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FuturePrint, Brother e Instituto Focus Têxtil lançam projeto de capacitação em design e estampas

A FuturePrint, principal evento de impressão digital têxtil da América Latina, se uniu ao Instituto Focus Têxtil e à Brother para oferecer um curso de capacitação em design de estampas, visando promover a sustentabilidade no setor têxtil através do ensino de técnicas modernas de estamparia digital. O projeto é composto por dois cursos sequenciais: “Formação em Design de Estampas” e “Modelagem”,…

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The Brazil "FuturePrint 2024" exhibition will be held from July 10th to 13th. TOME looks forward to seeing you there!

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Tracking Down the Evolution and Impact of Inkjet Printing Technology

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Inkjet printing has revolutionized the way we produce documents, images, and graphics, offering a versatile and efficient solution for various printing needs. From home offices to industrial settings, inkjet printers have become ubiquitous tools for creating high-quality prints with precision and speed. In this article, we will delve into the evolution, applications, advantages, and advancements of inkjet printing (IP)technology, as well as its potential future developments.

Evolution of Technology:

The origins of IP can be traced back to the 1950s when researchers began exploring methods of creating digital prints using droplets of ink. Early inkjet printers relied on analog technologies and piezoelectric or thermal printheads to eject ink onto paper, fabric, or other substrates. These early prototypes laid the foundation for the development of modern IP technology.

In the 1980s and 1990s, inkjet printing underwent significant advancements, with the introduction of desktop inkjet printers for home and office use. These printers offered improved print quality, faster printing speeds, and more affordable consumables, making them accessible to a broader range of users. Concurrently, industrial IP systems emerged, enabling large-scale printing for applications such as signage, packaging, and textile printing.

Applications of Inkjet Printing:

IP technology finds widespread applications across various industries and sectors, including:

Graphic Arts and Publishing: Inkjet printers are widely used for producing high-quality prints for magazines, brochures, posters, and other marketing materials. The ability to achieve vibrant colors, sharp images, and precise text makes IP ideal for graphic arts and publishing applications.

Textile Printing: Digital textile printing using inkjet technology has transformed the textile industry, allowing for the customization of fabrics, garments, and home textiles with intricate designs, patterns, and colors. Inkjet printers equipped with specialized textile inks enable on-demand printing, short production runs, and rapid prototyping in the textile manufacturing process.

Packaging and Labeling: Inkjet printing is widely employed in the packaging industry for printing labels, tags, and packaging materials. The flexibility of inkjet technology allows for the customization of packaging designs, serialization, and variable data printing, catering to the diverse needs of product branding and marketing.

3D Printing: Inkjet-based 3D printing, also known as binder jetting, utilizes inkjet printheads to selectively deposit binding agents onto powder substrates, layer by layer, to create three-dimensional objects. This additive manufacturing process is used in prototyping, rapid manufacturing, and production of complex geometries in industries such as aerospace, automotive, and healthcare.

Functional Printing: Inkjet printing technology is increasingly being used for functional printing applications, including printed electronics, conductive patterns, sensors, and biomedical devices. Inkjet-printed circuits, sensors, and electrodes offer cost-effective solutions for flexible electronics, wearable devices, and point-of-care diagnostics.

Advantages of Inkjet Printing:

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It offers several advantages over traditional printing methods, including:

High-Quality Prints: Inkjet printers produce high-resolution prints with sharp text, smooth gradients, and accurate color reproduction, making them suitable for applications that demand exceptional print quality.

Versatility: Inkjet printers can handle a wide range of substrates, including paper, fabric, plastics, ceramics, and metals, allowing for diverse printing applications across different industries and materials.

Cost-Effectiveness: It offers cost-effective solutions for short print runs, on-demand printing, and variable data printing, eliminating the need for costly setup fees and plate changes associated with traditional printing methods.

Environmentally Friendly: It generates minimal waste, as it does not require printing plates or chemical processes typical of offset printing. Furthermore, inkjet printers consume less energy and produce fewer emissions compared to other printing technologies.

Customization and Personalization: It enables customization and personalization of prints, allowing for the creation of unique designs, variable data printing, and mass customization to meet individual preferences and market demands.

Advancements in Technology:

Recent advancements in printing technology have further expanded its capabilities and applications. Some notable developments include:

UV-Curable Inks: UV-curable inkjet inks offer enhanced adhesion, durability, and environmental resistance, making them suitable for outdoor signage, packaging, and industrial applications requiring long-lasting prints on challenging substrates.

Digital Textile Printing: Advances in digital textile printing technology have led to the development of high-speed, high-resolution inkjet printers capable of printing on a wide range of fabrics with vibrant colors and intricate patterns, transforming the textile printing industry.

Functional Inks: The development of functional inks for printing has enabled the fabrication of electronic circuits, sensors, and biomedical devices using additive manufacturing techniques, opening up new possibilities in flexible electronics, wearable technology, and healthcare applications.

3D Printing with Inkjet Technology: Inkjet-based 3D printing systems continue to evolve, offering faster print speeds, larger build volumes, and improved material compatibility for producing complex, multi-material 3D printed parts with high accuracy and resolution.

Digital Packaging Printing: Printing technology is increasingly being adopted for digital packaging printing applications, enabling on-demand production of customized packaging with variable data printing, serialization, and brand protection features.

Future Directions in Technology:

Looking ahead, inkjet printing technology is poised to continue evolving and advancing, driven by ongoing research and development efforts in various fields. Some future directions and potential developments in inkjet printing include:

Nanoparticle Inks: The development of nanoparticle-based inks holds promise for enhancing the performance and functionality of inkjet-printed materials. Nanoparticle inks with tailored properties, such as conductivity, magnetism, or optical properties, could enable new applications in electronics, sensors, and advanced materials.

Bioprinting and Tissue Engineering: Inkjet-based bioprinting technologies are being explored for the precise deposition of living cells and biomaterials to fabricate tissues, organs, and biomedical implants. Advances in biocompatible inks, printhead technology, and tissue engineering techniques could revolutionize regenerative medicine and personalized healthcare.

Additive Manufacturing Integration: Inkjet printing technology is being integrated into additive manufacturing processes, such as selective laser sintering and stereolithography, to enhance material deposition, surface finish, and part quality. Inkjet-based additive manufacturing systems could enable the production of complex, multi-material components with high resolution and accuracy.

Sustainable Printing Solutions: With increasing emphasis on sustainability and environmental stewardship, printing technologies are being developed with eco-friendly inks, recyclable substrates, and energy-efficient printing processes. Green printing initiatives aim to minimize waste, reduce energy consumption, and lower carbon emissions associated with printing operations.

Smart Printing Systems: Inkjet printers equipped with sensors, artificial intelligence, and internet-of-things (IoT) connectivity enable smart printing systems capable of self-monitoring, predictive maintenance, and real-time optimization. Smart inkjet printing solutions streamline workflow, improve productivity, and enhance user experience in various printing applications.

Conclusion:

Printing technology has undergone remarkable evolution and transformation since its inception, revolutionizing the printing industry and enabling new applications across various sectors. From high-quality graphics and textiles to functional electronics and 3D printing, inkjet technology continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in printing and manufacturing. With ongoing advancements in materials, printhead technology, and digital workflow solutions, the future of inkjet printing holds promise for even greater innovation, efficiency, and customization in printing and fabrication processes.

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Sun Chemical to highlight transformational solutions at FuturePrint 2024

Sun Chemical will present its extensive portfolio of solutions for a variety of wide format applications on stand K090 at FuturePrint 2024 (July 10-13, 2024) in São Paulo, Brazil under the theme of ‘Experience. Transformation.’

“FuturePrint is a key flagship show for the wide format industry and the perfect place to present our extensive portfolio of solutions for digital printing,” said Renato Rossi, Business Manager Latin America, Sun Chemical. “The event’s importance to the industry underscores its significance to Sun Chemical. As the largest producer of inks and coatings, we´re excited to exhibit at the show once again while connecting with customers to demonstrate ways they can experience transformation.”

Solutions on display will include Sun Chemical’s wide format and super wide format inkjet inks, textile inkjet inks, screen inks and industrial inks, and solutions from Sun Chemical’s digital inkjet brand, SunJet.

Wide Format

Sun Chemical will promote its Streamline range of eco-solvent inkjet inks for wide format printers. Formulated with low odor chemistry, the Streamline ink series is GREENGUARD Gold certified for low indoor emissions.

The Streamline portfolio highlighted will include wide format product solutions, offered in industry standard cartridges and pouches and designed for easy installation with printers widely used in the sign, display, and graphics markets. New for 2024, the Streamline ESL 2 and Ultima inks have been updated to add compatibility with the Epson i3200 and Brother printheads used with the latest generation of eco-solvent printers.

Streamline offers a team of fully trained, experienced engineers, offering on-site and remote support for ink conversions, color profiling, and perfecting press setup to ensure customers can optimize use of Streamline inks.

Super Wide Format

With the increasing popularity of new industrial 3.2m solvent inkjet presses, Streamline offers tailored ink solutions to support presses with Konica Minolta, Spectra Starfire, and Epson i3200 printheads. Optimized for the inkjet droplet specification and the end-user print application requirements, the latest addition to the range is Sun Chemical’s Streamline SGR, a solvent ink series for presses using Ricoh Gen 5 printheads.

Aqueous Inks

Sun Chemical will promote its patented Streamline aqueous ink technology for printing on paper substrates such as billboard poster, corrugated, and décor. These aqueous inks help meet increased demand for sustainable developments in ink technology.

Available for Kyocera and Ricoh Gen 5 printheads, Streamline aqueous inks offer high color strength which dries faster and reduces ink consumption. The inks also offer improved print finish, color vibrancy, and lower energy consumption costs.

Digital Textile Inks

Sun Chemical will highlight its full range of digital inks for textile decoration across several applications such as sign and display, sportswear, fashion, and home textiles. Its recently launched Xennia Jade inks for direct to film (DTF) printing will also be on display. This range includes CMYK and white inks plus the required resin powder for outstanding application performance and print reliability.

Other products at the stand will include ElvaJet Opal SB, the market-leading sublimation transfer inks for Epson printheads, ElvaJet Topaz SC hybrid sublimation inks for Kyocera printheads with unparalleled performance when printed direct to fabric or when using a transfer print process, and ElvaJet SR342 sublimation inks for higher viscosity printheads.

Solutions for pigment, reactive and acid inks offering the best in color and application performance will also be showcased. Xennia Sapphire is an innovative range of pigment inks for mid and high viscosity printheads which offers a more sustainable printing process through simple dry head fixation and highly vibrant and resistant prints across a range of substrates. Xennia Amethyst Evo RC and Xennia Agate are reactive acid inks for Kyocera. Xennia Amethyst Evo offers unparallelled print and application performance with increased dye fixation, which enables the potential to increase color gamut and reduce the amount of dye washed from the fabric after fixation.

SunJet

The global inkjet brand of Sun Chemical and DIC, SunJet, will demonstrate its most recent developments in inkjet chemistry, including collaborations with OEM partners, system integrators, and printhead manufacturers across a number of market sectors, including graphics, décor, textile, industrial, and packaging.

Screen and Pad Printing

Sun Chemical will showcase its extensive range of conventional and UV curing screen and pad printing inks to support both industrial and graphic screen/pad applications in many markets such as automotive, aerospace, printed electronics, packaging, and displays, across a range of substrates from paper to plastics and glass.

Advanced Materials

SEPAREL is another product Sun Chemical will display at its stand. These degassing modules prevent gas from passing through a hollow-fiber membrane and allow only liquid to pass through, resulting in minimal pressure loss and compact size. The range offers a variety of products suitable for various ink types and applications including aqueous, solvent and UV.

“At Sun Chemical, we are committed to impacting industry transformation through sustainability,” said Peter Saunders, Global Director, Digital Businesses, Sun Chemical. “As we continue to make sustainable advancements in ink technology, we enable our customers to operate more sustainably themselves.”

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O que o mundo dos games, geek e brindes têm em comum com a FuturePrint

É estranho quando falamos de impressoras e conseguimos mesclar o vasto mundo da cultura pop, que atrai geeks e nerds para o maior evento brasileiro de impressão gráfica. O evento acontece de 10 a 13 de julho de 2024, no Expo Center Norte, e desperta o interesse de lojistas, distribuidores e consumidores de diversas áreas. Explicarei ao decorrer deste artigo esta conexão do cenário do mundo dos…

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Fórum FuturePrint promove discussão sobre por que não vender por metro quadrado

A principal unidade de medida para a composição do preço de um serviço em comunicação visual, serigrafia e sublimação é o metro quadrado. Mas será que esse formato garante a margem de lucro ou é tão obsoleto que causa prejuízo para a empresa? Na palestra “Por que você não deve vender por metro quadrado na comunicação visual”, Rafael Ahmann, CEO da Holdprint Sistemas (@rafaelahmann), apresentou um…

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The first of manyyy. I’m in the process of making my doodles into some bad ass vector art 🙌🏼 making these babies is really fun, and hopefully I can keep this up 😝 . . . #vector #vectorart #digitalart #illustrator #doodles #doodlesturnedintoart #futureprints #futuredesigns #whoknows #art #artist #artistofinstagram #artofinstagram #artoftheday #niroart #design #artislife #dailyartpost

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Here is a progress video!!! Working on art to have for my shop that I want to open this year. Witchy women!!! #wip #wipwatercolor #drawing #watercolor #watercolorart #witchinspired #witchywoman #ombrewatercolor #ombrehair #art #artofinstagram #futureprint

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Some Damien Doodles :^) #monsterprom #monsterpromdamien #damienlavey #monsterpromfanart #watercolor #sketch #lineart #futureprint

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FuturePrint Virtual Summit grows attendance for second edition

Once again bringing the industry together at a time when the opportunity to connect face-to-face is extremely limited, the second edition of the FuturePrint Virtual Summit saw attendance by over 3,908 people from over 80 countries, and the international profile of the visitor base grew with a larger attendance from outside UK and US this time. In fact, all areas of visitors grew compared with the June event which registered 1,550 from 65 countries, demonstrating the value delivered by this event and the importance the industry places on having a platform where businesses, peers, and friends can engage and learn in these challenging times. Top ten countries were UK, US, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, France, Belgium, Japan, Italy, and Austria.

The visitor demographic profile remained similar to the June event with a more youthful profile and a better gender balance than is typical with a live event in the print sector. According to website analytics, this included approximately 57% between the age of 18-35 and 45% female.

The most popular sessions were Nick Clements from Landa Digital Printing and John Mills of Xaar, both with over 700 people and many applauding the quality and level of content delivered at the event.

According to results from the event survey, 100% of respondents regarded the event as helpful, and 78% considered its content between very good and excellent. Replays are now available with access to 79 talks from across the print spectrum.

Popular talks included technology sessions presented by content partners including Landa, ACTEGA Metal Print, ACTEGA North America, Agfa, Bobst, Canon, DodXAct, Epson, HP, Hymmen, Inca Digital, Industrial Inkjet, Integration Technology, Kavalan, LMNS, Memjet, Meteor Inkjet, Mutoh, Phoseon Technology, Profile Recruitment, Ricoh, Roland, Sihl, Solimar Systems, VPress, and Xaar.

Graham Kennedy, director of Industrial Print Business at Ricoh Europe and content partner, concluded, “Once again the summit was a positive platform to be part of, and the content across the board has served to provide inspiration going forward. Our recent survey conducted with FM Future also reveals a market that is resilient and adapting confident of the future, and in some cases innovating more. As a result, it’s reassuring to know that despite the challenges we all face now, innovation remains a critical component of leadership, and we are doing our best to continue to encourage that through platforms such as the FuturePrint Virtual Summit.”

Marc Graindourze, business manager Industrial Inks at Agfa, said, “Agfa participated at the FuturePrint Virtual Summit in October, and we were very happy to be a part of this positive initiative which featured an abundance of inspiring and helpful content. Being a part of this kind of platform is incredibly important at the moment so we can continue to communicate the key benefits of our technology to a global audience and deliver insight, which helps the market to innovate in the right areas by solving problems through collaboration.”

Jonathan Malone-McGrew, senior director Engagement, Solimar System, said, “The second edition of the FuturePrint Virtual Summit, as expected, provided a fantastic opportunity for those involved, giving an insight into various areas of the print industry in its current climate. The event provided a growing audience with interesting discussions and views around the ‘next’ normal, given today’s challenges. Once again, we have really enjoyed being a content partner for the event.”

All talks are available until December 20 on the event website for free. Register here

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The only team I root for. If I cleaned up this darkroom doodle and put it on a shirt, would y’all be receptive to that? #handlettering #lettering #typography #home #futureprint #putitonashirt #printmaking #print #silkscreen #screenprint #screenprinting #pdxprint #pdx #tbt (at Beaverton, Oregon)

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Mais um dia de feira! Venha nos visitar! @feirafutureprint #sid30anos #porummercadomaisprofissional #sidsigns #sidstore #sonasid #futureprint #feiraserigrafiasign (em Expo Center Norte - Pavilhão Amarelo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz0f9pKgmr2/?igshid=r817nz1hb1bl

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I'm doing a thing... a thing on fire. And yes, I still have a spaghetti noodle for a nib 🔥🐴🐎 you're welcome. #photoshop #fire #horse #print #futureprint #workinprogress #wip #imac #photoshopcs6 #wacombamboo #experimentalart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bze458yht1ltqet_A4p5LqPyuv6CcFeeHGL17s0/?igshid=jrh65wlfdz0

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Yes baby, walk on the wild side! @lara.angel Congratulation 🎈 #msgm #msgmmilano #angelbasicsstyle #amsterdamshopping #prints #jobinlondon #angelbasicsinstore #angelbasicscollection #laraangel #futureprints #futurefashion #wiw