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Latest Resources and News

Digital Factory 12 Brings Professional-Grade Color & Workflow Technology to DTF Printing

Dec. 4, 2025

Fiery, LLC, the print industry’s leading innovator of digital front ends (DFEs) and workflow solutions, today announced the launch of Digital Factory™ 12 — a major advancement for print providers looking to achieve superior color, streamlined production, and easy workflow automation with direct-to-film …

Esko Launches new Cape Pack Prime to Help Customers Drive Down Costs and Meet Sustainability KPIs

Dec. 4, 2025

Esko has launched Cape Pack Prime, a new packaging-driven sustainability solution that helps packaging converters successfully reach their own sustainability targets.

Hybrid Software Releases PACKZ 11.5 with Customer-Driven Innovations for Label & Packaging Prepress

Dec. 4, 2025

Hybrid Software, the leading provider of enterprise software for the label and packaging industry, announces the 11.5 release of its PACKZ PDF editor for label and packaging prepress. This release marks a significant milestone in the company's commitment to customer-driven development.

Quadient Enters Agreement to Acquire CDP Communications, Bolstering Number 1 Market Share Position for its Digital Platform

Dec. 4, 2025

Quadient, a global automation platform powering secure and sustainable business connections, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire CDP Communications, a long-standing Quadient partner and one of the most innovative companies in document accessibility and automation.

FDC Graphic Films, Inc. Announces a New Double-Sided Banner Hemming Tape

Dec. 4, 2025

FDC Graphic Films, Inc. is pleased to announce a new double-sided banner hemming tape, Lumina® by FDC 7699. Lumina® by FDC 7699 Double-Sided Banner Hemming Tape consists of a 0.5 mil PET carrier coated on both sides with 3.2 mil of aggressive acrylic adhesive.

Crawford Technologies Releases Digital Transform Engine Version 5.9

Dec. 4, 2025

Crawford Technologies, provider of innovative document solutions that streamline, improve and manage customer communications, released Version 5.9 of its Digital Transform Engine (DTE), the company's core engine and the base of its award-winning solutions.

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PRINTING United Journal Articles

Are You Ready for a Single-Source Contract – Part 2

Part 1 of this article, featured in the May/June issue of the 2016 SGIA Journal, talked about some of the risks and rewards of signing a contract that designates your company as the single provider of a package of communications-related services over an agreed-upon period. While the opportunity to …

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Product Weathering Becomes Visual

There was a time when printed color was compared and evaluated by experienced color experts on a visual basis only. These experts were required to make color comparisons, corrections and approvals, but things changed when spectrophotometers became aordable for printers. 

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Printing Inks and Quality: The Principles of Ink Selection

No other printing method is as versatile with regard to printing substrates and color characteristics as screen printing. This versatility demands a correspondingly broad spectrum of different screen printing inks. 

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A Background of Sublimation Transfer Versus Direct Disperse-Dye Inkjet Printing

When printers want to decorate synthetic materials, such as polyester, some polyamides (e.g. Nylon 6.6), and cellulose acetate, they typically print sublimation ink onto transfer paper and then transfer their reversed images with heat and pressure. They might also print directly with disperse …

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