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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Printers for today’s sign and commercial graphics markets
Welcome to Sign & Digital Graphics’ 2011 Printer Update report, an invaluable information resource for anyone thinking about purchasing and/or upgrading their wide-format digital printing system....
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Be flexible and beware
Latin may not be seen as having a lot of value today, but when it comes to buying used equipment for your shop, it can be used to shed some light on the whole idea. A couple of Latin (and Latin-like) phrases help bring the whole notion of buying...
Friday, November 4, 2011
Manufacturers are answering the call for greener ink systems and packaging
Ever since the 1980s—the early days of desktop inkjet—there has been a market for lower-cost ink supplies. The integrated disposable printhead with ink supply was introduced by...
Friday, November 4, 2011
Masks are a big part of the digital workflow in Photoshop
In the old days of photographic imaging—in the time before computers—a mask was a piece of semi-transparent orange film called rubylith that was designed to conceal a portion of an image from the...
Friday, November 4, 2011
New tools and profiling services are making color management more manageable
Anyone who is incorporating color inkjet printing into their shop’s product offerings knows that doing color right means digging into color management. And anyone who’s set...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
New printer capabilities boost production options
Wide-format printers are constantly undergoing further improvements. Speed, image quality and reliability are always the main features shops look for in a printer, but today’s products feature many other gadgets...