The Practical Printer

Solvent adhesive on film is dead—it just doesn’t know it yet. The guy who looks like my long-lost brother is named Bryan Baab. He’s a chemist—and a very good one. He works at Nekoosa and his team was instrumental in the development of NextBond® NextBond® is an innovative…

Caldera's PrimeCenter is a completely new way to look at the digital printing workflow. It reorders and reprioritizes the way critical prepress and finishing information is delegated to the RIP--before the RIP even gets the file. PrimeCenter becomes the first point of file…

Valter is right, the Fotoba XLA should be the FIRST step in your finishing workflow--not the flatbed cutter. It automatically adjusts for every job you send it. Just press the button and the fully automatic Fotoba will send its little army of precise, maintenance free blades…

Klieverik is a world leader in designing and manufacturing rotary calenders presses. They are rightfully known for their robustness, and for the even heat and precision of their oil-heated drum systems. Their controls are simple and the media path is elegant. They are easy to…

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CalderaRIP is highly regarded around the globe as an industry leading RIP software that handles ripping, prepress, cutting, automation, hot-folders, color-management, among many other file preparation, printing and finishing tasks. It is used in some of the largest and busiest…

I love small-footprint UV LED printers that fulfil a direct task without taking up space. Printing 24x36 boards and smaller at high quality, full-bleed, and at almost any thickness is mandatory. I want to be able to use jigs, too. I want the full benefits of a full 4x8 bed, but I…

I believe that Carlos Uribe and I have made the definitive video on the new UV Direct-to-Object (formerly known as UV DTF) technology using the Mimaki UJV300DTF-75. What you need to know, we cover. That video will be available as fast as we can edit it. In the interim, here are…

Solvent adhesive on film is dead—it just doesn’t know it yet. The guy next to me in the back who looks like my long-lost brother is named Bryan Baab. He’s a chemist—and a very good one. He works at Nekoosa and his team was instrumental in the development of NextBond® NextBond®…

I won in a landslide. But there does appear to be some discontent in the realm. Why use a piece of tape to hang something that is obviously adhesive vinyl. It already has an adhesive on it. You just peel off the liner and stick it on properly. Amateurs

Jerry’s In! He came through for me at the wire. He always does. What a blessing! Jerry Garcia is closely connected with the Anahata, the Heart Chakra, and everyone knows that the carriage can’t move without the horse. A true American original. Yes, Jerry, I will always do it over…

How do you vote for me? Smile. My opponents? Superfluous. My platform? I promise to stay out of your hair and expense a little of your company's money in exchange. Vote for Timothy Mitchell for Mayor of Printing United. Margo, you raise it to another level.…

How do you vote for me? Poems & Wine. My opponents? Superfluous. My platform? I promise to stay out of your hair and expense a little of your company's money in exchange. Vote for Timothy Mitchell for Mayor of Printing United. Margo, you raise it to another level. @PRINTINGUnited…

The calender press determines your failure or success more than any other part of the dye sublimation workflow. @KlieverikNL has very good sublimation calender presses. I've recently used the Vertex, too, and found it, like all of their products, very well-made and easy to…

Finishing is King. Everyone overlooks it--until you need to get paid. Then you understand. @cutworxusa has the largest portfolio on finishing equipment in the country. From high-end CNC routers like @comagrav to flatbed cutters like their Apex line, to Neolt XY slit and cut to…

Nekoosa is a great American media manufacturer--not importer, MANUFACTURER. Based in the beautiful state of Wisconsin, they offer outstanding media in every category. They employ hundreds of hardworking Americans in the manufacture of valuable papers and films and coatings, and…

Matt Crawford the CEO of Onyx Graphics joins me to explain the new features in Onyx 25 along with the value of their Align software. Onyx RIP software speaks for itself; it is the most widely used color control software in North America, and likely world-wide. Onyx 25 adds many…

DTF UV a dumb name. It is misleading & lazy. I am going to rebrand it. It's now called UV Transfer-to-Object (UV TTO). This is what you need to know if you want to get up to speed on UV Transfer-to-Object printing. First, it has nothing in common with textile DTF--nothing.…

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This is what you need to know if you want to get up to speed on UV DTF Transfer-to-Object printing. First, it has nothing in common with textile DTF--nothing. As a result, the process should properly be called UV TTO (transfer-to-object). Second, it's not a sticker printer. But…