP5500 Industrial Printers, and the HP Scitex...
Dscoop has experienced tremendous growth over the past year, hitting the 7,000-member mark globally in its seventh year of existence. Since launching in 2011, Dscoop Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has signed up 500 members in the past seven months. Since launching in 2009, Dscoop Asia-Pacific has signed up more than 1,000 members. “Hitting these numbers...
At drupa 2012, HP demonstrated its first full-color HP Inkjet Web Press operating at an increased speed of 244 meters (800 feet) per minute, 33 percent faster than existing models. Also at drupa 2012, the graphic arts industry’s most significant tradeshow, HP announced strong market acceptance of its new portfolio. These deals include five beta customers for the...
ILFORD, a leading developer and manufacturer of professional quality media, announces two new introductions to its OMNIJET range of commercial printing materials at drupa 2012. The first addition to the OMNIJET range is the recyclable Screen Print Separation Film, a high-performance alternative in the UV and visible light screen print separation market. Thanks to ILFORD coating technology developed...
Innovations span the breadth of EFI’s solutions at drupa 2012 as it continues to lead the industry’s transformation from analog to digital production. At stand C01 in Hall 5, the company’s industrial inkjet solutions are heralded by new introductions to its wide-format platforms, the award-winning Fiery® portfolio, and complemented by the latest productivity software including new cloud-based MIS...
