Graphic Arts Magazine

Vistaprint goes green: offers recycled products

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:27:28 +0000

Answering its customers' calls for more environmentally friendly paper options, Vistaprint has announced the launch of recycled paper stock for several of its printed products. The option of recycled paper is currently available for business cards, postcards and oversized cards across all 20 of the company's sites across the globe.

GCM students win prestigious Kipphan Cup at TAGA Conference

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:27:13 +0000

Ryerson's GCM students are taking home the Grand Prize Helmut Kipphan Cup from this year's 62nd Annual TAGA Conference. This is the second time Ryerson has won this prestigious award. The cup was is awarded following a competition among TAGA student chapters from various international universities.

First :Dotrix digital web press comes to Canada

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:22:22 +0000

Canada's first installation of the Agfa :Dotrix Modular digital web press has recently been completed at Mississauga's Lyft Visual. The full service digital provider says it invested in this machine because it provides new and innovative ways to market products and drive revenues.

Poll: Will you be getting an iPad?

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:48:29 +0000

Apple has announced that its iPad is available for pre-order. Will you get one?

Ricoh channels production environments with release of its latest product

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:39:28 +0000

Recently released from Ricoh is the Pro C720s - a production class multifunctional colour system. Targeted at corporate and commercial professional print environments, the device marks Ricoh's latest addition to the light production digital printer market.

Accent Impressions enhances shop with new Agfa gear

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:12:39 +0000

Located in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Accent Impressions has recently installed an Agfa Avalon N8 CTP engine and the Agfa Apogee Workflow. With more than fifteen years of experience, the company offers products such as corporate newsletters, annual reports, brochures, labels, packaging, books and manuals, to name a few.

Boehmer Box makes $10 million investment

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:30:24 +0000

After reporting a 20% increase in sales last year, Boehmer Box has decided to invest close to $10 million into its new 320,000 sq. ft. Kitchener, Ontario-based facility. Part of this investment includes the purchase of a KBA Rapida 142 56-inch 6-colour sheetfed press to enhance its packaging capabilities.

manroland's hunt for the oldest working press

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:19:55 +0000

In the lead-up to the 2010 IPEX show in Birmingham, England, manroland has been on the hunt to discover who owns the oldest working manroland press in the United Kingdom. The company's Printing Classics campaign, launched last summer, has already revealed some interesting and exciting results!

Print Three invests in unique equipment

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:18:31 +0000

A new piece of equipment has recently been installed at the Print Three franchise location in Mississauga: the Duplo DC645. Purchased form Sydney Stone, the machine is unlike any other in the industry as it can perform up to 6 slits, 15 cuts and 10 creases in one pass. Print Three Dixon will use the Duplo DC645 to complement its digital printing operations.

Have an HP Indigo? Enter the Digital Printing Contest!

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:38:49 +0000

Hewlett Packard is currently accepting entries for its HP Indigo Digital Printing Contest, but the March 31 deadline is fast approaching. This contest showcases the high quality and innovative results that can be achieved using HP Indigo digital presses. The contest is open to all HP Indigo commercial press users and their customers - and there is no submission fee or limit on the number of entries users can submit.

Peter Callesen: transforming ordinary paper into extraordinary art

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:54:29 +0000

Many people involved in print see stacks of paper every single day. It is an essential consumable for this industry: we need it, we use it up and then we buy more. Reams, skids and rolls of it. Artist Peter Callesen, however, looks at paper in a new light. He takes sheets of it and transforms it into intricate works of art - without even using ink.

SFI milestone: 2000 certified locations

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:07:45 +0000

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is celebrating a new achievement: 2,000 Chain-of-Custody certified locations. Close to 196 million hectares are certified to the SFI forest management standard in North America - making it the largest single standard in the world.

Poll: How does an increasing Loonie affect YOUR business?

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:08:04 +0000

This week's poll is about the rising Canadian Dollar. How does an increasing Loonie affect YOUR business?

Lithocolor Services upgrades its digital department

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:53:45 +0000

Lithocolor Services recently installed an HP Indigo 3500 digital press into its Brampton, Ontario-based facility. The company, which has been in business since 1978, provides quality prepress and print products for its customers in industries ranging from retail, pharmaceutical and financial.

Kompac Technologies celebrates 30 years in business

kread@graphicartsmag.com (Kristen Read) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:29:24 +0000

Kompac Technologies is celebrating its 30th year in business. The company is a manufacturer and supplier of graphic arts industry products such as coating, drying and dampening systems. Since first Kompac Dampening System was installed in 1980, more than 100,000 have been sold - making it the number one retrofit dampening system in the world.