Deutscher Drucker Nr. 2 | 17.1.2008
How finishing affects the appearance of printed motifs
QUALITY ASSURANCE. Following lamination, what happens to many printed products is, in the truest sense of the word, a mystery. In other cases, pigments fade and the suspicion of poor colour fastness rears its head. These and many other phenomena that plague printed motifs have causes. Only a precise under- standing and specific communication between all those in- volved can ensure the optimization of the overall process—and increase the production reliability of the ‘last link in the chain’, the trade finisher.
Deutscher Drucker Nr. 19 | 4.6.2010
Problems in the finishing of digital prints
Digital printing stands on the threshold of a golden age. This was apparent not just at the recent Ipex but is also the view of the analysts at Caslon of Rochester, NY, USA, who have spent many years studying digi- tal printing and its market development. They forecast that over the next twenty five years offset will be displaced by digi- tal in many areas of business.