Berlin. London. 5 Nov. 2009. Printing-1 produces long lasting photo book. Now the online photo book specialist is adding an gloss vanish option to sealing the photo book pages. This ensures that after the whole family has browsed through the new photo book at Christmas it will still look like new. As an environmentally aware enterprise, the printer ensures through compliance with ISO 14001* that the pages in photo books from Printing-1 remain free of toxic substances.

Glossy prints last longer

For three years Printing-1 has been offering customers the opportunity to design their individual photo book. To the range of photo canvas prints and photo books as well as photobook calendars Printing-1 now adds the glossy photo book. For this the complete photo book pages are coated with an environmentally friendly glossy varnish, which improves brilliance and detail. 

Environmentally friendly diversity

Customers can choose among seven different photo book formats with up to 250 pages. A longer lasting book binding is achieved with a Polyurethan (PUR) glue, which keeps the photo book pages in place. Thanks to the new High-Gloss finish option, the printed surface is protected from wear and de-colouring, ensuring a long life for the book and the photographic memories within. The new hi-gloss can even be used with a good ecological conscience.

Troy, N.Y. — Using an off-the-shelf inkjet printer, a team of scientists has developed a simple technique for printing patterns of carbon nanotubes on paper and plastic surfaces. The method, which is described in the August 2006 issue of the journal Small, could lead to a new process for manufacturing a wide range of nanotube-based devices, from flexible electronics and conducting fabrics to sensors for detecting chemical agents.

Electrically conductive image of Albert Einstein
printed on copier paper with carbon nanotube ink.
University of Oulu/K. Kordas and G. Toth

Carbon nanotubes have enticed researchers since their discovery in 1991, offering an impressive combination of high strength, low weight, and excellent conductivity. But most current techniques to make nanotube-based devices require complex and expensive equipment. “Our results suggest new alternatives for fabricating nanotube patterns by simply printing the dissolved particles on paper or plastic surfaces,” said Robert Vajtai, a researcher with the Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and corresponding author of the paper.

OLED Displays: Is there an alternative to ink-jet printing?

San Francisco, June 6, 2006 – The first high-resolution, full-color organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display based on a direct photolithographic process will be presented by the research group of Professor Klaus Meerholz (University of Cologne, Germany) at this year’s Society for Information Display (SID) symposium being held in San Francisco on June 6-9.

The direct photolithography technique avoids most of the issues involved with the prominent ink-jet-printing technique. The new process was developed in collaboration with Merck OLED Materials GmbH (formerly Covion), a Merck KGaA affiliate based in Frankfurt, Germany. Since the infrastructure in existing liquid crystal display (LCD) production facilities can be adapted easily for the new technology, the German researchers are convinced the new technique will allow for very cost-effective display manufacture.

OLED technology is among the most promising possibilities for the next generation of flat-panel displays. The intense research and development investments during the last decade have lead to tremendous advances in performance and stability. However, it still remains a challenge to pixelate the emissive layer of an OLED display as there are three competing requirements: (1) Being compatible with large substrates to satisfy the customer’s demand for increasingly larger displays, (2) defining extremely fine pixel structures to meet the resolution requirements for the new generation of HDTV- and micro-displays, and (3) significantly reducing production costs compared to existing display technologies.

With the newly developed direct lithography technique, all of these requirements seem to be within reach for the first time. Unlike other approaches such as ink-jet printing, this technique does not require the development of an entirely new process technology but rather relies on the chemical modification of the organic material.

eco6 – Zurich, Switzerland, 9-10 Oct 2006

“SRI – just another marketing ploy?” & “CSR - fact or fiction?”

whether you are a company seeking to improve your bottom line and ‘futureproof’ your organisation or a charity/NGO seeking to effect social or environmental change, you cannot afford to ignore two of fastest growing global economic movements…

• eco06 is the annual event of the international socially responsible community. A conference which draws together the world’s leading experts in these fields, economie 06 offers you a rare opportunity to meet, learn from and be inspired by passionate, creative individuals from all corners of the SRI and CSR community.

eco06 will be held on the 9th and 10th of October 2006, at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland, a city at the heart of Europe's financial institutions - and in one of the most magnificent beauty spots in the world.

• A formidable array of international speakers includes
  • Professor Hans Ruh, Institute of Social Ethics, Zurich Iniversity
  • John Renesch, the acclaimed San Francisco based business futurist,
  • Dr Kevin Money, Director of School for Reputation, relationships and Respnosibility
  • Deborah Doane, writer and reseasrcher in the area of corporate social responsibility
  • and bestselling economist Noreena Hertz, dubbed ‘Britain’s Naomi Klein’
  • visit www.eco6.co.uk for the latest list of speakers
• Equally important is the opportunity to interact with hundreds of diverse and knowledgeable fellow delegates from across Europe and beyond - ranging from fund managers, insurance groups and multinationals to NGOS, charity trustees, environmental groups and academics.
• The format, including ‘open forums’ and expert panels, has been designed to facilitate audience interaction and provoke debate. It should prove to be intellectually stimulating, informative, intense, challenging - and hugely enjoyable.
• economie 06 is the only event to bring together the inextricably linked twin strands of SRI and CSR, giving delegates ‘the bigger picture’ .
• A number of bursaries are available to ensure as diverse a range of participants as possible. If you’re a charity/NGO/small company or from the developing world or a student/academic or other non corporate individual with an interest in SCR/SRI you may be eligible.
• At the heart of economie 06 lies a commitment to advancing education in SRI and CSR, subjects which will play an increasingly important role in our world’s future. As a demonstration of this the young winners of the economie 06 Student Bursary Competition will be attending – we hope you make them welcome!

For more details and registration, visit www.eco6.co.uk .