One opportunity available for wide-format PSPs and their customers is the ability to print textures or finishes, offering a tactile and/or visual “bonus” when compared to flat printing on a flat substrate.
Dan Marx
Victoria Nelson Harris discusses Mimaki's recent Digital Textile Microfactory event, developments in digital textile printing technology, and changes in the textile printing space.
This week's Wide-format Weekly highlights new products, color spaces, a sales superstar, and two valuable views into the interior design space.
Mimaki USA’s Digital Textile Microfactory event, presented October 30 at the company’s Los Angeles, California-area technical center, provided those in attendance with an expansive view of digital textile printing as it stands today.
Marty McGinnis and Bob Swiatek of Trinity Displays discuss the company's work on the Eggo House of Pancakes, and describe why "experience" is a growing part of display work.
Gene Hamzhie, CEO of FireSprint, shares how his for-the-trade wide-format printing business has expanded from producing yard signs and banners and into producing decals. Hamzhie discusses the technologies that have enabled him to access this new opportunity and shares whether he’s considering new opportunities in the near term.
Experts and students in the textile industry gathered for the recent Textile Discovery Summit, which focused on its theme, “A Path Forward Through Innovation: Advancing Manufacturing, Circular Economy, and the Future of Textiles.”
Dan Crownover, president of Texas Nameplate (Lancaster, Texas) shares the company’s quest to produce the high-durability products the company specializes in, while at the same time striving to seek sustainable solutions and minimize electrical power. Further, he discusses efforts to digitize production while maintaining maximum durability.
This episode features the proposed OSHA heat illness rule, OEM reps discussing the industry, AI images and color management, new PRINTING United Alliance chair Brooke Hamilton, leadership shifts at the Alliance, and one bold prediction for your future.
Brooke Hamilton, president and CEO of NPI Nameplates, discusses her impressions on becoming chair of PRINTING United Alliance, and speaks about how her journey as a business owner has helped her find her voice.
Four wide-format equipment reps, representing Canon Solutions America, FUJIFILM Graphic Systems Division, Mimaki USA, and Agfa Inkjet Solutions, answer how they see the needs of wide-format producers changing.
Gary Jones, vice president - environmental, health and safety affairs at PRINTING United Alliance, provides a view in to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's proposed rule addressing heat related illness. He shares what would be required by the law, and speaks to how the rule, if adopted, would affect the printing industry.
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) agreed last week to a pay increase of 62 percent, ending a three-day strike that halted operations as U.S. East and Gulf coast ports. It is important to consider that this is a tentative agreement.
Hybrid Software, leading developer of productivity tools for labels and packaging, is excited to announce its inaugural worldwide customer conference: Hybrid Fusion.
As expected, or perhaps feared, a port strike affecting U.S. ports on the East and Gulf coasts began today. While the duration of the strike is unknown, what is known is that this labor action could have profound effects on supply chains, including those for the printing industry.
