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Custom and Direct Tube Decoration
As digital printing continues to advance, the objects in which can be directly printed to expands.
Committed to Manufacturing Excellence
The Vortic Watch Company of Fort Collins, CO is a small batch, custom, watch manufacturing and vintage restoration company. Its mission, according to its website, is to “preserve and enhance the legacy of manufacturing excellence in America.”
Photo Trends
Photobooks are a great application for those up to the task of optimizing workflow to ensure profitability...
Photobook Tools
Photobooks and other photo merchandise are well suited for digital printing. Consumers obsessively take and share images on smartphones and many ecommerce sites have found a way to capitalize on this...
Commitment to Print
Features like print quality that rivals offset, substrate versatility, the ability to immediately finish after printing, and presses capable of handling unique paper sizes...
Over and Under
Primers, coatings, and over print varnishes (OPVs) are used pre- and post-print for function and haptics.
Turn Down the Heat
The evolution from conventional UV to cooler, UV LED curing brings reduced power consumption, lower heat requirements for curing, longer lamp...
Flooring Décors
Digital printing influences manufacturing more than ever before. On industrial scales, it continues to make inroads with production facilities by matching speeds and qualities of analog counterparts for short, custom, versioned runs.
Automated Cutting Software
Most automated finishing devices, whether routers or cutters or even laser power machinery, is equipped with proprietary software. To fully deliver on the process of automation, it is integral that the hardware is backed by intelligent software solutions.
The Software Difference
Automating the print process involves evaluating the tools on the finishing end. Manufacturers benefit from complementing digital printers with automated routers and cutters. To further streamline processes, it’s cost effective to take advantage of the software solutions available with these finishing devices...
