Technology

Konica Minolta unveils light production AccurioPrint

Konica Minolta has expanded its AccurioPrint family with a new multi-function printer (MFP).

Tharstern makes top northern tech list

MIS developer Tharstern has been named in the inaugural Prolific North Tech 100, the only company in the graphic arts industry to make the final cut.

Manufacturers with visionary ambitions

One of life’s minor pleasures is reading old predictions for the future and observing how wrong they were. Flying cars, fusion power stations and consumer 3D printing have all been past examples.

Star product: Longier Hunter RU3200

A “heavyweight” 3.2m-wide high-speed inkjet

Flint Group launches new IML ink

Flint Group has expanded its range of inks for metallised paper and non-absorbent substrates with the launch of its Novastar D 2000 IML BIO process ink.

Celessence and Gardiner Colours develop fragranced varnish

Microencapsulation specialist Celessence and ink manufacturer Gardiner Colours have collaborated to create a fragrance varnish, which can be applied on a litho press.

Pressing questions: who’s made progress since Drupa?

It has now been 18 months since the big Drupa exhibition in Germany in May 2016, so it’s a good point to look at what’s happened to the many digital production presses that were unveiled there, plus a...

Barbieri debuts latest spectrophotometer tech

Italian manufacturer Barbieri has unveiled its latest spectrophotometer, the Spectro LFP qb.

Luescher-Tschudi upgrades flag printer

Luescher-Tschudi has released an update for the software that drives its Raptor 320 textile printer that enables it to handle heavier substrates.

Adding up the eco impact of your business

Richard (not his real name) is the owner of what is probably one of the UK’s most environmentally friendly printing businesses.