New Color Printing Technique Inspired by Butterflies

2017.11.16

Researchers from the Technology University of Denmark took Morpho butterflies and peacock plumage as examples to invent a special method for creating structural colors.

EFI and Xerox Announce Next-Generation Fiery Server for Xerox iGen 5 Press

2017.11.14

Electronics For Imaging has announced the availability of a new EFIT Fiery digital front end (DFE) for the Xerox iGen 5 Press. The Xerox EX-P 5 Print Server Powered by Fiery first made its debut at PRINT 17. The new Fiery DFE supports the iGen 5 Press' new  White Dry Ink  capability, and is the first commercially available DFE on the new  Fiery FS300 Pro platform.

5 Ways Hot Melt Adhesives Can Help Overcome Labeling Challenges

2017.11.03

The labeling sector of the cold food and beverage packaging market can be a challenging business. From the extreme cold, wet, freezing or changing application conditions to difficult-to-adhere-to substrates, cold food and beverage manufacturers, and their co-packagers have their work cut out for them.

Scientists Bio-Print Blood Vessels into Liver Tissue

2017.11.02

In a large collaborative project, international scientists from five countries have laid the foundation to bio-printing a working human liver. Further research in this field could benefit regenerative medicine and help researchers analyze drug toxicity levels in blood samples.

OneVision Software launches automation software for wide and super-wide format printing

2017.10.31

With the Wide Format Automation Suite, the German prepress and workflow software publisher has automated the production process for wide and super-wide format printing. An extensive prepress package and major functions such as nesting, tiling and paneling, together with cut line management, are combined with a flexible workflow management system, enabling wide format printers to achieve substantial time and cost efficiencies in their production process.

Bring Your Wine Labels to Life With Augmented Reality

2017.10.26

Augmented reality is an exciting technology that will now give wine lovers a new experience of drinking wine.

How Converters Can Maintain Market Share

2017.10.24

Fujifilm launches new Superia solutions for newspaper printers

2017.10.20

At the WAN-IFRA World Publishing Expo in Berlin, Fujifilm announced the launch of three new products in its Superia range which have been especially designed for newspaper printers.

We May Be Able to 3D-Print Living Tissue on a Big Scale Soon

2017.10.19

Scientists of the University of Oxford have developed a way to print cells contained in a special liquid that helps the cells stay in shape when forming living tissue. This was not possible until now.

Konica Minolta unveils AccurioLabel 190 press

2017.10.17

Konica Minolta unveiled its AccurioLabel 190 full-digital toner press for Europe, which has been developed and manufactured in cooperation with Danish company Grafisk Maskinfabrik (GM). Not even a week after Labelexpo, the production of GM winders is approaching its capacity and Konica Minolta is actively looking into scaling up.