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Prepress & Screen Making
The Consequences of Moving a Prepress Department
Thinking about moving your shop to a new facility? Coudray's advice can help you avoid some jams that you might not expect.

HEADLINES: Autoscreen India Becomes SAATI Division   » X-Rite Set to Purchase Pantone   » MacDermid Autotype Introduces New Product Packaging   . . . MORE

Graphics Printing
Seeing Eye to Eye: An overview of spectrophotometers
Spectrophotometers are valuable measurement tools that can help prevent costly color-matching mistakes and improve the quality of your printed images. Here’s a look at how they work, what they do, and how you can use them to avoid color conundrums in your screen-printing operation.

HEADLINES: Judging Complete for MACtac Graphics Worldwide Awards North America   » Spartanics Offers Consultation Services   » Corel Launches Painter Factory Online   . . . MORE

Garment  Printing
The Single Color of Money
The profit potential in single-color garment designs is a lot greater than you may realize. This month, Triming-ham describes how to add visual impact, extra value, and a higher price tag to your one-color work.

HEADLINES: Retail Value of Garment Inkjet Prints to Quadruple?   » TAS Updates Website   » Stahls’ ID Direct Updates Website   . . . MORE

Industrial Printing
Answers to Laser Cutting FAQs
As customers push for ever more complex shapes and faster turnaround on the labels and other cut parts they order, screen shops have begun relying on sophisticated laser cutting systems to meet their clients’ demands. Learn about the features and capabilities of the newest laser cutters and what advantages they can bring to your finishing workflow.

HEADLINES: DEK Honored at Global Tech Awards   » Switch Producers Talk Tech at Symposium   » Symposium Focuses on Membrane-Switch Developments   . . . MORE

Digital Printing
The Attraction to Large-Format Digital Imaging
Learn why large-format digital printing is attracting attention from commercial offset printers and others outside the specialty graphics industry and what the affect will be on the market.

HEADLINES: “I Love my Roland” Contest Begins   » FUJIFILM Dimatix Collaborates with Agilent in Advanced Life Sciences Applications   » Kornit Appoints Hirsch and Nazdar SourceOne Distributors   . . . MORE

Inks & Coatings
Maximizing Efficiency in Your Inkroom
One effective way to boost production, improve efficiency, and reduce inventory costs in your shop is to utilize ink-management equipment. This article explores a variety of options available for ink handling, mixing, and dispensing, as well as the benefits these products offer.

HEADLINES: Sawgrass Expands Distibutor Network   » DuPont Licenses Artistri Inks   » BullDog Partners with Durafos   . . . MORE

Media & Substrates
Mind Your Banners
How to avoid hangups in display-graphic production

HEADLINES: TheMagicTouch Opens Florida Branch   » MACtac Partners with ONYX Graphics   » TheMagicTouch Opens Florida Branch   . . . MORE


Business & Industry
How Health, Safety, and Environmental Issues Will Shape the Future of Your Business
European initiatives and a push for greener manufacturing by multinational corporations are factors that are beginning to have an impact on specialty printing companies in the US. Learn what the pressure to standardize health and safety regulations and adopt sustainable business-operation methods means for your company.

HEADLINES: FESPA Acquires imageWorld from ST Media Group Int’l   » Alcan Contributes to New Orleans Recovery   » ASI Launches Maketing Resources Websites   . . . MORE

Embroidery
Unraveling the Mysteries of Digitizing Software
Selecting the appropriate digitizing software for your embroidery operation is among the most critical decisions you’ll make. Read on to find out which features and functions may be of value to you.

HEADLINES: Brother Offers Online Training for Embroidery Software   » Hirsch Partners with SEIT   » Harold Distributors Celebrates 20 Years   . . . MORE

     
Unraveling the Mysteries of Digitizing Software

Alignment Fixture for Grommet Press
METALgrommets.com

METALgrommets.com recently introduced an alignment fixture for its ClipsShop CSTEP-2 manual grommet press to further assure the precise alignment and spacing of grommets and speed production. The GrommetSniper lets users space grommets 0.625- . . . MORE
Judging Complete for MACtac Graphics Worldwide Awards North America
MACtac describes it as an event filled with design, creativity, technique, visual impact, debate, and discussion. Nine graphics industry experts, specializing in everything from vinyl installation to wide-format printing to sign graphics, recently ga . . . MORE

The Consequences of Moving a Prepress Department
Thinking about moving your shop to a new facility? Coudray's advice can help you avoid some jams that you might not expect.

Business has been good at my shop for the last two years. I decided after 24 years in the same location to move into a much bigger space. Finding a building big enough took almost five months, plus another 15 months with city planning, architects, co . . . MORE
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