Technology
Star product: Mcor Technologies Iris HD
This unique device builds 3D models from sheets of printed paper.
Can greener wheels help keep print on the road?
Last year, Dave Broadway, managing director at CFH Docmail in Bristol, took delivery of a new car – a Tesla Model S. The slick-looking saloon is fast and powerful, but crucially, it’s got a whopping...
Latest studies reveal a real feeling for print products
Once upon a time print was the only mass media around. If anyone wanted to convey information or ideas – whether fact or fiction, for business or pleasure, or selling and telling – then print was the...
Interactive print firms aim to boost reach through crowdfunding
Two interactive print technology firms have launched crowdfunding initiatives in an attempt to boost the reach of their respective technologies.
Metsä Board’s foam forming technology to produce lighter paperboards
Folding boxboard and linerboard producer Metsä Board is testing foam forming technology at its Kyro mill in Finland, to produce lightweight paperboards.
Don’t focus on the technology, sell the dream
The technology never used to matter. Not to the client. Printing was a dark art, something only a printer with ink in his veins could truly comprehend. As the buyer, you didn’t even try and work it...
The promise of sci-fi fibres
As the recent woes of merchanting giant Paperlinx show, the paper industry is under pressure. Like the print market it serves, the onslaught of alternative media is shrinking demand for its core...
Niche specialists can look forward to a solid future
In the 12 months since PrintWeek first took a serious look at the prospects for 3D printing, the market has both evolved and stayed pretty much the same.
HP unveils High Definition Nozzle Architecture for Inkjet Web Presses
HP has announced new High Definition Nozzle Architecture (HDNA) technology for its Inkjet Web Presses.
Paperlinx enters 3D fray with Art Systems tie-up
Paperlinx has entered the 3D printing market after signing a reseller deal with Art Systems to sell the firm’s Stratasys Ideas range of 3D printers.