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Zund and Alpicto Take Inkjet Beyond Print Graphics

October 7, 2005 - Alpicto, a subsidiary of Europe’s largest kitchen manufacturer Alno AG, has since 2001 developed the process that will give UVjet prints the durability required in the tough kitchen environment. It also opens a world of new opportunities inside and outside the general furniture industry.
Zünd and alpicto have joined to make this unique process exclusively available to existing and new Zünd UVjet users.
Durability Features
Extensive testing has been carried out to guarantee that all relevant DIN norms are fulfilled. The guaranteed durability features include but are not limited to:
• Colour-, shine- and light-fastness
• Scratch and abrasion resistance (DIN 68861)
• Insensitive to moisture, steam, heat and frost (DIN 68861)
• Resistant to chemicals, acid and leach (DIN 68861)
• Food safe (DIN 53160)
In addition to the high durability feature either matt or glossy effects as well as self cleaning or anti-graffiti features can be applied to the printed surfaces.

New opportunities for digital printing include: • kitchens, restaurants, living and waiting areas, showrooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, children’s rooms, offices, day-care and hospital facilities, facades, garage doors, balcony facings, windows, doors, roofs, car-, aircraft-, mobile home-, railway-, boat-interiors, consumer goods, toys, gaming machines etc.

Materials which can be utilized include: • wood, metal, glass, ceramic tiles, melamine, MDF, plastics, acrylic etc. Ideal material handling as well as a superior print quality and an unmatched price/performance ratio make the Zünd UVjet printers perfect for those who want to explore these exciting new opportunities.

Garment-Alignment System; Laser Targeting Systems, Inc.

Laser Targeting Systems, Inc. developed its laser-based alignment technology to boost productivity and reduce errors in garment screen printing. The Laser Targeting System works on manual and automatic garment presses and heat-transfer machines. Its lasers produce light on top of the garment, allowing the operator to see where the image will print. The first step is to run a test pellon to determine image placement. Next, the user lines up the lasers to the image and decides where the image should be printed. From there, the operator will know where the image will appear on each garment.

New Print Driver and Upgrade for Color-Management Software

ColorGATE has made an upgrade for its color-management software available for free download at www.colorgate.com. Version 4.05 focuses on Speed Screen, a new stochastic raster technology designed to increase productivity in large-format-inkjet output. Speed Screen is available for ProductionServer4, PhotoGate4, and ProofGate4 applications. ColorGATE says Speed Screen can deliver a 400% increase in efficiency. The company also has made available new print drivers for these software programs and added support to each for the X-Rite DTP70 color-measurement device.

ColorGATE Digital Output Solutions GmbH
Göttinger Chaussee 115
30459 Hannover, Germany
49-(0)511-9-42-93-0, fax: 49-(0)511-9-42-93-40

Esko-Graphics Launches New Kongsberg Cutting Tables

XF10 and i-XF10 can accept material as large as 35.4 x 47.2 inches.

Esko-Graphics has introduced two smaller-format Kongsberg dieless cutting systems—the Kongsberg I- the XF10 and the i-XF10. Both machines come standard with a vacuum table that has a work area of 31.5 x 43.3 in., and both can accept material as large as 35.4 x 47.2 in.

The XF10 is geared more toward the corrugated packaging market. Its feature set includes a rack-and-pinion X/Y drive, a pressure-controlled kiss-cutting knife tool, a knife tool with programmable cutting depth, a static knife for solid materials, a reciprocating knife for corrugated and foam board, and a crease tool for packaging materials.

The i-XF10, on the other hand, is designed to appeal to signmaking, screenprinting, and digital-print markets. Produced in conjunction with Mikkelssen Graphic Engineering (MGE), the i-XF10 integrates MGE’s i-cut Vision registration system. The table includes: an integrated i-cut camera that aligns graphics via the printed registration marks, and an optional conveyor belt so that rolls of printed graphics can be fed onto the table. Tooling is geared to cutting graphics and signage, and includes tangential knife tools, micro-and kisscut tools, creasing tools, and pen plotting tools.

The i-XF10 is shipping now; the XF10 begins shipping in early 2006. Launched earlier this year, the company’s Kongsberg i-XL20, i-XL24, and i-XL44 also utilize the MGE i-cut system on larger-format tables—from 66 x 50 to 87 x 120 in.—featuring speeds up to 164 sq ft/min.

Assessing and Controlling Textile Dot Gain

Find out how to analyze and adjust your press and inks to keep gain.
Mark A. Coudray (2005-10-05)

Whether it's four-color process, simulated process, or index separations, textile printers are faced with addressing dot gain on a massive scale, especially compared to graphics printers. Garment shops are up against a number of variables that compound themselves. For instance, the surface on which they print is 65-90% solid, which means there is a 10-35% chance of missing a printable surface. The surface also is absorbent and highly compressible. It is almost impossible to form a good gasket with the stencil in order to maintain dot integrity. On top of this, the twisted yarn structure is highly irregular.

The entire article is aviable on the link below.

What's New in Pad Printing?

Recent developments in pad printing equipment and supplies and a look ahead to future changes the process may experience. Peter Kiddell (2005-10-27)

I've since found pad printing to be a wonderful technique. It prints on uneven surfaces. Users can choose from a wide range of ink systems, substrates, and machines�from hand-operated units to those with digitally controlled servo actuation. Pad printing can handle fine lines and halftones. It prints wet on wet. Large reservoirs of technical know how support the process, and it's relatively inexpensive to start up in pad printing. Better still, the basics are easy to learn.

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Visokohitrostni Laser za Sitotiskarje

Na Tiskarskem Forumu 2005 v Postojni je pritegnilo veliko pozornost predavanje italijaske firme Sei. Ettore Colico je predstavil tehnološke rešitve pri uporabi laserja, kjer je predstavil primere uporabe laserja v svetu sitotiska.

Uporaba laserja v sitotisku, ki je bila nekoè znanstvena fantastika, je sedaj realna možnost, ki je ponekod že v uporabi. Po mnenju g. Colica je uporaba hitrega laserja alternativa in prihodnst v svetu sitotiska.

Vse nove tehnologije, ki so prinesle nove (boljše) rešitve so sedaj v uporabi. To se je zgodilo v digitalnem tisku.
Z laserjem lahko tiskovni material režemo, površinko graviramo in razbarvamo površine kot so tkanine, kože, kovinske plošèe in posebne materiale. Lahko naredimo tiskovine s posebnimi efekti...

Èlanek v celoti dobite na spodnji povezavi.

Slovenian Italian PRINT FORUM 2005

The Slovenian-Italian Print Forum took place in Postojna, Slovenia on the September the 30th and October the 1st. The event is a continuation of three previous succesful Slovenian Print Forums, which have grown over the borders of Slovenia and began seriously flirting with the international possibilities of the event.

Reknowned experts of print gave lectures at the event, among them Michel Caza, a legend of print and a key figure in the world of printing today. The seminar part included eleven lectures, seven from Italian speakers, two from Slovenia and Great Britain and one from France. More than 300 people from Slovenia, Italy, Croatia and Germany attended the event.

Besides the lectures there was also an exhibtion, where 22 companies (10 from Italy, 8 from Slovenia, 3 from Great Britain and 1 from Germany).

The event is a leaping board for everybody who wants in on the latest technologies, achievements and guidelines in digital, screen and pad printing.

The Slovenian-Italian Print Forum was organised by the Section for Screen, Digital and Pad Print (Slovenian Chamber of Commerce) and the SDT Institute Sezana in cooperation with the CeSDT (Center for screen, digital and pad printing) Portal Community, FESPA (European Printing Federation) and Visual Communication (biggest event in the area of visual communications and event communications).

This year's event was groundbreaking in another aspect, as the attendance at the event was free for everybody who registered not later than 5 days before the event. The whole event was organised through the CeSDT Portal , which is rapidly developing into a global printing community and an environment for the future.

Bodite pripravljeni na revolucijo v svetu tiska - prihod 3D tiskalnikov!

Podjetje IB-PROCADD d.o.o. bo premierno predstavilo barvne 3D tiskalnike VIDAR za tržišèe JV Evrope. 3D tiskanje bo na edinstven naèin izboljšalo delovni proces vseh, ki se ukvarjate z oblikovanjem, arhitekturo, geografijo, geodezijo, geologijo, medicino, znanostjo,... Na izdelavo prototipov ali konènih izdelkov ne bo veè treba èakati veè dni, ampak bo fizièni model konèan že v bistveno krajšem èasu. Konec je z dragimi in zamudnimi postopki.

3D CAD datoteko pošljemo na tiskalnik. Ta jo s pomoèjo programske opreme obdela in model razsloji na tanke plasti. V ponavljajoèem zaporedju - prah, barva, lepilo - tiskalnik izdela konèni izdelek. Debelina plasti, ki jo tiskalnik nanese v enem prehodu je od 0,089mm do 0,203mm.

Hitrost same izdelave je odvisna od kakovosti izdelave - tanjša plast pomeni veèjo kakovost.Tiskalnik zmore nanesti dve plasti v minuti. Izdela lahko modele dimenzij 254mm x 203mm x 356mm. Navedene mere pa ne predstavljajo nikakršnih omejitev za vaše potrebe, saj lahko model razdelite, natisnete in nato, s pomoèjo priložene programske opreme, sestavite iz veè loèenih delov. Modeli so izdelani v loèljivosti 600dpi x 540dpi, kar zagotavlja popoln izgled.

Zahteve
Tiskalnik lahko postavite kar neposredno v pisarno, saj nima posebnih prostorskih zahtev, to pa omogoèajo tudi majhne dimenzije (107cm x 79cm x 127cm). Domaèe se poèuti v operacijskih sistemih Windows 2000 in XP, na osebni raèunalnik pa ga povežete preko TCP/IP naslova. Priložena programska oprema podpira 3D datoteke STL, VRML in PLY.

3D tiskanje bo spremenilo tudi delo tiskarjev. Zagotovite si vpogled v svet 3D tiska in možnosti, ki jih ponuja vam že sedaj. CeSDT portalna skupnost priporoèa obisk 3D printing SHOW-a - 16., 17., 18. in 21. novembra v Ljubljani.

Backlit Camera for Flatbed UV Inkjets

chieving precise alignment when digitally printing onto both sides of a substrate can seem like an impossible task. Gandinnovations’ High Definition (HD) Backlit Camera option for the Jeti 3312, 3318, and 5000 flatbed UV inkjet printers might be the solution you need. The system uses an electronically enhanced camera and video-capture board to obtain a precise match on the front and back of a substrate. The software automatically registers print targets so that when the substrate material is reversed, the camera (attached to the printheads) tracks the image from the reversed side by calibrating with image targets. The technology also allows for the ability to catch skews or stretching that can occur at the middle of the substrate.

Apple prej na Intelu

Po zagotovilih zanesljivih virov naj bi Apple naèrtoval predstavitev prvih prenosnikov iBook s procesorji podjetja Intel že januarja prihodnje leto na konferenci Macworld Expo v San Franciscu. Podrobnosti o procesorjih za zdaj še niso toèno poznane, skoraj gotovo pa bo vgrajen procesor z razvojnim imenom Yonah, ki je naslednik Pentiuma M. Na voljo naj bi bil še en dodaten model prenosnikov, najcenejši med njimi pa naj bi bil 200 dolarjev cenejši od zdajšnjega najšibkejšega predstavnika razreda iBook. S tem korakom želi Apple privabiti uporabnike okolja Windows, napovedal pa je tudi spopad z izdelovalci kot so Dell, Gateway, HP in Sony.

7.2.2006 V februarski številki revije Klik predstavljeni velikoformatni tiskalniki

Digitalne tehnologije se razvijajo vse hitreje, razlièni ponudniki nenehno medsebojno tekmujejo, kdo bo ponudil tržišèu nov izdelek, izum, noviteto. Tudi na podroèju velikoformatnega tiska je to tako – nenehno izpopolnjevanje tehnologij, predvsem pa vedno veèje možnosti razliènih aplikacij. Plakati in transparenti še zdaleè niso veè edini izdelki, ki jih ta tehnologija omogoèa – tiskamo lahko že skoraj na kateri koli material, od blaga do kovin, talnih oblog ... Možnosti so skorajda neomejene, važno je le, da vemo, na koga se moramo obrniti, kadar imamo neko posebno željo ali idejo. V èlanku v Kliku so tako predstavljeni najpomembnejši ponudniki in veliko zanimivih in novih ustvarjalnih možnosti. Poleg tega si lahko v aktualni številki revije prebete še o uporabnosti in kreativnih potencialih materiala z dolgoèasnim imenom polipropilen, v okviru teme številke o 3D –ju zgodovinski pregled razvoja podroèja, opis enega najzanimivejših izdelkov – raèunalnika Amiga, pa o nateèaju »mesto nebotiènikov«, prireditvi Pixxelpoint, o tem, zakaj je ekipa nemškega Adidasa tako uspešna na podroèju oblikovanja, o popolni prenovi programa QuarkXPress v njegovi najnovejši – 7 razlièici in še veliko drugega zanimivega branja s podroèj ustvarjalnosti in raèunalništva. Vabljeni k ogledu.

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