April 4th, 2011

In this week's newsletter Editor's note, Pick of the news, Features, Interview, Talk Print!, On the calendar, Video of the week, Get in touch

Editor's note

Welcome to another week with Output magazine. For much of the UK's sign-making industry the next few days will be getting things ready for next week's Sign and Digital UK, with those exhibiting putting the final touches to their stands and those visiting making sure they're prepared to be bombarded with information. We'll be bringing you a preview of the show later in the week to help you on your way, and we'd like to include your plans or expectations too, so get in touch.

We had a fantastic response to last week's call for Video of the week entries – scroll down to see the Wild Group's yacht wrap – but we'd love to see more of your work so please do keep them coming in.

Happy Outputting.

Morwenna Kearns, managing editor
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morwenna@outputmagazine.com

Pick of the news

Exclusive: EFI floor graphic helps get Olympic Ambassadors on track
Sign-making A floor graphic measuring 7 x 20m has been among the Olympian sights at an event naming 27 legends of British sport as Ambassadors for the 2012 Olympic Games. It was printed on a UV-curable 5m roll-to-roll EFI VUTEk GS5000r wide-format printer. Read more >>>

Exclusive: Five new Mimaki products to be unveiled at Sign and Digital UK
Wide-format Print A total of five Mimaki product launches will take place on the stand of distributor Hybrid Services at Sign and Digital UK. The announcement follows an earlier statement giving details of the Mimaki JFX-1615plus LED UV ink-jet printer, which will make its debut at the show. Read more >>>

Lights go out at Australia's largest billboard for Earth Hour
Sign-making Sydney's Glebe Island Silos billboard – said to be the largest in the southern hemisphere – plunged into darkness on March 25th in support of Earth Hour, an international campaign to promote energy responsibility. Read more >>>

Warwick sign-maker tweets up with local businesses
Sign-making The Warwick branch of Signs Express has taken part in the town's first 'tweet-up' – a Twitter-based networking event for local businesses. The sign-maker produced a PVC banner to promote the evening. Read more >>>

Reportlinker releases study on 'paper-thin' display market
Digital signage Market research group Reportlinker has completed a new study for the display sector entitled 'Paper-thin Displays: Technologies and Global Markets'. The paper tackles what it states was a &#dollar;1.4bn (&#pound;875m) market for the year 2010. Read more >>>

Emirates campaign first to combine digital and traditional on Silver Screen site
Digital signage Ocean Outdoor says a new advertising campaign for Emirates has 'achieved a media first' by going beyond the digital display on its Silver Screen site, essentially combining digital and traditional sign-making processes. Read more >>>

Merson Signs completes Standard Life rebrand
Sign-making Merson Signs has finished a project for Standard Life, which involved producing signage for its new visual identity under 'highly confidential' circumstances. Read more >>>

Fujifilm to open European print demonstration centre
Wide-format Print Fujifilm says it is 'excited' to open a new European facility demonstrating its digital print portfolio this year. The 500sq m centre in Brussels is intended to educate printers about how new technology can help to grow business and improve revenues. Read more >>>

New ArtCam to be previewed at Sign and Digital UK
Sign-making Visitors to next week's Sign and Digital UK trade fair will be able to see a preview of Delcam's new ArtCam offering. The first 64-bit version of the software will be released to the market at the end of April. Read more >>>

Nexcom unveils new digital signage player
Digital signage Nexcom has announced the release of its latest digital signage player, the NDiS 125-L, which it claims offers 'unparalleled graphic performance'. The offering features hyper-threading technology and is driven by a 1.8GHz Intel Atom D525 Dual Core processor. Read more >>>

Features

Wide-format Print

The value of customisation

Sophie Matthews-Paul explains the benefits of VDP in wide-format applications.

Digital Signage

Flexible benefits: the rise of unusually shaped digital signage

Camilla Corr looks at how digital signage providers are making their mark with unusual hardware designs.

Talk Print!

No ink will do everything

The 'best' ink depends on what you plan to do with it, as Sophie Matthews-Paul reveals.

Interview

Camilla Corr talks to Alex Romanov, chief executive of iSign, about the link between digital signage and mobile technologies.

This week, we're asking:

HP Scitex's Udi Nachmany joins in this week to offer advice on our hot Talk Print! topic on ink costs, alongside regular expert bloggers Laurel Brunner and Sophie Matthews-Paul. If you have anything to add, get in touch.

Sophie and Laurel's thoughts on last week's Question of the Week on how to get the most out of your customers are still available to read, and Laurel also gives her opinions on businesses trying to keep announcements secret from the media.

There's also an enlightening piece from Sophie on the problem with trying to establish which are the 'best' inks. As always, your thoughts are welcome so do get in touch.

On the calendar

The big show for the signage and display sector in the UK. Digital signage, wide-format print, apparel, fixtures and fittings are all covered, with seminars and sign-making workshops expected to be a major draw. http://www.signuk.com/

Video of the week

Southampton-based Wild Group sent this jazzy video to the Output team, demonstrating its work wrapping ten Clipper 68 round-the-world yachts. Wild Group was commissioned both to produce the graphics for the sailing boats and to complete the installations, all at short notice.

The project demonstrates how the growing popularity of vehicle wraps can translate incredibly effectively to much larger canvases as well as how a skilled company can really impress in niche markets.

Let us know if you have a video to share; it could be in this slot soon!

http://www.youtube.com/user/WildGroupLtd?feature=mhum#p/a/u/1/FKoYGXbGg30

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