News, Views & How To's

What Print Color is This Dress?

March 6, 2015 Ben Fellowes Color Management , Featured color management , print color of dress , what color is this dress

What color is this dress? We don’t see blue and black, or white and gold, we only see color management, color perception and output control that can be put into practice. To the uninitiated out there, the following blog post explores the issue of converting color we see onscreen to something which exists in the physical world as printed graphics, and how those colors will be output and perceived.

Celebrating the Year of the Goat with 10 Facts About Goats You Never Knew

February 23, 2015 Ben Fellowes Inspiration , Featured goat facts , goat information , goat trivia , year of the goat 2015

February 19th marked the beginning of the year of the goat in the Chinese calendar. To join in the New Year celebrations, we’re presenting 10 super-interesting facts about goats. Use these facts to impress your friends and to avoid looking sheepish during the New Year festivities!

Simplify Apparel Decoration with these Helpful Application Tips

February 18, 2015 Daniel Valade Tips & Tricks , Inkjet Printers & Printers/Cutters , Featured apparel decoration , flatbed printing , t-shirt decoration , vinyl weeding

A high percentage of the questions I receive from booth visitors at various trade shows are apparel related. This supports what I already know, that custom decorated apparel continues to grow in popularity. To answer some of the common questions I get at the tradeshows, here are some really useful pointers to help you efficiently produce quality custom clothing and accessories.

monoFab™ Interview Series – Part IV: From Inspiration to Reality

December 16, 2014 Roland DGA Public Relations Milling & 3D Printing 3d , arm-10 , monofab , srm-20

Interview with Rachel Hammer, 3D Product Manager for Roland DGA

monoFab™ Interview Series – Part III: State of the Industry

December 1, 2014 Roland DGA Public Relations Milling & 3D Printing arm-10 , cnc , milling , monofab , srm-20 , stereo-lithography , subtractive

Interview with Masahiro Tomioka, President of Roland DG

monoFab™ Interview Series – Part II: From Concept to Reality

November 20, 2014 Roland DGA Public Relations Milling & 3D Printing , Featured arm-10 , monofab , stereo-lithography

Interview with Keigo Okusa, Roland DG manager of 3D product development

monoFab™ Interview Series – Part I: Two tools in concert with purpose and form

November 11, 2014 Roland DGA Public Relations Milling & 3D Printing , Inspiration arm-10 , monofab , srm-20

Interview with product designer Hiroshi Yasutomi

imagiNATION, to inspire the Roland DGA Nation.

November 3, 2014 Andrew Oransky Tradeshows & Events

For years we’ve talked about creating a user conference to inspire and educate Roland DG owners. To provide them with priceless tools to grow their business and, of course, have some fun doing it. Our vision of creating this one-of-a-kind experience finally came to fruition this year.

$2-Million-A-Year with a Roland DG SOLJET.

October 27, 2014 Roland DGA Public Relations Inkjet Printers & Printers/Cutters , Inspiration pro 4 , soljet , xr-640

What do you get when you cross a Roland DG SOLJET with a businessman passionate about printing wall decals? A $2-million-a-year business on the rise. That’s the story of WallMonkeys CEO Jason Weisenthal, who transformed his home basement into a lean, mean, decal-printing machine in just under five years.

It's a 3D World

October 1, 2014 Hiroshi Ono Milling & 3D Printing 3d printer , 3d printing , dlp , monofab

The recent introduction of Roland DG’s new monoFab™ series ARM-10 3D printer and SRM-20 milling machine is generating a significant amount of industry and media buzz. And that’s understandable. Afterall, these state-of-the-art, compact devices are capable of doing something pretty incredible – namely, turning ideas into reality. These innovative machines, which can be used together as a system or as stand-alone devices, are attracting the attention of high-tech magazines and websites worldwide.