In its effort to address packaging waste, the New York State legislature wants to pass a law to make those responsible for putting the packaging into the marketplace responsible for its collection and recycling through an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program. This is the second time the state has tried to pass this type of legislation over the past two years. However, there has been a significant shift in the scope because the latest version of the legislation would also set requirements for packaging reduction, incorporation of recycled content, and ban the use of certain toxic chemicals that includes the use of carbon black-based materials such as black printing inks.

While the concept of color relates to our sense of sight, it usually isn’t perceived accurately with our eyes alone. To help us overcome the limitations of our naked eye, we rely on spectrophotometers for measuring color in the print industry. Learn more about color optimization with the help of spectrophotometers in this article.

PRINTING United Alliance has announced the schedule for the upcoming COLOR Conference, occurring March 12-14 in Dallas, TX as part of the upcoming PRINTING United Technical Event Series.

Many printers are familiar with the print quality programs required by some of their customers. For the brand, a print quality program assures that the printed product meets their color requirements. Delve into print quality programs in this article to optimize your print supply chain.

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Rolling Meadows, IL, November 8, 2023—Komori America—Komori Corporation has established the Printed Electronics Elemental Technology Development Center on the premises of the Tsukuba Plant in Japan in order to develop elemental technologies for printed electronics (PE).

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has been named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2023. The Agency was also recognized for this honor in 2022. GPO has a long-standing history of employing veterans dating back to the Civil War and currently employs a little more than 500 veterans who make up a third of the Agency’s workforce. For decades, the Agency has hosted an annual Veterans Day Program in recognition of the service and sacrifice of our GPO veteran teammates. This year, Army veteran and former Prisoner of War, Jessica Lynch was the guest speaker at the event.

GMG is recognized worldwide as the standard in proofing and color management, while HP has significantly shaped digital printing. It's about time for a proofing solution specifically created for HP Indigo users. The application may surprise: proofing for digital printing. Until now, producing press proofs on the Indigo is a fairly common process. However, it’s costly to tie up the powerful HP Indigo for proofing. A ‘real’ proofer that, in conjunction with GMG ColorProof, shows exactly what will happen on press. It’s not just reliable but also extremely cost-efficient.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, November 7, 2023 — Imagine, a leading provider of visual communications, today introduced Dotti™️, its intelligent in-store marketing platform. Dotti helps brands deliver retail marketing promotional materials with complete control, visibility, and efficiency, right down to the local level.

Roselle, Illinois / Shawnee, KS October 18th, 2023. M&R Printing Equipment, North America's largest manufacturer of printed apparel decorating equipment, and Nazdar Ink Technologies, developer, manufacturer, and innovator in the field of Aqueous, UV Curable and Solvent-Based inkjet inks and fluids, announce an exclusive Development and OEM Supplier Agreement for M&R’s POLARIS™ High Speed Industrial Direct to Garment (DTG) Printing System, and QUATRO™ Direct to Film (DTF) Transfer Printer.