Finishing - Digital

Roland DGA has announced the launch of its third-generation of state-of-the-art inkjets – the TrueVIS VG3 and SG3 series large-format printer/cutters – engineered for even greater image quality, productivity, and ease of use.

It’s happened more often than Dylan Turner would have liked: after outsourcing a large diecutting project for customers at Northern Arizona University, they would come back to him a month later asking for a few dozen more. He needed an in-house solution.

To illustrate how key wide-format print finishing technologies are being used by companies to differentiate, provide a value-add, and access higher-margin work, representatives of three finishing system manufacturers provided their insight.

The combination system features a feeder, die cutter, separator, and card stacker. It can die cut, kiss-cut, emboss/deboss, crease/score, perforate, slit, hole punch, and round corner in a single pass.

Since the inception of wide-format printing, much of the focus has been on the speeds and capabilities of the printing device. However, a view of the broader process — including cutting systems — helps shops understand their ability to convert a print into a product.

Canon inkjet customers will describe how they harnessed the capabilities of their inkjet presses.

Duplo will host an open house event in Chicago on August 19. Local print owners and production managers are invited to attend and see live demonstrations of trending commercial and packaging applications.

Duplo USA has introduced the new DocuCutter DPC-600 Digital Diecutter offering customers new opportunities to grow their business with its ability to process B2-size sheets and a wide range of substrates that includes chipboards and plastics.

As director of Purchasing, Mail and Printing Solutions at Franklin University, Bob Donahue gets a look at the work procured outside.

Digital printing has delivered profound changes to the commercial printing sector in how printing is specified, executed, and consumed. But the growth of short-run digital jobs can also create bottlenecks in the finishing process.