What we are seeing in South African print: which machines are going in where, what the media is doing, and how to choose between the options.
News · 13 October 2022
Marlin Spring, an integrated real estate company that acquires, develops, constructs and repositions assets throughout North America, tasked Toronto-based sign maker Minoh Inc with producing graphics with Drytac Embossed Film This article originally appeared in: Sign Africa. Minoh used Drytac ReTac
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Advice · 13 October 2022
Texas-based SkinzWraps, which has been working with Drytac products for some time and is familiar with the supplier’s wide range of solutions, selected ReTac Smooth 150 matt polymeric PVC film for a wall graphics job. This article originally appeared in: Sign Africa. The large format graphics busine
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News · 13 October 2022
Global Printing Enterprises opted for Drytac ReTac Smooth 150 as the material for all of the event graphics in a recent project. ‘Ontario-based large format printing company Global Printing Enterprises recently used the film to produce a series of colourful graphics for the Toronto edition of the ‘F
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Advice · 13 October 2022
Athletic equipment manufacturer, Eveque, has invested in a Zünd G3 XL-3200. The company started to look at new ways to process the 50mm foam that is used to manufacture their indoor mats. Traditionally, the company used CNC machines, but the process was becoming very slow, and the CNC machines were
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Advice · 13 October 2022
Second-year students in spatial practices from Ravensbourne University London produced a white card physical convivial architecture model using their Zünd cutter as part of their BA (Hons) Architecture and BA (Hons) Interior Design Environment Architecture courses. This article originally appeared i
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News · 13 October 2022
Version 2.1 of Caldera’s prepress solution, PrimeCenter, is now available to all users, with an improved prepress solution, and user experience, more flexibility, coherency and performance. ‘While Version 2.0 introduced customised fix ups to help prepress operators manage the variety of input files,
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News · 13 October 2022
Midcomp has installed a second JHF UV flatbed printer at Independent Packaging and Print Group (IPAK). The JHF Vista V3800 LED UV flatbed printer is the ideal choice for POP and Packaging environments. JHF UV Flatbed Printers ‘The V3800 equipped with cool curing LED lamps, allows for heat-sensitive
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News · 13 October 2022
HP Latex 335 Print and Cut Solution for Minit Print Midcomp installed an HP Latex 335 print and cut system at Minit Print Centurion. The system is designed for printing indoor and outdoor materials. It delivers print jobs fast, using healthier Latex water-based inks, and produces durable, scratch-re
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Advice · 13 October 2022
Midcomp has installed a HP Stitch S500 at the Gauteng-based clothing manufacturer – Hip & Cool The printer enables predictable dye sublimation colour and less media waste for production environments. With a symmetrical 2 x CMYK printhead configuration and Optical Media Advance Sensor, this printer a
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Advice · 13 October 2022
The JHF F3900 UV Flatbed Printer The JHF F3900 is equipped with sixth-generation Ricoh industrial-grade printheads capable of printing multiple layers of white ink and varnish at the same time. Additionally, its variable ink droplet technology enables printing of textured effects on ceramic tiles, w
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News · 13 October 2022
Midcomp Launches PPUGro System Midcomp has launched the world’s first PPUGro system for entry level and low volume production printers that includes all of the printer consumables (excluding media) and service costs and also includes the cost of the printing equipment. With PPUGRO, PPU stands for Pa
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News · 1 July 2022
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1656932507342{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Barnsley-based sign making business Turner Signs first considered printed aluminium composite board for a job, but after seeing Drytac Polar Street FX, it quickly became clear that the Drytac media woul
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