Epson America

Carded Graphics and Everett Graphics demonstrate that good color proofing, when combined with defined, measurable color management will enable a packaging printer to produce predictable, trustworthy, and repeatable results, while carving time, labor, and unnecessary cost from the production cycle.

The U.S. Patent Office has granted Opaltone Australasia Pat. 8,064,112 for its 6-color inkjet system. Opaltone is a multicolor system that expands the color gamut beyond conventional CMYK. It can accurately match 100 percent of the most popular spot color libraries.

Cary Sherburne analyses the current trends and oportunities in large format printing and looks at what we can expect to see at drupa next year. As we approach drupa 2012 we can look forward to a big presence in the large format market as digital offerings in that sector continue to mature, improve in price/performance, and displace conventional analogue sign and display graphics technologies, such as screen printing, for many applications. The Market Digital large format printers

Agfa Graphics is holding an open house at its demo facility located in Bloomingdale, Ill. for those companies interested in wide-format printing or expanding into packaging. The open house is being held on Wednesday, November 9 and Thursday, November 10 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Many industry pundits spoke of drupa 2008 as “The Inkjet drupa,” and in many ways, it was. Following drupa 2008, a number of vendors brought to market four-color high-speed inkjet solutions that were shown at drupa in product or concept form, and those products are still coming to market. Cary Sherburne explores drupa 2012 technologies that will drive market change. Once again, we can expect to see a significant position for inkjet in the array of new technologies exhibitors have on display. This time, however, while there will still be a large presence in the production sector, we can

The North American FTA put ‘Color in Focus’ before an audience of nearly 300 flexographers during its recent annual Fall Conference. The assembly consisted largely of printers; but suppliers, pre-press technicians, consumer product companies, teachers and students were also represented as well. Co-chaired by Mark Mazur of DuPont Packaging Graphics and Dan Collins of Berry Plastics, the event took place in St Louis, Missouri, where 14 speakers and 34 conference exhibitors were present. The speakers were Mark Mazur, DuPont Packaging Graphics; Richard Black, All Printing Resources; Mark Samworth, EskoArtwork; Steve Upton, Chromix; Roy Bohnen, Epson America; Robb Frimming, Schawk

Starting in September and lasting until February 2012, around 60 drupa events will take place in more than 40 countries.

Heidelberg will demonstrate “HEI Flexibility” in Booth 1200 at Graph Expo 2011.

Three months before the start of the 4th All in Print China, China International Exhibition for All Printing Technology and Equipment, over 600 exhibitors have registered and will occupy more than 764,000 square feet of exhibit space.

Global anilox supplier Harper Corporation announced that Mike Huey, technical graphics manager of the Western Division, will be speaking at the 2011 APR Flexo Productivity Open House slated for June 15 and 16.