Many designers are still challenged to find more creative ways to maximize their resources...When it comes to paper, unusual finishes and surfaces, as well as the use of metallics and translucents are adding flair to one-color print jobs.
Heidelberg developed a way to increase productivity for signature work by rotating the sheet to feed oblong with a special twin lay attachment and pneumatic gate in the first folding unit. They call it “frog folding” because the sheets “leap frog” one another into two parallel side lays.
Unlike a traditional offset printing press, digital toner presses do not have a gripper shaft so there is nothing that ensures the sheet won’t move vertically or horizontally during the printing process. This movement is called image shifting, and it can be a real challenge.
I wanted to start a blog that brings the “cool stuff” to the forefront, and reinforces the excitement that is happening in finishing. I am very pleased to post my first entry to my new blog and I plan to bring a lot of interesting information to your attention in the coming months. The first “cool technology” I’d like to share is something that caught my attention at the PRINT 09 show.
Casino Quality Playing Cards are produced from press sheet to wrapped product in one system.
Tech-ni-fold Ltd in the UK was issued US Patent 7,563,220 on July 21, 2009 for it’s popular Tri-Creaser™, a creasing device which eliminates fiber cracking and retro-fits most popular folding and scoring machines.
Inspiration & innovation in finishing
Inspiration & innovation in finishing
Slipstream will make you rethink your card conversion profits. And the change will be immediate. Imagine a machine that can modernize production lines virtually overnight to increase productivity ten or even twenty fold. This is the reality that the Slipstream affords.
Printing Impressions' Bindery & Finishing News for May 2009
