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Extended Color Gamut

CMYK ink sets are limiting when it comes to achieving brand-specific colors. To combat this, traditional analog printing uses “spot colors that are color matched by...

October 1, 2021

Prepress Prep

Labels, decals, stickers, and similar applications are an excellent way to expand service offerings to add revenue and attract new business. Wide format print service...

October 1, 2021

Displayed Packaging

While package printing and prototypes continues to gain favor when it comes to the newest and hottest ways to use digital flatbed printers, other applications with...

October 1, 2021

Checking In

Media optimized for digital printing with antimicrobial properties spiked in interest during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fabric, film, and vinyl are all available with antimicrobial...

October 1, 2021

Down on the Ground

October 2021 Target Chart

October 1, 2021

Print on Demand Partner

Today’s print technology advances to support just-in-time production on everything from apparel to home goods, wall art, accessories, pets, drinkware, and stationary...

October 1, 2021

Opening Up to New Markets

The term ceramic usually brings to mind tableware, tile floor, or bathroom surfaces. These are all opportunities for ceramic decoration, which traditionally occurs via...

October 1, 2021

Tactile Wallcoverings

For anyone—consumer, corporation, or brand owner—looking to enhance their wall art, look no further than digitally printed textured wallcoverings. The material available...

September 30, 2021

More Than a Feeling

When completed correctly, the right graphics should generate a response in the intended viewer. Digitally printed wallcoverings help to achieve this in any environment...

September 30, 2021

Good Things Come in Small Packages

Space is at a premium in many a sign shop. With the recent recognition and subsequent push into automating the finishing end of the print production process, many print...

August 27, 2021

Intermolecular Attraction

The latest UV digital ink sets are challenged to adhere to an increasing amount of surfaces, including pre-manufactured objects. Proper curing, inks, primers...

August 27, 2021

Easy Street

Media manufacturers continue to enhance and advance product lines in response to customer demand. One requested feature is ease of install and removability. Installers...

August 27, 2021

PDF Prep

Print service providers (PSPs) often deal with “print-ready” files that don’t meet specific standards. Instead of pushing back to the client, Portable Document Format...

August 27, 2021

Flourishing with Wide Format

Print service providers (PSPs) with a specialty service have truly honed their skills on that particular application. Thanks to overlapping similarities between so many...

August 27, 2021

Looking Ahead

Join the Printing United Alliance in Orlando, FL from October 6 to 8, 2021 for the Printing United Expo. We’ve compiled information from many of the vendors planning...

August 27, 2021

Wrapping Around the Vehicle, Not the Axle

I did a piece on the vehicle graphics market a while back as this was an up-and-coming opportunity for expansion during the pandemic. This was driven by the fact that...

August 27, 2021