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CMYK Industries Exhibits Entry-Level Label, Photo And Poster Printer

CMYK Industries showcased the iColor 200 at the Africa Print Durban expo, held at the Durban ICC from 11-12 March. Whether you work with wine, beer and spirits, water, soft drinks, food, home, personal care, pharma and healthcare, logistics or chemical products, the iColor 200 is specially designed to enable you to start printing your […]

2020-03-16T10:01:27+02:00March 12th, 2020|

Epson South Africa Showcases Versatile Label Printer At Africa Print Durban Expo

Epson South Africa showcased the ColorWorks C3500 (TM-C3500) label printer at the Africa Print Durban expo, held at the Durban ICC from 11-12 March. Users can easily customise and print their own colour labels. Whether it’s printing packaging labels with colourful logos and pictures, or tickets and ID cards with important barcodes and product information, […]

2020-03-16T10:01:36+02:00March 12th, 2020|

Why Using Standard Perforating Devices On Your Folder Won’t Work

According to Tech-ni-Fold, folders are made to fold paper and any perforating, cutting or scoring accessories that come with the machine have been produced only to aid this process. If you try to produce flatbed quality micro-perforating by using standard perf devices on your folder, you won’t achieve it. The reasons include: – Rotary micro-perf […]

2020-03-16T10:01:55+02:00March 11th, 2020|

Now Is The Time For Packaging To Enter The Digital Arena

According to Tiziano Polito from Emballages Magazine, digital printing of labels has emerged and expanded over the past two decades. Today, every second press is equipped with electrophotographic motors or inkjet heads. This isn’t surprising because the advantages of today’s digital technologies are strong, for example, printing short runs at a viable cost is now […]

2020-03-16T10:02:05+02:00March 11th, 2020|

Statement Regarding Africa Print Durban Expo And COVID-19

The expo organisers, Practical Publishing have advised that they have no intention of cancelling the Africa Print Durban 2020 event on the 11-12 March 2020. Together with the venue, the Durban ICC, and feedback from the Department of Health and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, there is no need to cancel the expo, however […]

2020-03-09T12:08:20+02:00March 7th, 2020|

Encouraging Carbon Reduction And Removal In The Graphics Industry

Laurel Brunner from the Verdigris Projects says that Microsoft has made bold statements with its recent announcements that it aims to be carbon negative by 2030, and that by 2050 the company will ‘remove from the environment all the carbon it has emitted either directly or by electrical consumption since it was founded in 1975’. […]

2020-03-03T08:44:09+02:00February 24th, 2020|

Gear Up For Business Growth With The Africa Print Durban Expo

The Africa Print Durban Expo, taking place on 11-12 March at the Durban International Convention Centre, will allow visitors to explore the latest technologies and trends in digital printing presses, binding equipment, digital packaging solutions, screen printing, digital textile printing, finishing equipment, ink, software, pad printing, paper and board, litho print solutions, encapsulating/laminating and digital […]

2020-03-03T08:44:20+02:00February 24th, 2020|

Five Great Truths About Quality Service

Why is loyalty so important? According to global management consulting firm, Bain and Co., repeat customers spend 67% more than new customers. This is due to both larger transactions and more frequent shopping. Even a 5% increase in retention can lead to a rise in profits of as much as 25-100%. John Tschohl of the Service […]

2020-02-24T10:10:07+02:00February 18th, 2020|

Africa Print Bloemfontein Expo Hailed A Success

The successful Africa Print Bloemfontein expo, held on 12 February at Ilanga Estate, attracted 422 visitors from around the Free State, Lesotho and the Northern Cape, including Kimberley, Ladybrand, Welkom, Bethlehem, Maseru, Harrismith and Virginia, to name a few. Visitors were inspired by the latest technologies and trends in digital printing presses, screen printing, digital […]

2020-02-17T09:30:22+02:00February 13th, 2020|

Consolidation Is Not All Bad For The Graphics Industry

According to Laurel Brunner, writing for the Verdigris Project, technological advances in the last few decades have been nothing short of astonishing, and there is also far less waste and far less energy required to produce print. Page layout, line art, typography, photo retouching and imaging – all of it has been subsumed into generic […]

2020-02-17T09:30:52+02:00February 11th, 2020|
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