Non-PVC coated textile fabrics offer range of features

May 1, 2008  |  Graphics, Products

Decoprint® coated textile fabrics for the indoor and short-term outdoor markets offer a range of features for digital inkjet printers (solvent, eco-solvent and UV curable) and transfer printers (dye sublimation). Decoprint uses no PVC resins in its coatings, and has launched two new “green” pro…
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What you need to know about coated fabrics

May 1, 2008  |  Graphics

Coatings are very important for direct solvent printed fabrics. Inks and coatings need to be matched to ensure adhesion of the inks to the fabric and to avoid print flaws, like “fish eyes”. Sublimated fabrics can be coated to ensure that the transfer process maximizes the penetration into the fa…
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Textile designers rethink digital printing

May 1, 2008  |  Graphics

From trompe l’oeil to edgy to personalized, digitally printed fabric is beginning to catch the imagination of more textile designers—even those who previously viewed the method as inferior. “Ugh, the computer does it, it’s digital.” That’s the reaction that Raylene Marasco, ower of Dye-N…
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Practicing good customer service on the phone

May 1, 2008  |  Graphics

Better customer service starts with a smile; even when it’s a telephone call, it makes good sense to use a friendly tone of voice. Listen to good speakers on the radio and note the warm, inviting tone of voice. You want to replicate this relaxed, easy-going style in all of your telephone calls. Al…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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