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Mat Thompson Wide format printed 1969 Ford Mustang

This beautiful replica of an American classic muscle car – a 1969 Ford Mustang - was made entirely of paper, right down to the nuts and bolts, and printed on a wide format inkjet printer before being cut, folded and hand glued and assembled one piece at a…

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Added by Mat Thompson on January 25, 2012 at 6:40pm — 1 Comment

Taniguchi, J. Online Printing: RGB vs CMYK

Introduction

There is alot of confusion and misleading information about RGB and CMYK color spectrum amoung the printing industry, specially by small and medium sized companies who depends of 3rd party service to print the actual product.

In this section we will try to break some taboos and provide you all the context necessary to understand how the color structure works and the difference between web and printing.

 

RGB Palette (Red, Green and…

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Added by Taniguchi, J. on December 14, 2011 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Taniguchi, J. EcommDS Web2Print Online Solution

At December 21st, 2011 EcommDS will be release and, as usual, we will give away one free Business License!

Request a test account at http://ning.it/rPgKsg and be legible to win!

Kind regards,

J. Taniguchi

Added by Taniguchi, J. on December 12, 2011 at 7:33pm — No Comments

Vivid Laminating Technologies Wide Format Laminators. Making the Right Decision

When thinking about purchasing a Wide Format Laminator, the first thing to consider is what you want to achieve with the laminator.  Different applications require different solutions.  think about what you need the system to do:



Posters, Graphics & Signs?

Mounting Prints to Board?

Pop-Up Displays?

Applying Vinyls, Tapes and Adhesive Films?

Outdoor Signage?

 

Once you have decided exactly what you want to achieve, you can start to look at all the…

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Added by Vivid Laminating Technologies on November 22, 2011 at 11:35am — No Comments

CaroleDemeulemeester Four Pees releases PrintFactory and ProofMaster 4.2 together with PrintFactory Go

Four Pees releases PrintFactory and ProofMaster 4.2 together with PrintFactory Go

Update adds full Mac OS X Lion compatibility



Ghent - Four Pees, exclusive worldwide distributor of the PrintFactory software suite, announces the release of PrintFactory and ProofMaster 4.2. The update for the PrintFactory and ProofMaster product range includes some new features and fixes reported problems. It also updates the PrintFactory GMG Edition and… Continue

Added by CaroleDemeulemeester on October 25, 2011 at 1:40pm — No Comments

Damian Tremlett Visualisation Tool For Wide Format Online - NEW additional staging and platform components

Hi to all those who have discovered Babycad.com and thanks for your feedback. We're working through your suggestions, continuing to improve the intuitive web application.

We've seen printers both here in the UK and in the USA increasing sales and growing business over the last 12 months despite the global economic state. Babycad is helping wide format printers improve speed and quality of responses to customer enquiries, and at very…

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Added by Damian Tremlett on October 6, 2011 at 11:17am — No Comments

SIGN CHINA 2011 SIGN CHINA 2012 -- China’s Definitive Sign Event

 

Time:  20-23 February 2012

Venue: China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B, Guangzhou, China

 

 

ORGANISER

 

UBM Asia Ltd is a joint venture company of UBM Asia, which is owned by UBM plc listed on the London Stock Exchange. We have extensive experience in organising large-scale…

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Added by SIGN CHINA 2011 on September 2, 2011 at 6:30am — 7 Comments

Emerson Welch See the Value of MIS Through Our New Videos



One of the best ways to tutor and share Clarity features with you is via short…

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Added by Emerson Welch on July 18, 2011 at 2:44pm — No Comments

Damian Tremlett Business Attitudes Changing - New Rules Of Engagement:

Businesses attitudes are changing again, here are the new rules of engagement:

 

Business owners are lifting their heads and looking to the future, even though budgets are still squeezed. This means business relationships once again are changing!

Relationships are built on the quality and speed of service you can provide. No longer are clients looking for the cheapest (lowest risk) option, but instead are looking for the best value (longer term, better service).  - You…

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Added by Damian Tremlett on June 29, 2011 at 6:18pm — No Comments

David Dilling Markzware FaceBook Wall Promotion - FREE app for InDesign!

Markzware FaceBook Wall Promotion

 

Get your FREE PageZephyr desktop search and file extraction app for InDesign, QuarkXPress and MS Publisher today - it is really easy to claim this 99 dollar app!

 

Many of your customers simply do not know about preflighting and how…

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Added by David Dilling on June 28, 2011 at 1:13pm — No Comments

Mat Thompson Antalis McNaughton launch mobile app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad

Antalis McNaughton have launched a mobile app for wide format digital papers.

 

Download it Here

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Added by Mat Thompson on June 17, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Mat Thompson Inkjet Printer Search - provides up-to-date listings of output devices

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SGIA's Inkjet Printer Search provides up-to-date listings of inkjet devices. The information on each model is updated regularly. For more detailed…

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Added by Mat Thompson on June 14, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Damian Tremlett Easy, Cheap, Fast, and Online - New Visualisation Tools Win Big Business For Small Print Companies

Easy, cheap, fast and online, the new breed of exhibit visualisation systems are used by tens of thousands of exhibitors to generate pre trade-show excitement. An interactive virtual booth is provided as a taster, helping visitors recognise your real booth when they play out their visit in real life at the trade show.



Intrigued by the hype, we went to check it out for ourselves:

We chose… Continue

Added by Damian Tremlett on June 7, 2011 at 3:21pm — 1 Comment

David Yeo New Brand - " My Ink " manufactured in Singapore

Hi Everyone,

 

Just to let everyone know,the brand - "My Ink" had been developed in Singapore.You can view this through blogspot which is listed below just my clicking the link.

 

http://www.myinkcolour.blogspot.com

 

Feel free to write to me if you had any questions & we do sell this inks to your country.

 

Thank you for viewing my page.

 

Regards

David…

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Added by David Yeo on May 14, 2011 at 3:13am — No Comments

Colin Appleyard Jetfluid Metallic Inks

Metallic Images are now a reality in the world of wide format printing, however there are some problems that need answers put to them before a printer can confidently start the process.

At the upcoming FESPA; Eckart GmbH in partnership with Color Logic,ColorProcess Metallic Color System will be showing a complete workflow from designing with metallics to outputting it on machines. Experts will be present to show you how its done in the most simple manner.

Added by Colin Appleyard on May 12, 2011 at 9:08am — No Comments

Colin Gillman Membership continues to thrive

It's so great to see the numbers gradually rising here on this community site. It's a really pleasing thing to see. When we set it up last year it was always our intention to allow the community to organically grow, and seeing over 500 or so members is great. Especially when one considers that other community websites are often full of spam members. If these were removed the numbers would look quite different - that's for sure!

For the information of any new members, Mat and I monitor…

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Added by Colin Gillman on April 7, 2011 at 10:11pm — No Comments

Taniguchi, J. Free Web2Print Internet Application PROMO

iSynapps is giving away 1 free license of our web2print application (iSod 2.0) plus 5 days free support.

To participate, the following are required:

 

  1. - Be registered at WideFormatWorld.com
  2. - Email us to info@isynapps.com with subject "iSod PROMO"
  3. - Accept EULA (download at http://isynapps.com?url=download)
  4. - Provide contact information (for license…
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Added by Taniguchi, J. on February 16, 2011 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Jordan Walker Tricks of the Trade: The Job of a Graphics Installer

 Lowen Certified is a training and certification facility located in Hutchinson, Kan. Specializing in teaching individuals the tricks of the trade, to land the job they desire. Going through Lowen training, prepares individuals for a rigorous certification process that adheres to 3M ™ preferred graphics installer certification. Many, who become certified by Lowen, receive 3M ™ certification…

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Added by Jordan Walker on January 12, 2011 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Jordan Walker Changeable Graphics with the FlexiFrame (TM) System and Lowen Color Graphics

Marketing campaigns aren’t permanent, which means the advertising message on your fleet should be able to change just as frequently as your marketing efforts.

Lowen Color Graphics offers a FlexiFrame (TM) Changeable Graphics System for  businesses that would like to change  advertising messages frequently. FlexiFrame uses a frame that  securely holds your graphics in place, until you are ready to change…

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Added by Jordan Walker on January 11, 2011 at 5:20pm — No Comments

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