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Portable fabric walls provide durable, lightweight solution

May 1, 2008 | Graphics

National Sign Systems, Molendinar, Australia, now offers portable fabric walls, a new lightweight and durable solution for clients requiring pop-up displays for trade shows and exhibitions. The aluminium frame can be stored in the transport carrying case, which is supplied by the company. The big fa…

RIP software developed for digital textile printing

May 1, 2008 | Graphics

After one and half a year of intense development, the implementation of many suggestions from customers, and a concentrated beta-test period, the new ErgoSoft RIP software TexPrint v.2008 is now available. The new RIP software is especially developed for digital textile printing. The qualities of Te…

Solara ion inkjet printer delay rectified

May 1, 2008 | Graphics

South Windsor, Conn.-based Gerber Scientific denies additional difficulties with a key technology underlying its new Solara ion inkjet printer. Gerber Scientific Products head of advanced technology, John LaFleche says, “the delay is not related to the underlying cationic ink technology,” The ca…

Tenter frame system creates an individual look

May 1, 2008 | Graphics

Lokai! Design, Dietzenbach, Germany, is offering a tenter frame system that can be mounted across walls and ceilings to create an individual look. The frame constructions are printed and covered with Mediatex® Presto, made by Junkers & Müllers, Monchengladbach, Germany. The wall covering syste…

Components of a “green” strategy

May 1, 2008 | Graphics

So you want to be a green printer? One thing print shops should learn is that with “green,” it is not all or nothing, and not on or off. Currently, there are no established criteria for a green printing business, so green is mostly what you make it. Little increments of green can add up, &hellip…

Working with textured fabric creates new printing partnerships

May 1, 2008 | Features, Graphics

Printing on textured fabrics has introduced a world of new applications. Thanks to the ability to print on non-smooth surfaces with the end result of bright, unified colors and sharp, high-resolution graphics, industries such as exhibition, retail, film, interior design, and fine art reproduction ar…

Examining UV-curable inkjet printing

May 1, 2008 | Features, Graphics

UV-curable inkjet printing has been available for a while now, and the number of printers using UV-curable inks consistently grows. Yet, in inkjet printing, the total number of printers is very small compared to solvent and other types of inkjet printing. Although UV-curable inkjet is exciting and s…

Tent graphics create their own audience

May 1, 2008 | Features, Graphics

Picture a tent, pure white and large enough in which to park a Boeing 747. What would you notice about it? Probably that it was very large, and very white. But what could you notice? “The tent by itself says something special is going on here,” says John Schlueter of Karl’s Event Rental. “Bu…

Using the web

May 1, 2008 | Graphics

Businesses today need to use the Web in partnership with print. Both mediums have strengths and weaknesses, so finding just the right balance can save your company money, and strengthen your brand. Web strengths Web design is one-dimensional and a scrolling experience for the user. Moving around is …

Graphics Gallery adapts services to reflect customer’s needs

May 1, 2008 | Graphics

Steve Samuel and Michael Elrod, owners of Graphics Gallery in Richmond, Va. have learned the value of adapting their service offerings to reflect their customer’s needs. At first, Graphics Gallery offered pre-press services for the offset printing industry. As the need for those services faded, Gr…