Time flies when you’re having fun, and it’s been flying for Cameron Hackl ever since he opened The Sign Cellar in Kamloops, British Columbia, in 1990.  Back then, it was a mostly analog world. Today, the digital graphics he designs are spread across products ranging from business cards to boat wraps.  

In a perfect world every print job runs with ease. The same job runs the same the third time as it did the first and second time. In the real world problems arise that have people scratching their heads. During any printing process there can be multiple things that could go wrong. How do you know if the problem is ink, substrate, equipment or a combination of constituents? This article leans toward screen printing; however, some issues and suggestions expand to other printing processes as well. Downtime costs money no matter what printing process you are using. Understanding and locating the problem quickly can minimise downtime and keep the print shop moving forward. Let us look at common issues for suggestions that may be useful in the print shop.

This year’s ISA was a really special one for Roland DGA. In addition to premiering a whole host of industry-changing new large format printing, apparel printing, and product customization machines, we presented a powerfully compelling collection of inspirational new booth graphics and machine output in celebration of our new devices. The quality of prints produced by our machines is definitely something that sets us apart from our competitors at ISA and we received many compliments about the brilliant designs that came off our new TrueVIS VG2 series printer/cutter, the new VersaUV LEF2-200 flatbed printer, and the new Texart RT-640M multi-function dye-sublimation printer.

Hub Labels, a label-print shop in Maryland, USA has raised the bar in their ability to serve their customers, thanks to a partnership with Kansas-based ink manufacturer, Nazdar Ink Technologies. With the help of Nazdar's expert color training, Hub Labels has now earned both GMI Certification and G7 Master Qualification, accomplishments that demonstrate the shop's ability to achieve color control across devices and print jobs.

Nazdar Ink Technologies will exhibit brand new and established inkjet, screen and flexo inks, as well as examples of its special effects portfolio, at the forthcoming FESPA Global Print Expo 2019.

Fremont, Calif. – Reidler Decal Corporation has installed a pair of advanced wide-format printers from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. – an EFI Pro 16h hybrid flatbed/roll-to-roll LED printer, and the newest printer in the EFI Wide Format line up, a Pro 32r roll-to-roll LED printer. The St. Clair, Pennsylvania-based graphics printing company – one of the oldest and largest independent transportation graphics suppliers in the U.S. – is using the new printers to boost capacity and drive a stronger competitive advantage while meeting growing demand for digital fleet graphics services.

Roland DGA Corporation, a leading provider of wide-format inkjet printers, 3D milling machines, and other state-of-the-art digital devices, announced today that its new TrueVIS™ VG2 series eco-solvent printer/cutters have won the 2019 ISA Sign Expo® Innovation Award in the “Printer” category.