Adam MellenWhether in a hotel, an office building or a school, each room must be identified by a sign readable even by those who are visually impaired. In fact, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that all public buildings have permanent room identification signs, each of which must include large, clear lettering and Grade II Braille raised at...
Mark RobertsI consider myself to be very blessed and fortunate during my thirty-one years in the sign industry. Almost 100 percent of my projects have been successful and returned a nice profit for my time and talents.But this month, I’ll explain how the tide recently (and suddenly) turned into a comedy of errors and misfortune because of my ignorant...
Agfa Graphics will be displaying and demoing many new products at Print World 2010 in Booth #1200. This includes: :Apogee 7.0 (first time in Canada)—The newest version of the award-winning :Apogee workflow management suite includes :Apogee Impose, an imposition module that relies on live job information rather than templates to perform imposition. Additionally :Apogee 7...
Sawgrass Technologies Consumer Division, a world leader in the development of profitable solutions for digitally printing consumer products, has expanded its social media presence on facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The social networking sites will be kept up to date with all the latest activities at Sawgrass Technologies. They are the go-to place to learn about new...
3M has added automatic face and text detection to its Visual Attention Service, a web-based scanning tool that digitally evaluates the impact of creative and graphic designs. With this latest enhancement, users simply upload images to 3M’s Web portal and within seconds, the Visual Attention Service (VAS) tool analyzes and reveals the results. The suite of enhancements for the...
Digital Signage Expo® (DSE), the world’s largest International Tradeshow and Conference dedicated to digital signage, interactive technology and digital out-of-home networks (DOOH), will present a total of eleven new seminar topics in its Interactive Technology and Network Operations educational tracks within a reformatted and expanded Conference Seminar Program on February 22-25, 2011, in Las Vegas....
FASTSIGNS International, Inc., the worldwide franchisor of FASTSIGNS® sign and graphics centers, is pleased to welcome Gary Feltham to the position of Vice President of Business Development and National Accounts. “Gary’s experience in and understanding of the sign and graphics industry is both profound and diverse – something we feel will make him a strategic part of our National...
One of the world's leading suppliers of high-performance CNC routing and engraving machines, AXYZ International has notched up the manufacture of its 4,000th AXYZ machine to coincide with twenty years of continuous global operations. The company is renowned for its engineering excellence through the AXYZ, PACER and CAMTECH power brands. Collectively, these now account for well...
SGIA’s new Business Development Conference—set for May 11–12, 2011 in Denver, Colorado at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel—will focus on opportunities to move up the supply chain and improve imagers’ competitive position in the retail sector. “Retail is one of the most profitable markets for specialty imagers,” said Michael Robertson, SGIA’s President and CEO....
Fisher Textiles, one of the leading suppliers of fabrics for digital printing, has added style DD 9374 Tri Poly (FR) to its Direct Disperse Fabric line for direct Dye Sublimation printing. Direct Disperse fabrics have a special coating that allow for direct printing onto the fabric and do not require heat transfer paper. They are compatible with printers using...
