Industry News NEWS IN BRIEF
● The 2021 edition of drupa has been cancelled due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The next event will take place as scheduled from May 28 to June 7, 2024. The 2021 event will now go online in a four-day digital event titled ‘virtual.drupa’ to take place from April 20 to 23. ● Spot-On is Screen Print World’s latest collection of press ready intermixable plastisol inks. Available in a range of colours, these phthalate-free inks are super opaque and perfect for printing onto dark garments. They offer true colours and print well onto all flash whites. These inks are suitable for manual or automatic printing. ● Screenworks has invested in a Kornit Avalanche HD6 to improve its offering to customers. Alan Porter, operations director, said: “Investing in the Avalanche HD6 will truly help to support our move towards more on-demand printing, enabling shorter print runs, and therefore lower MOQs.” ● Virus has introduced a new family of eco-friendly inks called ESE. The ESE ORGANIC ink range is available in white and clear versions: a ready for use white ink and a transparent pigmentable base, compatible with the Virus Mixing System. The ready for use four-colour process inks complete the range. ● Drytac has become a member of the UK Slip Resistance Group (UKSRG), securing its role as a leading manufacturer of safe, legal and slip-resistant floor graphics media. It is currently the only supplier of products for floor graphics on the UKSRG members' list and demonstrates a move by the group to broaden its reach. ● EasyCut Studio’s newly released version 5.007 extends the capabilities of the vinyl cutting software, by offering the support for KASA, UKCutter SMURF, VEVOR, Marsh Stencil Express, SSK Designtech 60, Helo HSP and OmniSign Plus cutters. The new version also provides many optimisations and improvements, and even better performance than before. ● Trotec has launched a brand- new range of engravable PU leather. Specifically designed for laser cutting and engraving, the material is perfect for creating everything from fashion accessories to promotional items and beyond. Easy to process, LaserLeather requires less maintenance than traditional leather and is soft to the touch, while being vegan friendly.
| 14 | January 2021
Resolute DTG introduces game-changing direct to film process to the UK
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he recent addition to Resolute’s Green Button DTG systems is an add on process to its Ricoh range driven by Resolute RIP, which makes printing polyester garments, sportswear and other difficult substrates possible and without the need for any pre-treatment. By using a specially developed release film as a reverse print transfer with the pre-treatment embedded during manufacture, the system can now produce images including white ink for heat pressing onto most textiles without the need for garments to be pre-treated or any weeding. The product has been in beta testing for some time while the RIP profiles were perfected.
It works by using a special print queue that automatically orientates the image and then produces a two-part custom white layer, this is the key to its ability in producing vibrant prints on a wide range of otherwise impossible to print fabrics.
Image after heat pressing onto a non-pre-treated polyester shirt
The direct to film software upgrade is free to anyone who already owns a Ricoh-based Resolute DTG green button system. As soon as they purchase the starter pack of speciality film the software upgrade will be performed by a Resolute technician via remote access. New installations will automatically be set up to use the special film and software. The product has been developed with the Ri 1000 and Ri 2000 in mind, but will also be made available to all future systems provided by Resolute DTG. The new product is especially useful for printing onto caps, shoes, sleeves, high-vis jackets, workwear and many others without the need to pre-treat or worry about ink cracking or bleeding. Cotton garments can also be produced without the need to use pre-treatment, but this is not its primary use, although the results are quite stunning.
Quadra creates school bag for vulnerable, disadvantaged and disaster-affected children
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orking in close collaboration with the School in a Bag
charity, Quadra has created a highly functional, fit for purpose backpack for vulnerable, disadvantaged and disaster-affected children. The most recent recipients of the school bag which contains stationery, learning resources, eating utensils and a new hygiene kit is a class of four-year-olds in Guinea- Bissau, West Africa. Without these items the children simply would not have the tools to get an education.
A class of four-year-olds in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa with their school bags
School in Bag is a charity which provides educational resources for vulnerable, disadvantaged and disaster-affected children. So far the charity has provided over 120,000 school bags, in 46 countries.
Beechfield Brands, the parent company of Quadra, is the corporate sponsor of School in a Bag. A spokesman said the team were proud to be working with School in a Bag and look forward to supporting the charity in the future.
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