Ibis high-speed binder targets high-end digital work
The High Wycombe company will show off its UK-manufactured Smart-binder Plus HS (high speed) system at Print 13 in Chicago from 8 to 12 September. The kit will run in connection with an MBO roll unwinder, sheeter and dynamic buckle folder. Upgrades to Ibis’ standard Smart-binder system has increased the HS model’s maximum input speed to 24,000sph and output to 7,000 1-up, 10mm-thick booklets per hour or 14,000 2-up. It will run inline with presses up to 130m/min with the standard folder. With additional folders it can run at at least 200m/min. The kit, commercially launched in the UK in June, costs around £120,000 and is targeted at digital press users that need a high-speed, heavy-duty saddle-binder that can run 24/7 to make booklets and publications. “The model’s unique offering over previous models involves a new higher speed infeed, folding and sheet collecting system and enhancements to the trimmer transport system,” said managing director John Cracknell. He said it was the only system to fold sheets individually and provide integrated sheet and booklet tracking systems for true variable-data production output. The patented Individual Sheet Gluing (ISG) cold-glue binding technology replaces the need for conventional wire stitching and allows the number of pages in each booklet to be continually varied from four pages up to 10mm maximum book thickness, without stopping the sheet infeed flow from the web or sheet feeder....
read moreIbis high-speed binder targets high-end digital work
The High Wycombe company will show off its UK-manufactured Smart-binder Plus HS (high speed) system at Print 13 in Chicago from 8 to 12 September. The kit will run in connection with an MBO roll unwinder, sheeter and dynamic buckle folder. Upgrades to Ibis’ standard Smart-binder system has increased the HS model’s maximum input speed to 24,000sph and output to 7,000 1-up, 10mm-thick booklets per hour or 14,000 2-up. It will run inline with presses up to 130m/min with the standard folder. With additional folders it can run at at least 200m/min. The kit, commercially launched in the UK in June, costs around £120,000 and is targeted at digital press users that need a high-speed, heavy-duty saddle-binder that can run 24/7 to make booklets and publications. “The model’s unique offering over previous models involves a new higher speed infeed, folding and sheet collecting system and enhancements to the trimmer transport system,” said managing director John Cracknell. He said it was the only system to fold sheets individually and provide integrated sheet and booklet tracking systems for true variable-data production output. The patented Individual Sheet Gluing (ISG) cold-glue binding technology replaces the need for conventional wire stitching and allows the number of pages in each booklet to be continually varied from four pages up to 10mm maximum book thickness, without stopping the sheet infeed flow from the web or sheet feeder....
read moreGlobal Graphics launches Harlequin MultiRIP 10
The new version of the Cambridge-based developer’s Harlequin RIP, which was first introduced 25 years ago, has been designed specifically to help printers expand into digital print and multi-media marketing. MultiRIP 10 incorporates new features including Harlequin Parallel Pages that mean pages can pass through the RIP faster than previously, while the RIP will interpret one page while still rendering the last one. Other features include VariData, which significantly cuts processing time of PDF/VT and PDFs containing variable data, and colour consistency enhancements delivered through integration of MultiRIP with third-party closed-loop colour controls for automatic updates. Like its predecessors MultiRIP 10 can be used to drive CTP, proofing, digital and wide-format devices. Chief technical officer Martin Bailey said: “Harlequin MultiRIP 10 brings the speed benefits that we introduced at Drupa for high-volume production presses to allow smaller print shops to use digital printers to maintain profitability even as run lengths decrease. “It also helps them handle personalised work efficiently to drive into higher margin markets.”...
read moreGlobal Graphics launches Harlequin MultiRIP 10
The new version of the Cambridge-based developer’s Harlequin RIP, which was first introduced 25 years ago, has been designed specifically to help printers expand into digital print and multi-media marketing. MultiRIP 10 incorporates new features including Harlequin Parallel Pages that mean pages can pass through the RIP faster than previously, while the RIP will interpret one page while still rendering the last one. Other features include VariData, which significantly cuts processing time of PDF/VT and PDFs containing variable data, and colour consistency enhancements delivered through integration of MultiRIP with third-party closed-loop colour controls for automatic updates. Like its predecessors MultiRIP 10 can be used to drive CTP, proofing, digital and wide-format devices. Chief technical officer Martin Bailey said: “Harlequin MultiRIP 10 brings the speed benefits that we introduced at Drupa for high-volume production presses to allow smaller print shops to use digital printers to maintain profitability even as run lengths decrease. “It also helps them handle personalised work efficiently to drive into higher margin markets.”...
read moreGlobal Graphics launches Harlequin MultiRIP 10
The new version of the Cambridge-based developer’s Harlequin RIP, which was first introduced 25 years ago, has been designed specifically to help printers expand into digital print and marketing. MultiRIP 10 incorporates new features including Harlequin Parallel Pages that mean pages can pass through the RIP faster than previously, while the RIP will interpret one page while still rendering the last one. Other features include VariData, which significantly cuts processing time of PDF/VT and PDFs containing variable data, and colour consistency enhancements delivered through integration of MultiRIP with third-party closed-loop colour controls for automatic updates. Like its predecessors MultiRIP 10 can be used to drive CTP, proofing, digital and wide-format devices. Chief technical officer Martin Bailey said: “Harlequin MultiRIP 10 brings the speed benefits that we introduced at Drupa for high-volume production presses to allow smaller print shops to use digital printers to maintain profitability even as run lengths decrease. “It also helps them handle personalised work efficiently to drive into higher margin markets.”...
read moreLinkz and Paragon bring interactive print to brand marketing
Linkz IM managing director Andrew Perry-Smith said: “Paragon works with the country’s leading brands, so a partnership with them will really showcase what the Linkz platform can do.” The app, launched last year, is free to consumers and scans embedded codes in printed products to take them to additional content about the the brand or product. This can include anything from videos and competitions to more images, extra information and downloadable vouchers giving consumers money off their next purchase. “If you can build it and optimise it for a small mobile screen, you can do pretty much what you want,” said Perry-Smith. He added that the product worked with any type of printed material. “Print advertising is the most obvious thing, but you can use it on books, labels, catalogues, packaging, point-of-sale, direct mail and outdoor communication − anything that’s printed and has an image can become interactive. The Linkz app, available on android and iOS, also allows clients to gauge the success of their print communications by tracking the number of scans, where and what content users access. “Print has always been a black box. You create printed content and send it out, but because you then require consumers to interact with you by other means you can’t see how effective it is being,” said Perry-Smith. He added: “Interactive print is a way of reaching and engaging consumers rather than saying, remember the URL and phone number, or search for us later. You give them a message saying ‘respond right now’. “It removes the obstacles of not being able to do something there and then. This makes print more relevant in today’s market, perhaps even more so than radio and TV, because you can’t do that yet on those platforms.” Paragon group development director Tim Smith said: “Print will never be the same again. We are aware that brands and in particular marketing agencies are looking for new and exciting ways to communicate with their customers and we feel that interactive print meets with this objective. He added: “Behind complex technology the concept is simple and provides three main benefits; a campaign can be extended to become bigger than the printed page; recipients can interact with live, real time data through a multi-media experience and for the first time brands can analyse and measure response, activation and even locational.”...
read moreLinkz and Paragon bring interactive print to brand marketing
Linkz IM managing director Andrew Perry-Smith said: “Paragon works with the country’s leading brands, so a partnership with them will really showcase what the Linkz platform can do.” The app, launched last year, is free to consumers and scans embedded codes in printed products to take them to additional content about the the brand or product. This can include anything from videos and competitions to more images, extra information and downloadable vouchers giving consumers money off their next purchase. “If you can build it and optimise it for a small mobile screen, you can do pretty much what you want,” said Perry-Smith. He added that the product worked with any type of printed material. “Print advertising is the most obvious thing, but you can use it on books, labels, catalogues, packaging, point-of-sale, direct mail and outdoor communication − anything that’s printed and has an image can become interactive. The Linkz app, available on android and iOS, also allows clients to gauge the success of their print communications by tracking the number of scans, where and what content users access. “Print has always been a black box. You create printed content and send it out, but because you then require consumers to interact with you by other means you can’t see how effective it is being,” said Perry-Smith. He added: “Interactive print is a way of reaching and engaging consumers rather than saying, remember the URL and phone number, or search for us later. You give them a message saying ‘respond right now’. “It removes the obstacles of not being able to do something there and then. This makes print more relevant in today’s market, perhaps even more so than radio and TV, because you can’t do that yet on those platforms.” Paragon group development director Tim Smith said: “Print will never be the same again. We are aware that brands and in particular marketing agencies are looking for new and exciting ways to communicate with their customers and we feel that interactive print meets with this objective. He added: “Behind complex technology the concept is simple and provides three main benefits; a campaign can be extended to become bigger than the printed page; recipients can interact with live, real time data through a multi-media experience and for the first time brands can analyse and measure response, activation and even locational.”...
read moreLinkz and Paragon bring interactive print to brand marketing
Linkz IM managing director Andrew Perry-Smith said: “Paragon works with the country’s leading brands, so a partnership with them will really showcase what the Linkz platform can do.” The app, launched last year, is free to consumers and scans embedded codes in printed products to take them to additional content about the the brand or product. This can include anything from videos and competitions to more images, extra information and downloadable vouchers giving consumers money off their next purchase. “If you can build it and optimise it for a small mobile screen, you can do pretty much what you want,” said Perry-Smith. He added that the product worked with any type of printed material. “Print advertising is the most obvious thing, but you can use it on books, labels, catalogues, packaging, point-of-sale, direct mail and outdoor communication − anything that’s printed and has an image can become interactive. The Linkz app, available on android and iOS, also allows clients to gauge the success of their print communications by tracking the number of scans, where and what content users access. “Print has always been a black box. You create printed content and send it out, but because you then require consumers to interact with you by other means you can’t see how effective it is being,” said Perry-Smith. He added: “Interactive print is a way of reaching and engaging consumers rather than saying, remember the URL and phone number, or search for us later. You give them a message saying ‘respond right now’. “It removes the obstacles of not being able to do something there and then. This makes print more relevant in today’s market, perhaps even more so than radio and TV, because you can’t do that yet on those platforms.” Paragon group development director Tim Smith said: “Print will never be the same again. We are aware that brands and in particular marketing agencies are looking for new and exciting ways to communicate with their customers and we feel that interactive print meets with this objective. He added: “Behind complex technology the concept is simple and provides three main benefits; a campaign can be extended to become bigger than the printed page; recipients can interact with live, real time data through a multi-media experience and for the first time brands can analyse and measure response, activation and even locational.”...
read moreDrytac launches wallpaper for bespoke interiors
DecorTac printable self-adhesive (SA) wallpaper for customised interior design applications is a fire-resistant, 220-micron digitally printable, non-woven wallpaper. It is coated with an aqueous acrylic adhesive, is supported by a siliconised release liner and is suitable for solvent-based, latex and UV curable ink systems. Drytac Europe sales director Steve Broad said it offered photorealistic print quality, a quick drying time and good scratch resistance. Embossed designs of the new wallpaper, which costs from £165 for a 30m x 1,060mm roll, are also available. “This has been specifically developed for the ever-growing bespoke interior design sector and is targeted at short-term graphics,” he said. “Printable wallpaper can be used within almost any interior environment to create an eye-catching display in retail and corporate environments as well as within the restaurant trade. “DecorTac printable SA wallpaper meets the needs of print-service providers focused on these as well as other sectors and enables such businesses to personalise their space,” he added. Meanwhile Drytac has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Antalis UK that means clients can source the manufacturer’s entire portfolio, which comprises more than 50 products, in one place. Mick Crook, Antalis product manager for sign and display, said the company could now offer one of the most comprehensive ranges of sign and display products. “By having a good understanding of our customer needs, we can now work closely with the Drytac team to help in the development of new products, in particular printable adhesive materials, where we can see there is a strong demand,” he added. Drytac Europe managing director Hayden Kelley said: “We are ploughing capital into developing new products to help our customers in the sign and display markets achieve the best possible margins.”...
read moreDrytac launches wallpaper for bespoke interiors
DecorTac printable self-adhesive (SA) wallpaper for customised interior design applications is a fire-resistant, 220-micron digitally printable, non-woven wallpaper. It is coated with an aqueous acrylic adhesive, is supported by a siliconised release liner and is suitable for solvent-based, latex and UV curable ink systems. Drytac Europe sales director Steve Broad said it offered photorealistic print quality, a quick drying time and good scratch resistance. Embossed designs of the new wallpaper, which costs from £165 for a 30m x 1,060mm roll, are also available. “This has been specifically developed for the ever-growing bespoke interior design sector and is targeted at short-term graphics,” he said. “Printable wallpaper can be used within almost any interior environment to create an eye-catching display in retail and corporate environments as well as within the restaurant trade. “DecorTac printable SA wallpaper meets the needs of print-service providers focused on these as well as other sectors and enables such businesses to personalise their space,” he added. Meanwhile Drytac has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Antalis UK that means clients can source the manufacturer’s entire portfolio, which comprises more than 50 products, in one place. Mick Crook, Antalis product manager for sign and display, said the company could now offer one of the most comprehensive ranges of sign and display products. “By having a good understanding of our customer needs, we can now work closely with the Drytac team to help in the development of new products, in particular printable adhesive materials, where we can see there is a strong demand,” he added. Drytac Europe managing director Hayden Kelley said: “We are ploughing capital into developing new products to help our customers in the sign and display markets achieve the best possible margins.”...
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