Category: printing

May 5, 2010 • printing • technology

Three-dimensional Printer Creates Ice Sculptures

Previously, different materials were used for printing on 3D-printer: glass, organics, synthetic fibers, and more. Now students from McGill University in Canada have been able to apply the most common liquid on Earth: water. They modified a relatively old Fab@Home Model 1, having replaced the extruder with liquid feed system. To prove the efficiency of… Continue reading Three-dimensional Printer Creates Ice Sculptures

September 19, 2008 • printing

History of Printing in 15 Minutes

Informations for the inquisitive minds. Print CEO blog published a video on the history of printing that Frank Romano, Professor Emeritus, School of Print Media, Rochester Institute of Technology, created with his students a few years back. In the video, Frank walks you through major milestones in the history of printing. From Johann Gutenberg to… Continue reading History of Printing in 15 Minutes

July 10, 2008 • industry news • printing

Buyers Laboratory Inc. Awards HP and Oce Printers

Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI), “the office equipment industry’s leading independent authority and provider of competitive intelligence, testing and reviews on multifunction (MFP), copier, printer and fax products”. BLI semi-annually present its “Pick” award to the products that perform the best in their respective categories throughout BLI’s in-depth lab test. During the test, BLI evaluates all… Continue reading Buyers Laboratory Inc. Awards HP and Oce Printers

July 3, 2008 • printing • troubleshooting

How to Calibrate A Photo Printer at Home

Using your photo printer to the fullest does not require expensive equipment. This is a step-by-step guide for those who want to calibrate his photo printer at home. Ink + paper = something unexpected You should know that ink is either a solution of coloring agents or a water suspense of solid color particles. And… Continue reading How to Calibrate A Photo Printer at Home

June 11, 2008 • printing

17 Ways to Cut Your Printing Costs

In today’s world you cannot save yourself from printing, but you can save on printing. Here you will some useful tips how to cut your printing costs. Can you imagine what the business world would be like without printing? No newspapers, no contracts, no bonds, no checks, no paper money, no maps. This list is… Continue reading 17 Ways to Cut Your Printing Costs

June 4, 2008 • inkjet • printing • technology

New Technologies Will Help Inkjet Printers Supplant Offset Presses

Nowadays, large offset presses, costing several million dollars apiece, dominate printing business that is estimated for $418 billion a year. Most of the offset presses sold in the world are produced by Xerox. This state of affairs is likely to change with the introduction of the new inkjet technologies. And the success of new technologies… Continue reading New Technologies Will Help Inkjet Printers Supplant Offset Presses

March 25, 2008 • printing

History of Printing

Do you think history of printing starts with invention of the laser printer? Wrong. The printing press? Wrong again. The history of printing takes off well before our era. The first known example of printing — the so-called Phaistos Disc — was found on the Greek Island of Crete. Most scientists believe that it was… Continue reading History of Printing

March 21, 2008 • printing

New Software Prepares Files for 3D Printing

We rarely write about software, but today we do. The subject is not some ordinary program but ZEdit Pro, special software developed by Z Corporation for its 3-d printers. The pecularity of this new software lies is that automatically prepares 3D data files for easy full-colour 3D printing. ZEdit Pro lets users of 3D mechanical… Continue reading New Software Prepares Files for 3D Printing

March 13, 2008 • HP • inks • printer • printing • technology

HP’s Future Printing Technologies

At an event on March 10, 2008 in Tel Aviv, Hewlett-Packard offered a peek into future printing technologies, introducing a new inkjet printer that prints thousands of pages per minute and ink that retains its shine even when exposed to extreme elements. HP’s water-based Latex Ink is specially formulated to embed in a surface and… Continue reading HP’s Future Printing Technologies

January 29, 2008 • Polaroid • printing • technology • Zink

Zink Inkless Paper

Recently, we told you that Polaroid launched a new color mobile printer that uses no ink. Yes, there is a way to print images without a single drop of ink. The trick is in a special type of paper developend by Zink Imaging (“Zink” also stands for “zero ink”). The paper incorporates color crystals that… Continue reading Zink Inkless Paper