Finishing - Digital

BIA Product of Excellence Awards Now Accepting Entries
November 8, 2011

The Binding Industries Association is pleased to announce that entries are now being accepted for the 2012 Product of Excellence Awards. This contest recognizes outstanding craftsmanship in the binding, graphic finishing, and custom loose-leaf manufacturing industry.

Seidl’s Bindery Now Offering Film Laminating Capabilities
October 10, 2011

Seidl’s Bindery, a full-service binding and finishing solutions provider serving Southern printers, recently added film laminating to its host of finishing solutions. The new laminating equipment features an uninterrupted feeder and setup loader system that allows for more efficient in-house production of film laminating work.

Graph Expo Review: Postpress - Leveraging the New Normal
October 1, 2011

Instead of seeing a gaggle of tire kickers, the printers and trade finishers who perused McCormick Place South during Graph Expo 2011 had more sober intentions. There is clearly pent-up demand in the marketplace, particularly for finishing equipment.

One Pass Finishing from Rollem's Jetstream
June 16, 2011

Streamline your production. Increase your profits. View specifications of Rollem's patented -  two-directional finishing technology including diagrams of sheet movement and product applications.

Sheetfed Offset, Web Offset, Digital : Defining Crossover Points
May 1, 2011

In static sheetfed, web offset and digital printing, the term “crossover” denotes the number of impressions at which a per-unit cost advantage can be gained by switching a job from one process to another. Technological advancements continue to enable companies that offer all or most of these processes to be competitive over a wider range of jobs, extending the run length crossover between processes.

In Search of ‘Extreme Printers’
February 23, 2011

When a specialty project like a flipper brochure comes into the shop, it can be stressful and unprofitable to try to make that happen for the client. However, I’ve found that there are printers that thrive on this kind of work.

Hunkeler to Serve Up Education and Innovation at Switzerland Event
January 26, 2011

At Innovationdays, over 5,000 international experts and professionals in the areas of print-on-demand, data center, direct mail and web finishing are expected to gather to see demonstrations of real-world workflows utilizing the latest in digital print and paper processing technologies.

Digital Finishing Casting Call
January 6, 2011

Erik Cagle is seeking printers to participate in a story about in-line, off-line or near-line finishing in a digital printing environment.

Graph Expo 2010: Binding & Finishing - Pushing Postpress Progress
October 1, 2010

Want an honest, open, unbiased and unfettered report on the quantity and quality of visitors who haunted the binding and finishing booths during Graph Expo earlier this month? Fact of the matter is, no such beast exists. Here are some observations that have two sides to them, and may or may not represent the truth.