Technology

Dutch start-up Inkless has secured a €1m (£870,000) funding package to produce a system for printing without ink, toner or cartridges.

There are robots and robots. One type inhabits the popular culture of books, movies and TV, where more-or-less humanoid machines may be heroes, villains, evil or good, oppressors or slaves. Then there...

Canon has added an automated duplex feeder for banner sheets to its imagePress C850 cut-sheet toner press in order to “fully unlock its commercial potential”.

Bagel Systems is set to release its Digifav B2 v18 laminator, a development on its Digifav series designed to be “more adaptable and intelligent” than previous models.

Canon has confirmed its plans for PrintWeekLive!, outlining the kit it will show on its stand as well as details of its workshops.

Morgana Systems has released its latest laminators with the 450 and Pro 450 to help customers bring laminating services in-house.

Epson has unveiled the SureColor SC-F2100, its latest direct-to-garment (DTG) printer, as an answer to calls for greater printing speed on colour t-shirts.

Typically we print to flat surfaces, like paper or board, or to labels that can be fixed to objects. But there is a growing interest in printing direct to objects.

Windles has carried out "very successful" tests on a biodegradable glitter for use on its products, as part of an ongoing strategy to improve environmental performance.

"Post-digital letterpress.” Erik Spiekermann is always good with an apt phrase that works just as well in English as his native German.