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PrintCity Alliance Shows Benefits for Magazines from Value Added Printing

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:36:46 +0200

FIPP09 Magazine Congress printed programme - Value Added Printing example Get original file (99KB) Gröbenzell, Germany, June 30, 2009 – Market research completed by the PPA (the UK Periodical Publishers Association) after the recent 37th FIPP World Magazine Congress in London, has shown that the Value Added Printing techniques demonstrated by PrintCity Alliance members within the innovative & interactive FIPP09 printed Congress programme had created a noticeable impact: Over 70% of respondents said that Value Added Printing (VAP) technologies can help magazines to attract & retain advertisers ‘very much’ or ‘quite a lot’, and 46% felt that VAP can help magazines increase circulation & readership ‘quite a lot’ Regarding the better future linking of printed magazines and digital media, 71% felt that VAP techniques would help attract & retain advertisers ‘very much’ or ‘quite a lot’ Overall, 69% of respondents indicated that they would consider investigating VAP or interactive printing techniques for their own magazines ‘very much’ or ‘quite a lot’ Value Added Printing (VAP) methods used by PrintCity Alliance members in the Congress programme included a triple gate fold cover, thermochromic and ‘Scratch and Sniff’ effects and printed UpCode digital links in the text. In addition, the programme featured a range of tactile & visual enhancements including UV protective coatings, Dayglo florescent inks, cold foil & soft touch effects, pearlescent coatings, hexachrome printing and the use of translucent paper. PrintCity Alliance members & partners involved in this joint project included: UPM, Sun Chemical, manroland, Leonhard Kurz, Merck, Hammesfahr, D&S – Alexander Dort, UpCode, Reproflex and Polestar. All design work was by Anderson Norton Design. UPM was a partner sponsor of the 2009 World Magazine Congress and the lead member in the innovative PrintCity/PPA team. Copies of the FIPP09 Congress printed programme can be obtained on request from PrintCity: Email natalia.gleiser@printcity.de or by calling on + 49 8142 65233-12.Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

FotoInsight ouvre la boutique Déco sur Internet

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:25:41 +0200

Les services de posters et de photos sur toile en ligne ne font généralement qu’imprimer les images de leurs clients. FotoInsight lance sa nouvelle “boutique déco”, où vous pouvez choisir un cadre en bois naturel assorti à votre photo sur toile ou votre poster contrecollé. Les impressions grand format de vos photos numériques vous seront alors livrées sur toile et encadrées, prêtes à décorer un mur dans votre maison ou votre bureau. Cambridge. 23 juin 2009. – La résolution des appareils-photos numériques augmente sans cesse. Vos photos numériques peuvent styler votre maison ou une salle de réunion au bureau, si vous les imprimez sur poster contrecollé ou sur toile. Avec une belle image, c’est un cadeau parfait. FotoInsight, spécialiste des photographes amateurs et professionnels, imprime des toiles de tailles différentes, commençant de 20x30 cm (résolution minimale de 800 x 1100 pixels) jusqu’à 60x80 cm (2500 x 3300 pixels recommandés). FotoInsight affirme qu’elle utilise des fibres optimisées synthétiques et des encres d’archivage qui ne s’effacent pas, afin de garantir la longévité et le brillant des couleurs. Les encres haute technologie pénètrent en profondeur dans la toile, et peuvent ainsi être imprimées sur les bords du cadre en bois. Les tailles standardisées permettent un processus de fabrication en grande partie automatique. Selon FotoInsight, cela garantit une qualité constante et une longue durabilité à moindres prix pour la première fois. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

FotoInsight Opens the Internet Deco Shop for Europe

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:25:13 +0200

Online poster and canvas services will usually only print the customer’s image. FotoInsight is launching its new “Deco Shop”, where a matching, natural wood frame can be combined with a mounted canvas or laminated poster. Large format prints from own digital photographs will then be delivered mounted and framed, ready to decorate the wall at home or in an office. Paris and Dublin. 23 June 2009. – The resolution of digital cameras is rising constantly. Many digital photographs could impress at home or in an office meeting room, when printed as a laminated poster or a stretched canvas in a floating frame. With the right image it makes a worthy present. FotoInsight, a specialist serving amateur and professional photographers alike, prints canvases in different sizes from 20x30 cm (minimum resolution 800 x 1100 pixel) to 60x80 cm (2500 x 3300 pixel recommended). FotoInsight states that it uses man made optimised fibres and fade-resistant "archival" inks to guarantee longevity and brilliant colours. The hi-tech inks penetrate deep into the fabric and can therefore be printed and mounted over the edges of the wooden frame. Standardised sizes allow a largely automatic production process. According to FotoInsight this ensures constant quality and long durability at lower prices for the first time. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

lexican 3: The Software for Knowledge Workers

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:24:03 +0200

Easy to use authoring tool to collect, store, organize and publish information. London. 23 June 2009. - vetafab Software is releasing a new version of it's Windows application lexiCan. According to the developer, the upgrade improves productivity and collaboration. Individuals and teams use lexiCan to manage information and knowledge for projects, in business management, research and idea gathering. The developer is also introducing a new read only client lexiCan Reader, which allows users to publish content such as guides, manuals, references, support data bases, knowledge bases within a network with one click, making publishing as easy as editing. The software remains simple, no special training is required. Similar to a personal Wikipedia, lexiCan allows users to build articles using texts, pictures, tables, links to websites and files. Using the title as a reference, articles can be accessed in seconds even in voluminous collections, overcoming the daily burden of clicking through folder hierarchies as done in Windows Explorer. Unlike Wikipedia, lexiCan purely works as a desktop application based on Microsoft .NET framework, enabling user convenience, such as setting links per drag and drop or dropping emails from Outlook into a description. lexiCan features full text search that includes embedded files. The developer points at several other intuitive retrieval features, like an automated view on pictures, embedded files and tags. Articles can have multiple tags which lexiCan displays as a list or clout. The article tree can be structured in the application's Outline section. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

El equilibrio natural – La protección del medio ambiente y la sostenibilidad en WEILBURGER Graphics

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:51:24 +0200

Nota de prensa - para la publicación inmediataPress statement – for immediate release El equilibrio natural – La protección del medio ambiente y la sostenibilidad en WEILBURGER GraphicsGerhardshofen, 22 de junio de 2009 – El crecimiento de una empresa conduce a un aumento de responsabilidad. El grupo GREBE pertenece a los oferentes líderes de barnices especiales a nivel mundial contando con 11 empresas dentro y fuera del país. Con más de 750 empleados en total y un vólumen de producción total de 34.000 toneladas de barnices y lacas por año, la protección del medio ambiente es primordial en todo el grupo.Desde el principio la producción favorable para el medio ambiente así como la protección sostenible han sido de suma importancia para WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH. Debido a la escasez creciente de los recursos de las materias primas y los precios de materias primas y energía en aumento vinculados a la escasez, los sistemas de barnices basándose en materias primas indenpendientes del aceite mineral son cada vez más importantes.A través del departamento de desarrollo e investigación propio de la casa y en el diálogo directo con los proveedores, la empresa WEILBURGER Graphics alcanzó desarrollar sistemas de barnices de sobreimpresión en base auga y hacerlos listos para el mercado. Los barnices cumplen con el nivel de calidad conocida de WEILBURGER y se basan en materias primas naturales y renovables. En esto se usan sistemas de resina y componentes de materias primas los cuales aparecen en la naturaleza. En la última clase de productos SENOLITH® WB NR que corresponde al conocimiento creciente del medio ambiente en el mercado, ya se pueden ofrecer barnices brillantes y mates.Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Natural balance - environmental protection and sustainability at WEILBURGER Graphics

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:47:10 +0200

Press statement – for immediate release Natural balance - environmental protection and sustainability at WEILBURGER GraphicsGerhardshofen, June 22nd 2009 – The bigger you get, the more responsibility you have to take on! Currently consisting of 11 companies both at home and abroad, the GREBE Group is among the leading providers of special varnishes worldwide. With a total of over 750 employees and an overall production volume of 34,000 tonnes of lacquers and coatings per year, the Group as a whole takes environmental protection very seriously.Since the very beginning, environmentally sound production and the ongoing conservation of resources have been matters of great importance to WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH. In view of the growing shortage of raw materials resources and the increases in the prices of raw materials and energy connected with that shortage, varnish systems based on raw materials which are independent of mineral oil are becoming more and more important.Now, with the help of its own in-house research and development department and in a direct dialogue with the suppliers, WEILBURGER Graphics has succeeded in developing water-based overprint varnish systems and making them ready for the market. The varnishes meet WEILBURGER's well-known quality demands while being based on natural, renewable raw materials, i.e. the system of resins that occurs in nature and the raw materials that can be obtained from them. In the new SENOLITH® WB NR product class, which pays tribute to the market's increasing environmental awareness, ranges of gloss and matt varnishes are already available.Another special development is the SENOLITH® FP product class of water-based and UV-curing varnish systems, which were developed for the packaging of food and have already been introduced on to the market. Especially the SENOLITH® FP UV products have been kept free of benzophenone and 4-methylbenzophenone since the very beginning. Here, WEILBURGER Graphics made a conscious choice to use high-quality photoinitiators for the lasting protection of the consumer. All the raw materials components used in the SENOLITH® WB and SENOLITH® UV varnish recipes meet the requirements of the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS), the European Printing Ink Association (EuPIA), the Rohstoffausschlussliste für Druckfarben und zugehörige Produkte and the REACH Regulation 1907/2006. All the varnish systems provided by WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH are free of heavy metals, toxic components and substances of very high concern (SVHC) in accordance with Regulation 1907/2006 EC.Not only that. At WEILBURGER Graphics, long-term environmental protection also means the lowest possible emission levels for hazardous substances along the entire production and supply chain, and the resolute implementation of a functional cleaning and recycling concept. For years, WEILBURGER Graphics has been employing large re-usable containers in the context of environmentally friendly cleaning and recycling. The water required for mechanical cleaning processes and the washing water incurred in the use of SENOLITH® WB products on customers' premises (approx. 800 m3 / year) is reprocessed at reasonable cost in WEILBURGER Graphics' own ultra-filtration plant and duly recycled.WEILBURGER Graphics' emissions record is one to be proud of. With an average electricity consumption of 400,000 kWh for the entire year not only have CO2-emissions been able to be reduced to 0 g via the shrewd purchase of 'green' electricity, generated 100 % hydroelectrically in the region; the move has also ensured that WEILBURGER Graphics does not make any contribution to the contamination with radioactive waste which would be incurred by the generation of that energy by nuclear methods. In addition to that, preliminary studies are being carried out into the possibility of using solar energy at the works via photovoltaic installations and the options for the use of a comprehensive rainwater system. So here, once again, WEILBURGER Graphics is proving that entrepreneurial success can only be ensured in the long term with the aid of holistic concepts and their resolute implementation.For further information go to www.weilburger-graphics.deContact: WEILBURGER Graphics GmbHAm Rosenbühl 5D - 91466 GerhardshofenGermanyTel.: +49 9163 9992-0Fax: +49 9163 654info@weilburger-graphics.de –END– Caption: Natural balance at WEILBURGER Graphics Caption: WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH headquarters in Gerhardshofen Caption: The WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH logo Caption: PrintCity | Alliance Member Caption: Günter Korbacher – executive director of WEILBURGER Graphics GmbHAbout WEILBURGER Graphics WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH is one of the leaders in the field of print finishing for packaging, labels and job printing.The company mainly produces for sheet-fed offset, heat-set web offset and off-line coating, and for the screen-printing, flexo, gravure, narrow web and digital print sectors. Its tailor-made products are available for the market segments involving packaging, labels and job printing. It also offers seminars and consultancy services. WEILBURGER Graphics is one of eleven companies of the GREBE Group, a medium-sized manufacturer of industrial coatings. www.weilburger-graphics.dePress kit incl. picture material as Download Filename/TitleSize WG_PR_NR_ENG.doc 976.5 KB WG_PR_NR_ENG_sm.pdf 266.01 KB Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

From a snapshot to printed art on the wall

Sat, 6 Jun 2009 11:52:37 +0200

Canvas printing is popular for a family portrait from a professional photographer or a wedding picture. But any well achieved photograph in sufficient resolution could decorate an office or home. A framed poster or canvas print from a photograph is in any case more personal than a poster from a furniture store. A few years ago, during a visit to a well know Swedish furniture chain, I noticed that most of the posters on the shelf had already been there in my own youth. This popular chain charges about £30 for a framed print. Own photographs printed onto a canvas cost about twice as much, but are infinitely more individual than posters from stock and they preserve personal memories. Instead of standard decoration for our teenager's room we printed a photograph from her skiing holidays which she chose, onto a large canvas. The print was so good and popular, that many more poster and canvas prints have followed since. It doesn't really matter if a poster print from an artist makes a higher cultural claim. Own photographs reflect the photographers impressions, and thanks to digital technology, these can be reproduced, just like when telling a story through pictures instead of words. Most people with digital images from holidays, parties or family pics have such images which should be on display. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

El software editor de libros de fotos integra fotos compartidas de Flickr y de webs de geoetiquetado

Sat, 6 Jun 2009 11:52:12 +0200

Los beneficios de los sitios de imágenes compartidas como Flickr, Facebook, Picasa o la web de geotiquetado "locr" llegan al software de libros de fotos impresos. Hoy FotoInsight lanza la nueva versión del FotoInsight Designer con nuevos formatos de libros de fotos y nuevas funciones como las máscaras degradadas y nuevas plantillas para eventos festivos. Cambridge, 8 de Junio de 2009. - FotoInsight expande su liderazgo tecnológico con la introducción de la versión 4.4 del FotoInsight Designer en Español. La facilidad con la que se pueden insertar fotos en el diseño, libremente o usando plantillas, ahora también se extiende a los clip art, mapas, textos e imágenes de los sitios de fotos compartidas Flickr, el sitio de geoetiquetado "locr" y la enciclopedia Wikipedia GeoNames. Las webs de fotos compartidas se vuelven un interfaz para crear fotolibro con la familia y amigos, ya que los usuarios pueden complementar sus álbumes de fotos con imágenes adicionales (por ejemplo la Torre Eiffel desde una perspectiva diferente) de las webs de imágenes compartidas, directamente desde la nueva versión de la aplicación FotoInsight Designer. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Il software per l'editing di fotolibri integra foto condivise da Flickr e siti di GeoTagging

Sat, 6 Jun 2009 11:51:26 +0200

I benefici dei siti di immagini condivise o photo-sharing come Flickr, Facebook, Picasa o quello di geotagging "locr" arrivano al software di libri di foto stampati. Oggi FotoInsight lancia la nuova versione del FotoInsight Designer con nuovi formati di fotolibri e nuove funzioni come le nuovi modelli per eventi festivi. Cambridge, 8 Giugno 2009. - FotoInsight espande la sua leadership tecnologica con l'introduzione della versione 4.4 del FotoInsight Designer in italiano. La facilità con la quale si possono inserire le foto nel libro, liberamente o usando dei modelli, adesso si estende anche a clip art, mappe, testi e immagini del sito di immagini condivise Flickr, al sito di geotagging "locr" e all'enciclopedia Wikipedia GeoNames. I siti di foto condivise diventano un'interfaccia per creare libri di foto con la famiglia e gli amici, poiché gli utenti possono completare i loro album fotografici con immagini aggiuntive (per esempio la Torre Eiffel vista da una prospettiva diversa), scaricate dalle pagine di photo-sharing direttamente dalla nuova versione dell'applicazione FotoInsight Designer. "Geotagging" e "Photosharing" Inoltre, con un semplice click, FotoInsight Designer 4.4 può caricare le foto di un progetto di calendario o fotolibro sul sito della comunità di georeferenziazione di foto "locr". Scaricare immagini, foto aeree e mappe dalla comunità di geotagging risulta utile anche per raccogliere informazioni su una località, per esempio per creare un libro di viaggi personale. Il Direttore Generale di "locr GmbH's", Malte Schloen, afferma: “La collaborazione tra il servizio di stampa FotoInsight e locr, come sito di geotagging e di informazione geografica, unisce due leader dell'innovazione a vantaggio degli utenti. Le comunità di geotagging come 'locr' liberano gli utenti di Internet dal monopolio dell'informazione geografica che concede il governo ai servizi cartografici”. Il Direttore Generale di FotoInsight, Klaas Brumann, aggiunge: “L'integrazione dell'accesso a foto condivise e informazioni locali e geografiche nella nostra applicazione per la creazione di fotolibri è così emozionante che stiamo già lavorando per estenderla ad altri siti di photo-sharing, anche per includere Facebook e Picasa in una versione che lanceremo quest'anno”. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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