Impresoras e Impresoras/Cortadoras de Inyección de Tinta
How much easier would it be to sell your package concept to your client or your superiors if you could make new mock-ups every day as your design evolves?
Roland DG Restyling is "in a Relationship"
I'm not much of a car guy. First because I'm not a guy and second because cars to me are simply a method of transportation – not a source of entertainment or a statement of style. (Although I suppose my 4 Door Honda Accord DOES speak to my practical nature.) Recently, however, I'm looking at NASCAR in a whole new light.
A Global Award for the VersaUV LEC
Hey! Our Roland DG VersaUV just earned the Label Industry Global Award for new Innovation at Label Expo this week! How ’bout that!?! The VersaUV has been around for a few years now and although it’s gained some momentum recently, it remains for the large part unknown among most of our target audience.
30,000 package prototypes
In the category of “a picture is worth a thousand words,” this one might be worth 30,000! We’ve been working on a big summer project in our graphic production department. It all started when we were trying to figure out a way to get an actual box prototype – typically, a one-off – in the hands of the readers of Package Design Magazine. We struck on the idea of inserting one in every issue – which presented a monumental task:
The Benefits and Added Value of Metallic Silver Ink
Metallic Silver ECO-SOL MAX Ink from Roland DG is now available, making it easier and more affordable than ever for you to print true metallics and create pearlescent process colors for dramatic effect and high profit margins. Implementing this technology will allow your business to add metallic graphics to signs, banners, vehicle graphics and wraps, labels, decals, point of purchase displays and custom apparel, premium products that command premium prices in the marketplace.
Siete Claves para una Perfecta Impresión
Detesto tener problemas con impresiones, siendo ya difícil el mantenernos a flote en esta economía. A menudo trabajamos en entornos más optimizados, haciendo de todo para mantenernos rentables. Lo último que necesitamos es tener problemas con nuestros equipos creadores de gráficos al producir un letrero o pancarta decente. ¿No sería genial obtener impresiones consistentes, predecibles y de alta calidad con nuestras impresoras de formato grande cada vez que hacemos clic en el botón “print”? Bueno, los siguientes puntos están diseñados para ayudarle a lograr y mantener una calidad que hará de usted la envidia de sus competidores. Estos puntos han sido preparados principalmente para trabajos con impresoras Roland, pero pueden ser usados para muchas y distintas impresoras.
Setting Up for Digital Printing
I just had the pleasure of doing two seminars on design in Atlantic City for the United States Sign Council. You need only walk through the door of the Exhibition Hall to realize the impact that the digital printer is having on the sign industry. It’s the biggest change since computer-cut vinyl lettering.
Restoring Old Photographs for Digital Printing
No photo is too old or too damaged to reproduce in a digital format for graphics oriented projects.
Tips From a Vehicle Graphics Guru #2
Jay Lansburg of Automic Designs in Buena Park CA, has been specializing in vehicle art since the mid 70’s. While he used to either hand paint or layer vinyl to create his graphics, he now believes that inkjet printing is the key to making money in the sign business. “Our industry is on the verge of its next revolution,” he says, “A sort of second revolution that is going to change the way we make signs…not dissimilar to the way vinyl plotters changed the face of the industry 20 years ago!”
Tips From a Vehicle Graphics Guru #1
After building race engines and even taking a few victory laps himself, Jim Conquest became one of the first graphics pros to buy a printer/cutter. His shop, Imagine It Graphics, began 10 years ago by producing name decals on motorcycle helmets. When Conquest watched an introductory video for CorelDRAW®, he saw unlimited potential for computerized signmaking.