Nessan Cleary

1 week ago | fespa.com | Nessan Cleary

Textiles vary greatly, impacting their handling, printing, and final product value. Understanding natural (cotton, linen, silk, wool) and synthetic (polyester) fibres, their blends, and compatible inks (reactive, pigment, acid dye, sublimation) is crucial. Nessan cleary shares the importance of emphasising fabric quality over just print cost elevates textile printing from a race to the bottom to a realm of high-value applications.

1 week ago | indianprinterpublisher.com | Nessan Cleary

Nano Dimension has announced its financial results for 2024, which show the scale of the challenge facing the current management after the turmoil of the previous few years. I think it’s fair to say that Nano Dimension has been through a fairly busy – some might say chaotic – period. To recap briefly, this started in 2022 when the company raised a substantial amount of cash to fund further acquisitions.

1 week ago | fespa.com | Nessan Cleary

White and clear inks, now common in digital printing, offer significant value by enabling diverse, high-impact applications. Despite white ink’s technical challenges (particle sedimentation, infrequent use) requiring specific printer features, both white and clear inks allow for multi-layered graphics, vibrant prints on non-white substrates, tactile textures, and spot embellishments. These capabilities help printers differentiate services and emphasize value over price.

2 weeks ago | indianprinterpublisher.com | Nessan Cleary

This year’s Global Fespa trade show took place in Berlin, which felt fitting in this time of international uncertainty, given that Berlin lies right at the heart of modern Europe, with the city rebuilt out of the ashes of the Second World War, and then rebuilt again after the Cold War. The wide format market is also undergoing its transformation, so the Fespa shows give us a good snapshot of what is happening in this market.

2 weeks ago | indianprinterpublisher.com | Nessan Cleary

Ricoh has introduced a new light production color press, the Pro C5400-series, which will replace the C5300-series. These presses are aimed at both commercial printers and corporate users. There are three models in the series – the base C5400, which can produce 65 A4 pages per minute in weights from 52 to 256 gsm, which falls to 50 ppm for 256 to 360 gsm papers; and a faster C5410 that can produce 80 A4 ppm for weights from 52 to 256 gsm, dropping to 56 ppm for the heavier media up to 360 gsm.