Converting To Digital
Covers new technology and market trends for digital packaging printing, including presses, substrates, inks, coatings and finishing systems.
Heidelberg's latest digital-print effort: Linoprint Part 2
I recently had a conversation with Jim Umbdenstock, president of Griffin-Rutgers a dealer who handles the Heidelberg Linoprint line in North America. Griffin-Rutgers carries an extensive line of digital case- and product-marking systems and consumables, so they are no stranger to the needs for in-line label and carton printing…just what the Linoprint systems is designed for. Jim walk ...... Read More
Comments (1)Small Quantity Directory from the PackagingDiva
Just had a great talk with a legend in our business, the PackagingDiva, JoAnn Hines. She and I have been tweeting as of late on, you guessed it, Digital Printing for Packaging. JoAnn by the way, is a tweeterdiva as well with over 8000 followers. The reason for today’s talk was JoAnn’s interest in discussing how converters/printers with digital printing capabilities are su ...... Read More
Comments (2)Heidelberg's latest digital-print effort...Linoprint
For the past month the topic of Heidelberg getting back into the digital-printing arena has been rattling around in the trades and on the blogs (see my last post). In reality, Heidelberg has been developing digital-printing solutions for packaging and label applications through an in-house effort called Linoprint. I recently had a conversation with Jim Umbdenstock, president of Griffin-Rutgers www ...... Read More
Comments (0)Heidelberg in digital printing again?
For the past month, the topic of Heidelberg getting back into the digital-printing arena has been rattling around in the trades and on the blogs (cases in point… http://printceo.com/2010/01/heidelbergs-spinning-compass & http://www.convertingmagazine.com/article/443218-Heidelberg_parent_looking_for_digital_printing_partner.php ). Word is now out that Heidelberg, who made a conscio ...... Read More
Comments (1)LinkedIn Groups, Another Source of Information
Last week I talked about how Webinars are being used by companies working to get information to those of us who need it. Today I would like to bring another Internet enabled “information gathering tool” to your attention….LinkedIn Groups. LinkedIn is kind of like social networking (Facebook, MySpace) for professional grown-ups. I have been a member for a ...... Read More
Comments (0)EFI - Raising the bar in communications
To me (and I think to many C2D readers) 2009 was the year of the Webinar. Many companies recognized how tight travel budgets were, yet still had quality messages that needed to get to the masses…hence an increase in Webinars and informational videos for Internet consumption. Last year, I attended more than a dozen Webinars and spoke on a few as well. My consulting practice has grown up on ...... Read More
Comments (0)Great Comments On "The Decade of Digital Printing - for Packaging?"
This New Year is really starting out GREAT for C2D….responses to the blog have not only been plentiful (both private and to the site itself) but they have been very insightful (this is a tribute to the quality of Converting Magazine’s readership). I would like to address two in particular as they were posted directly to the site, and they are really good questions…. I also th ...... Read More
Comments (12)The Decade of Digital Printing – For Packaging?
Just had to get a post up on January 1, 2010 that discusses my thoughts on Digital Printing through the second decade of the 21st century! I really think that the second decade of the century will see quantum leaps in digital printing technology development and adoption in all of packaging. Let me quickly point to a few slides from a webinar back in November where I describe what I call ...... Read More
Comments (3)The 2 Gorillas in the room….Move over, company is coming….
I got a call the other day from an old friend who wanted to discuss all the new digital inkjet presses that seemed to come out of the woodwork in the past 9 months. After wishing each other a Merry Christmas and exchanging ‘what the kids are doing stories’ he launched into the digital printing part of the conversation with… “Inkjet was all over at Label (LabelExpo ...... Read More
Comments (5)Digital Printing for Folding Cartons: What's out there? Fifth Report: Single Pass for Cartons - Xeikon 5000plus
In prior posts, I talked about large-format systems from HP Scitex and Fujifilm, and single-pass systems by Dotrix, HP Indigo, Xerox, and Kodak. As this series of posts are about digital carton printing, I thought it appropriate to address the other major single-pass system that was not represented at the meeting…Xeikon. To that end, I had a conference call with Michael Ring, president of X ...... Read More
Comments (2)Digital Printing for Folding Cartons: What’s out there? Fourth Report–Single Pass for Cartons–Xerox iGen4 for Packaging
This is my fourth post coming out of the Independent Carton Group (ICG) meeting. For more on that meeting, and a broader introduction to this post, see my Nov. 10 entry. In prior posts, I talked about large-format systems from HP Scitex and Fujifilm, single-pass systems by Dotrix and HP Indigo; this post will address the presentation by Bill Ludington of Xerox on their impressive single-pass entry ...... Read More
Comments (3)Digital Printing for Folding Cartons? What’s out there? Third Report – Large Format for Cartons – FujiFilm & HP Scitex
This post is the third from my meeting with the Independent Carton Group (ICG) at their quarterly meeting in Atlanta. For more on that meeting, and a broader introduction to this post, see my Nov. 10post. In that prior post, I talked a bit about the HP Indigo presentation given by Ray Dickinson. Also presenting on HP digital solutions was Haim Duek with the HP Scitex group, representin ...... Read More
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