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3 Reasons Why Hewlett-Packard Co Entered The 3D Printing Market

Hewlett-Packard Co is one of the top players in the technological world. The company just regained the top position in the worldwide server market earning 28.1% factory revenue share in the third quarter of 2013. They are doing just fine in the print industry too but with that said, HP still dares to enter the unstable 3D printing market organically. It sure looks like they are up for some challenge why exactly did they take up such venture?

Hewlett-Packard Co has plenty of experience in printing technology.

3D printing market is very similar to that of digital printing when it came about. Although the industries aren't exactly adjacent, some of the printing technology is almost identical. It sounds rather complicated but they think that they can make it work. HP even made it seem like it was an easy transition. One day they were printed on paper and the next day they are printing lithium batteries. Well it wasn't really that easy to start in such scale but they were able to pull it off. Meg Whitman – CEO of HP is very confident of the success of this venture. "We feel very excited about 3D printing. We want to lead this business."

HP Co has the resources to gamble.

They have a big name in the printing industry but that's not all that they have. Hewlett-Packard Co is a huge company with plenty of resources to play with. The current players in the 3D printing industry should be threatened especially since HP is on quite a good stride this time of the year. “What we're doing is focusing on what's the value proposition by market segment, whether that be consumer or industrial" said Whitman. This clearly indicates that the company isn't just in for the show but is looking to gain ground, profit and sweep competition in both sectors.

The company wants to gain traction before the 3D Printing Market takes off.

Whitman thinks that the 3D printing market is going to bloom in three years time. Organically entering the industry right now does seem to be the right move if you want to get a firm stand before everything explodes. She even mentioned earlier last month that Hewlett-Packard Co will be implementing a “new technology” to address the current speed issues of 3D printers as well as reduce their printing costs. They are yet to unveil a 3D printing solution but Whitman confidently said with a smile“ We've got some very interesting things coming. So stay tuned in 2014.”

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Why Can't E-Books Deliver The Killing Blow To Printed Books?

  Somebody used to tell me that printed books will eventually die and digital literature will take over. Seeing how progressive the technology is, it does seem like everything will be turned digital. If you walk around today, you can see that almost everyone has an electronic device either a smartphone or a tablet in their hand or in their bags. Progress is good but this is almost frightening. Many years have gone by but books are still around and the industry is alive and kicking. Why exactly can't e-books kill traditional books despite their technologically convenient nature?

    E-books lack a sense of origin.

E-books exist only in the digital realm and because of this they do not have the same providence that printed books have. The convenience that digital literature provides is also its drawback. Anyone can purchase and access it anytime and anywhere which is why they have less collective value.

    Digital literature does not have a physical form.

Despite all the hype about portability and convenience, the formless nature of e-books are one of the reasons why not a lot of readers adapt to its technological features. People are used to the traditional printed books and its physical attributes. It is one of the factors that make readers feel and connect with the book. In addition to that, the weight and the presence of the literature makes it much difficult to ignore and get rid of.

    The platform has way too many distractions.

You need an electronic device capable of displaying e-books to be able to read one. Such devices have a lot of distractions especially with the availability of internet connection. The many features of tablets, phablets and Smartphones like instant messaging, the ability to receive and make calls can ruin the reader's mood. Imagine this, you are reading a good book and a Facebook notification pops up on the screen. Wouldn't that ruin the whole reading experience?

  E-books are highly dependent on devices with limited up-time.

To be able to read a digital literature, you will need your device turned on. This means you will will be limited to how long your device will last. In addition to that, tablets tend to heat up when used for long periods of time which can also hurt the experience.Printed books do not have such limitations.

A recent study called “How American Adults Consume Magazines on Tablets" found that only 23% of the total tablet users in the U.S. prefer to consume digital literature on tablets over print. There is definitely a huge number of people using digital counterparts of printed books. However, it won't be enough to take the traditional books off everyone's shelves.

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Characteristics Of Inkjet Paper That Matters

Inkjet printers are arguably the most flexible kinds of printers available today. They print black and whites as well as multicolored output quickly with high quality and consistency. However, the kind of printer paper you use can directly affect the output. Furthermore, the feel and the quality of a printout can vary depending on the kind of inkjet paper used. These are the characteristics of paper that matters when printing using the inkjet technology:

Weight

Different types of paper have their own specific weight. However, terms such as heavyweight do not always indicate a heavier paper than other comparable products. The heavier the paper weighs, the thicker the sheet of paper is. Heavier printing paper is much durable and has a more substantial feel. In addition to that, thicker sheets allow lesser the light to pass through which slightly improves the accuracy of the inkjet printer. Standard paper weighs 5 pounds per 500 sheets while paper used to print photos is usually heavier at about 62 lbs.

Heavier, thicker inkjet papers feel more substantial and can lend visual value to a project. Heavier kinds of paper can give an aura of importance and seriousness which can't found in flimsier products. It also gives the printout a crisper text and reduces ink bleeding. However, it is highly recommended to consult your printer documentation before feeding the machine a very heavy paper through it. Doing so can cause serious and permanent damage to the printer. Do note that the maximum paper thickness a inkjet printer can vary for different machines.

Brightness

Contrast is a key element between the ink and the paper. Paper brightness affects the images printed on the paper, especially the vibrancy of the colors. Photos appear brighter and colors clearer on inkjet photo papers with higher paper brightness ratings. White matte finish papers a higher paper brightness can make a greater difference than it does among gloss finish papers of varying paper brightness. Whiter printer paper produces better looking copies.

The brightness of a piece of inkjet paper is typically expressed on a scale of 1 to 100 with 100 being the brightest. Multipurpose bond paper used in copiers and desktop inkjet printers generally has a paper brightness in the 80s. Photo papers on the other hand, are normally in the mid to high 90s.

Finish

Inkjet printing paper comes in various finishes. Each finish produces different results. But it really is a matter of personal taste. However, you still have made sure to configure the inkjet printer driver to match the paper finish you've chosen. Photo paper with a glossy finish makes an output look more like a traditional Photo lab paper. Paper with matte finish on the other hand, are less shiny but it's velvet-ish characteristic makes texts look more crisp and clear.

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Laser Tek Services New Shipping Methods

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It was not too long ago that we implemented these shipping options and their corresponding pricing but this already gathered good feedback from loyal and new customers. We still offer our fast free shipping, but we now allow the customers to choose from 3 day, 2 day, or next day service. So far, we have roughly 10% of total website orders shipped through these new methods. There’s more from orders that are phoned in and from our stores in Amazon and eBay.

It can be rough when you run out of toner/ink and are unable to print. Placing an order online is easy but the transit time is critical, particularly if you have pending print jobs. Through our next day delivery option, you will be able to receive your orders promptly and for a very competitive rate of $34.95 only. The flat rate applies wherever you are in the continental United States. Standard and Free Shipping options are still available. The new options are intended for customers with immediate need for printer consumables.

Please take note also of our new shipping options and pricing for orders coming from Canada. Yes, we do ship our products to Canada.Three shipping methods are available – Expedited Shipping, Priority Mail Shipping, and First Class Shipping. Expedited shipping arrives within 5 business days and duties, customs fees and taxes are included with the set pricing for this option.

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How Eastman Kodak Recovered From Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

We all heard about how great the Eastman Kodak was back in the day. But with the emergence of the digital age, it just wasn't able to cope up. The huge photography company became old and continued to lose its ground resulting to a chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 19, 2012. The company decided to get back in the game though. After twenty long months they managed to create an effective structure helping them recover huge losses. These are what helped them recovered from bankruptcy:

A Good Enough Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan

Eastman Kodak was sinking down the drain but they still had some tricks in their sleeves. The once great photography company managed to snatch a one billion dollar financial aid from J.P Morgan Bank of America. The bank was pleased enough with the Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan to give it a shot and the help wasn't for nothing. Because of this deal, the company was able to pay its lenders in full three months later.

Selling Of Digital and Personal Imaging Businesses to KPP

The equipment to make cameras that drove the company to heights during the good old times are now gone. All of it is sold to the UK Kodak Pension Plan which will assume the business as Kodak Alaris. It will still operate as Kodak but it will be focusing on B2B document imaging while retaining most of their consumer oriented personal imaging services.

Switch to Selling Commercial Printing Technology

The new Kodak will be a technology company that will focus on digital printing technology for business. The company is making its way to the printing industry with its innovative digital imaging products and services. Because of this new direction, the Eastman Kodak was finally able to grab a spot in the New York Stock Exchange last November 1, 2013. The former photography company is gaining some momentum and is expected to earn of more than $1.3 billion next year.

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3D Printer News : Disappointing 3Q13 For 3D Printing Solutions

The 3D printer scene came in blazing hot this year following the astounding improvements made last year. The performance of major 3D printing solutions were nothing short of excellent. But during the span of this year's third quarter, the scene became boring and stale. Because of this, the stock values dipped to rates you could not have guessed four months ago.

This quarter isn't the best time to be an investor of 3D Printers. Due to the lack of any major news, improvements and discoveries, stock values of 3D Printing Solutions are relatively low. The stock value of 3D Systems sank 6.5% or $5.29 at $75.30. The market value of The ExOne Company also known as XONE lost 8% or $5.11 at $57.71. The shares of Stratasys lost 9% or $11.14 of its value and went from $128.17 to $117.03. The market value of Voxeljet AG went down from $68.37 to $58.39 long almost 15% or $9.98.

No one likes to lose that much stock value particularly in such a short span of time. This is why you must have the courage and the ability to take risks and deal with the consequences when investing in such volatile industries. 3D Printing Solutions is definitely the future of manufacturing technologies but as it is now, the technology is still very far from achieving its fullest potential. It should gain some momentum again in the 4Q13.

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Web-To-Print Technology : What It Does For The Printing Industry

Web-to-Print is a concept that has garnered quite a lot of attention. It has grown relatively fast together with the internet and e-commerce in general. The technology represents an efficient and effective way for printing companies to interact with customers and partners. It gives both parties a more convenient way to coordinate as they plan and execute print jobs. This technology also helps the printing industry reach out to potential and existing clients for less the cost.

It simplifies collaboration between clients and printing companies.

A fully automated web-to-print system can save a lot of time and effort. It allows designers, presses and customers collaborate with ease to create highly customizable print jobs. Web-to-print applications usually include a print on demand and a variable data printing feature. This can also let clients and printers pull pre-printed materials from the inventory and incorporate personalization faster. The Web-To-Print Technology gives customers and printing companies to use a variety of tools through a rich user interface to produce impressive results.

It speeds up the selection of print jobs resulting in faster transactions.

The Web-To-Print Technology really is a blessing for the printing industry. Customers can simply upload a print job while printing companies choose to take it or turn it down depending on their printing capabilities. It happens really fast and in minutes the client will be able to know whether the printer accepts it or not. After they come into agreement upon the terms of the print job, the printer and the client can start the collaboration for the production of high-quality output. With faster transactions, presses will be able to earn more in less the time.

How It Works :

1. Clients register on the website of the printing company. After successful registration, they will be able to access the functions for the automated web-to-print system.

2. After logging in, users will be able to upload individual PDFs - one for each print job.

3. Using the same web application, users can crop the labels, drag and then drop each label onto an A4 page. Customers will be able to upload as many PDFs as they want. However, the ones for printing will have to fit on an A4 page.

4. The PDFs will be stored on the company's server together with the client's user information.

5. The A4 PDF pages containing the labels and the user’s contact information were forwarded to a modern digital front-end.

6. The front-end will then print the received A4 PDF.

7. After printing, a custom page report for all the individual labels will be generated.

8. The report will then be uploaded to the website where the customer can access it.

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3 Best Performing 3D Printers In The Market Today

There are many 3D printers available in the market at consumer level. You will really have a hard time looking for 3D printing solutions in such a flooded market. However, not a lot of them function as you would expect them in real-time applications. Don't put on your disappointed face yet though because we are here to help you out! These are some of the best 3D Printing solutions to date:

MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer

MakerBot Replicator 2 is one of the few fully functioning and reliable desktop 3D printers available in the market. It has a resolution capability of 100 microns and 410 cubic inch build volume. It is not the cheapest among the bunch priced at $2,199. However, this 3D printing solution is by far the most cost-efficient as it uses unique consumables that are practically recyclable. The Replicator 2 uses a PLA filament which is a renewable bioplastic. It sticks to the platform reliably without peeling, curling, sliding or shrinking. Because of this, you can expect high quality prints all the time.

FlashForge 3D printer

The Flashforge 3D Printer is very similar to the MakerBot Replicators in terms of quality and performance. Although it still has a few issues here and there like most 3D printing solutions, it can easily beat more expensive printers in best conditions. It is basically an improved version of the open-source MakerBot Replicator 1. And because it is equipped with a dual extruder, it can print in two colors or types of materials in one go. In addition to that, it keeps its extruder head at a constant level while the build platform travels down as the object is built giving it additional accuracy. At $1,199 you can get a good printer that can stand at par with the Replicator 2.

Cubify CubeX Trio

The 3D printing technology is evolving relatively fast. As a result, the Cubify CubeX Trio is created. It drastically changed the way 3D printers work with its ability to print using 3 colors at the same time. It utilizes three separate cartridges that can contain different colors in one printing job. This lets users create multi-color objects opening many possibilities. It is the most expensive of the bunch at $2,499 plus you have to pay extra to go from one to three cartridges. It produces high quality objects at decent speeds and can print something as big as a full sized basketball.

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Print Management Portals : Why Are They Such A Bother For Printing Companies?

The web age has its pros and cons just like everything ever invented. One of the conveniences it provides the society is it allows people to purchase items and services online. It also makes the prices of the products and services drop as it makes the competition tighter. This is good for the consumer's end however; many businesses particularly printing companies close down because of this. These are some of the reasons why print management portals are making things worse, especially for small presses.

Online print management portals make competition harder for starting printing companies.

Putting up a small printing press is not an easy task and online print brokers make it harder for them to earn profits. This is because the web greatly increases the number of printers a printing company will have to compete with. This will significantly increase the pressure to produce higher quality for a lower price.

Print brokers on the web make the competition more about marketing than quality itself.

Most people on the web will only get to see the individual websites of bigger printing companies that have deep pockets to spend on advertising. Potential customers will only see the big players completely wiping smaller companies out from the scene.

Print management portals in the web make the competition stagnant.

Huge companies spend quite a lot of money on advertising. Since the society today is excessively dependent on the web, bigger companies with deeper pockets to spend on marketing have a great advantage over starting printing companies. Because of this, the competition is becoming stale to a point where only the big players gain and smaller presses are eventually overwhelmed. This will also be a problem in the near future for consumers as there will not be many options to choose from. One or three big firms dominating an industry isn't really the best thing for everyone. This often results to monopoly of products or services which then be a big trouble to both the businesses and the consumers.

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Xerox CiPress 500 : The World's First High-Speed Waterless Inkjet Printer

Waterless inkjet printers have the potential of producing highest quality printouts. The problem is that waterless printers are typically slow and the technology isn't at production level yet.** Printouts produced using this technology still suffer from incomplete color blending, grainy appearance and excessive shine. It also have some issues with varying finished drop size while outputs are highly susceptible to heat, pressure, friction and cracking.

The Xerox CiPress 500 finally got around these issues making it a very interesting product. These are some of the benefits it offers for businesses:

High Quality And Production Capabilities

The Xerox CiPress 500 promises to increase the scale of your production and improve output quality. This can be achieved with this waterless inkjet printer's powerful twin engine configuration that significantly decreases production time.

The waterless inkjet printer can produce 500 feet or 2,180 full-color pages per minute. This is accomplished with the help of the twin-engine device that efficiently creates personalized marketing, transpromo and publishing pieces effortlessly. The FreeFlow Print Server greatly enhances the printer's productivity by handling complex variable jobs without compromising print speed. In addition to that, the printer has an automated closed-loop self-correcting technology that will surely improve uptime, productivity as well as consistency.

Low-cost Printing

The Xerox CiPress 500 waterless inkjet printer enables printing at low-cost through its patented waterless solid ink technology. It allows users to print on plain paper without ink soaking through. This technology works together with the self-monitoring and auto-correcting production controls is what makes the CiPress 500 a reliable workhorse that can produce millions of pages every month for less the cost.

Additional features of the waterless inkjet printer press include:

Xerox's patented waterless ink system that removes the need for specially treated paper, extra print heads and bonding agents.

Waterless solid inks are also very easy to handle and replace.

The Xerox CiPress 500 prints astounding flat sheet outputs. Cockles and curls are significantly reduced because of the waterless solid inks used printing process.

Costly dryer systems that consume a lot of energy are not required. This in return will generate an additional reduction on production expenses. There is also an automated print head maintenance eases the workload on operators reducing labor costs.

The high-speed waterless press has an intelligent scan bar that detects and corrects missing jets automatically.

Piezo drop on demand ink application technique helps produce a consistent density and uniformity of multi-colored output.

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Barak 8QW : A Super-Wide Hybrid UV Printer Offering Top Quality HD POP printing

Matan Digital Printers launch its new super-wide hybrid UV printer, the Barak 8QW at SGIA Expo 2013. This newest printer features white ink printing together with Matan's patented 8-color PDS technology. In addition to that, this digital printer boasts a wide variety of value-added features and options. Everything is designed to increase productivity, minimize waste, and reduce labor without being too complex to operate.

White printing - The new Barak 8QW enables owners to expand their business options. This super-wide hybrid UV printer will allow them to take on profitable high-end jobs and increase their revenue and margins. The addition of this feature will enable print shops to create exceptional quality images for both indoor and outdoor applications.

Blockout printing – This super-wide hybrid UV printer is capable of double-sided printing on opaque blockout media with perfect registration. A fully automatic workflow is enabled by a set of optical sensors and dedicated software that ensures faultless registration between sides. The automatic blockout system will eliminate the need for guesswork and manual manipulation. It will also reduce the level of expertise required from the operator.

Value added optional features:

Inline Finishing system – This add-on enables printing, trimming and sheeting in a single workflow.

Value-Pro analytics software – This optional feature enables owners to increase savings on media, ink & manpower.

Addition of newly developed print modes that will provide new standards of HD print quality.

Vacuum Table that allows printing on flexible sheets.

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LimiFold : A True Portable 3D Printer That Can Fit In Your Backpack

Crowdfunding sites are way too flooded with 3D printing projects nowadays. This makes it a lot harder to tell which printer project is worthy of supporting. At the moment, it is actually even more practical to just lay back and wait for the market to shake out in a few years. However, there is this one interesting portable 3D printer in IndieGogo, the LumiFold.

True Portable 3D Printer

Unlike most 3D printers in the market, LumiFold is small enough to fit in a backpack or a briefcase. It only measures 9.84 inches x 4.72 inches x 1.18 inches when folded up which is most likely the smallest working 3D printer to date. If you are looking for a 3D printer that is small enough to travel with then this will work perfectly for you. However, this unique compact platform cannot produce huge objects. Because of its compact design, it can only crank out items with a maximum size of 3.5 inches x 3.5 inches x 3.5 inches.

Unique Printing Process

Unlike most consumer level 3D printers, the LumiFold uses a photographic process to produce 3D models. This portable 3D printer uses light-cured materials to generate 3D printouts. The process uses a platform that moves only on the “Z” axis. The images will then be generated by curing the UV-sensitive resin, one layer at a time. The trick to this technique is that the printer utilizes the built-in projector in order to transmit the X and Y axis information through onto the printing material. Open source software included in the packed will be used to convert 3D models into razor-thin layers which are then exposed onto the resin.

High Quality 3D Printouts

The LumiFold can move in increments of as small as 0.01mm. This enables the portable 3D printer to produce a very fine object resolution especially if you use a high resolution 3D model. It is also very easy to operate. Simply pour some light-sensitive resin into a cup and set it up on the printer platform and the light will do the job for you.

The LumiFold is most likely the first true portable 3D printer. It’s been a neat idea that you can now carry a 3D printing device with you wherever you go. The only drawback is that you will need a separate projector to preview the printouts. This is where the gimmicky accessory comes into play. It will serve as a mini projector that works with mobile devices. The funny thing about it though is that the HoloDock requires that you to place either a mobile device or PC monitor underneath it to create the 3D illusion. If you like the idea of portable 3D printing then this is definitely a project worth supporting.

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VUTEk GS3250LX : A LED-Based Printer That Promises Lower TCO

Grand-scale printing is profitable but is also expensive in nature. Even though there are many printing solutions for this line of business, only a few are actually effective in real-world application and fewer that are cost-effective. The VUTEk GS3250LX is a new LED-based printer for grand-scale printing from EFI that promises to lower your cost of ownership over its entire lifetime. It is a competitive printer that will help you produce to meet your client's needs and expectations.

Quality prints with little to no waste.

The VUTEk GS3250LX reduces total cost of ownership of printing by using less consumables. This is achieved because of this LED-based printer's true 1000dpi, advanced three-layer white ink printing and true grayscale technology.The printer's pin-point accuracy is the result of a precision alignment technique that scans every board. It also has the ability to accurately determine how much ink is needed to match the color to be reproduced. This feat greatly reduces the amount of wasted ink in the process of printing which results to low printing costs. It doesn't just tone down printing expenses but also ensures high quality printouts.

Produce high quality images in less the time.

This LED-based printer isn't all about reducing waste and energy consumed. It can also produce more print jobs and can turn them faster with a continuous board productivity of up to 55 – 1.2m x 2.4m boards per hour. In addition to that, the VUTEk GS3250LX allows users to print anytime with the instant on/off technology. With this feat, users will be able to produce small to high volume jobs quickly upon demand with less delays.

Green Printing

EFI's VUTEk GS3250LX offers a greener print solution. It produces printouts using less consumable with little to no waste. This LED-based printer is also very energy-efficient. It does not contain Volatile Organic Compounds, which will make the work environment safer and a lot less polluted. More importantly, it has the ability to print on recycled materials without warping or head strikes.

Additional Benefits:

This UV inkjet printer comes with fewer parts with improved reliability standards for less errors and easier troubleshooting.

It tones down operating costs with decreased power consumption and lower hard costs.

The VUTEk GS3250LX has an extended the range of supported substrates with an innovative ink curing technology that delivers high quality and high adhesion.

It also offers flatbed and roll-to-roll printing capability in one footprint.

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Amaze Project : An Expensive Project To Revolutionize 3D Printing

The 3D printing industry is blooming beautifully this year. Although it still has some recurring issues, the printing technology is going further than what most people have expected. It has gained quite a lot of attention that even NASA has their hands over it. However, how exactly will it revolutionize additive manufacturing?

Development Of Lighter, Stronger And Cheaper Metal Components

Additive manufacturing or 3D printing as we know it has already revolutionized the design and creation of plastic products. The digital printing technology today is ready for metal casting. However, the printing costs will still be too high. This is why the Amaze Project has gained a lot of support since it aims to develop metal components that are lighter, stronger and a lot cheaper than conventional materials. If they succeed, we will be able to say goodbye to traditional manufacturing of metallic products.

The Amaze project aims to take 3D printing further and into metal age. This 20m-euro project has brought together 28 partners from European industry and academia. The partners include Airbus, Astrium, Norsk Titanium, Cranfield University, EADS, and the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy.

Industrialize 3D Printing

3D printing also known as additive manufacturing can create complex shapes that are impossible to produce using traditional casting and machining techniques. Very little material is wasted and by cutting the number of steps in a manufacturing chain of procedures, it is able to offer enormous cost benefits. 3D printers are expected to revolutionize the way we live but existing printers could only work with plastic which is not really that useful for industrial applications.

The Amaze Project is developing ways to further 3D printing using metals. It is also aiming to implement zero waste & efficient reduction of high-tech metal products. They already have created a revolutionary technique that allows them to digitally print metal parts that can withstand extreme temperatures of up to 3000°C. If perfected, this could change how the world will create industrial metal products.

Other Promised Features:

This amazing project will be able to design, demonstrate and deliver a modular streamlined workflow at factory level. It will also offer maximum processing flexibility during AM. There will be a major reduction in non-added-value delays An estimated 50% reduction in floor space used compared with conventional factories.

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EFI Jetrion 4900M: A Flexible and Profitable Industrial Inkjet Solution

There has always been a need for industrial inkjet solutions especially now that the market is growing steadily. The EFI Jetrion 4900M is designed to meet your client's needs for versioning, localization, regionalization, language and color changes, and short run promotions. It will definitely change your definition of short run printing jobs.

Profitable Short Run Printing

The EFI Jetrion 4900M will allow you to profitably produce short run jobs of a hundred labels or less. This will enable you to acquire a whole new range of print jobs you used to turn down. It will also help you push out the economic breakeven point between digital and flexo. Now even with print jobs of 50,000 labels and beyond, you will be able to gain an improved margin over traditional printing methods. This is achieved because this industrial inkjet system has the ability to print on pre die-cut material which greatly reduces time between printing the label and shipping it out.

Modular Platform for Maximum Flexibility

A unique feature of EFI's Jetrion 4900M is its capability to print in a choice of 2 print widths. This allows you to customize and build from the base press upwards. It can adapt to suit changes in your business and print requirements. This Fully scalable industrial inkjet system allows you to add only the additional pieces that you need. This means no unnecessary upgrade expenses. It is intelligently designed to respond to the changes in your print demands now and the future.

Advantage over other digital systems:

Robust design, built on a platform allowing for growth and future upgradeability.

Lower cost versus click-charge models

Guarantees lowest cost, highest quality

The Jetrion 4900 offers brightness and opacity that rivals flexo and is superior to other digital whites.

It allows production proofing and test marketing without having to artificially fill the frame.

This industrial inkjet system eliminates the need and cost for pre-priming to most substrates.

It also provides exceptional durability with no over varnish needed.

Automatic 4-color dual-sided printing, as well as printing on pre-printed or pre-die-cut rolls are built-in features.

You can add optional modules such as wider print width, laser die cutting or full featured finishing as your business needs expand.

The Jetrion 4900M is an affordable UV inkjet solution allowing printers to deliver quality labels in line with market demand. With a solid and ever growing worldwide installed customer base, EFI really is your partner of choice in digital print. The Jetrion 4900 series presses offer a strong base product, and are modular, so can evolve to grow in line with your business, offering longevity and a strong Return on Investment (ROI).