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A clear winner: the benefits of ink-jet varnish

A clear winner: the benefits of ink-jet varnishFEATURE: As an added-value proposition, clear varnish in digital ink-jet printers is becoming ever more popular. Sophie Matthews-Paul looks at the applications and advantages.

Mimaki dye-sub inks gain skin-safe certification

Mimaki dye-sub inks gain skin-safe certification

NEWS: Mimaki's Sb300 series dye-sublimation inks for the TS500-1800 textile printer have been awarded an Eco-passport certification from Centexbel.

YPS celebrates Victory with first UK JFX500-2131 order

YPS celebrates Victory with first UK JFX500-2131 order

NEWS: Victory Signs has become the first company in the UK to invest in a Mimaki JFX500-2131 from YPS.

MTex out in force for FESPA with 500, 1800 and surprise launches

NEWS: POD Iberia will give its MTex 1800 textile printer, launched in the UK at Sign and Digital UK, its first European outing at FESPA 2013 in London next month.

Corel slashes software prices to tempt Adobe users

NEWS: Creative software developer Corel is offering disgruntled Adobe users 'powerful alternatives' to Creative Cloud with a special pricing program.

FEATURES

Web-to-print: a missed opportunity

Can your business afford not to implement web-to-print systems? Barney Cox weighs up your options.

Time for the annual pilgrimage: Sign and Digital UK preview

Sophie Matthews-Paul looks at the technologies that we can expect to see at the Sign and Digital UK 2013 and why it's worth going.

Of proof and pudding: the Memjet-based Winjet 4200 from RTI

Barney Cox is at the front of the queue to sample RTI's Winjet 4200, a 1.6m printer which is amongst the first on the wide-format scene to incorporate Memjet's super-fast 22.2cm print-heads.

Scratching the surface: laminating in wide-format

So do we still need to laminate? Sophie Matthews-Paul looks at the laminating technologies available today.

Is Fujifilm's goose laying golden (ink-jet) eggs?

The ability of digital flat-beds to produce on corrugateds cost-effectively has opened more doors for PSPs – but what does it mean for Fujifilm and its R&D? Barney Cox elucidates.

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A shiny challenge: metallic inks for wide-format print

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Print-and-cut or print, then cut?

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LED by the hand: a beginner's guide to UV LED curing

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From start to finish: workflow in wide-format

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PRODUCT PROFILES

Mimaki TS34-1800A: dye-sublimation transfer printer

Hybrid Services gives an in-depth exploration of the recently launched TS34-1800A, a 1.9m dye-sublimation wide-format production printer.

Road test: the Fujifilm Acuity LED 1600

The lower ranks of the UV-curable market might be well served with printers but Fujifilm's addition brings some advanced features into a sensibly priced engine.

Onyx Thrive

ArtSystems profiles Onyx Thrive, the workflow software RIP that provides a scalable print production solution based on the Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE).

OPINION

A colour should stay the same, no matter where it goes

GMG's Michael Farkas considers how we can avoid colour inaccuracy through effective colour space definition – from the point of capture onwards.

The relevance of incoming PDFs for sign and wide-format shops

David Dilling from FlightCheck creator Markzware Europe looks at PDFs.

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