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  In the ever-evolving landscape of the print industry, thriving communities of print professionals are helping to shape the positive future of print. As executive director of Dscoop, I've had a front-row seat to the power and joy of community connection and collaboration. Every day, in every global region, there are digital print industry innovators who want to do more than just advance their companies and their customers. They want to advance the industry, and to spread print's remarkable impact on the world. We are not alone, and it's inspiring to me every time I hear about a large or small print community forming or growing. There's real value anytime a participant gains access to new strategies, tools, connections and business opportunities. The print world is about to see and feel that amazing spirit of community and advancement at drupa . A haven of knowledge, collaboration and inspiration The pace of change in today's world has never been more rapid, and the...

  Insight Print Communications, an authorized channel partner for Fujifilm Revoria in India announced the installation of Fujifilm Revoria PC 1120 at Graphic Solution in Chennai. With a legacy dating to 2002, Graphic Solution has consistently stood as a leading manufacturer of ID cards, access cards, and laminating film in the domestic market and also exporters. In a strategic move to diversify its product range, the company has made a significant investment in this digital press. According to a press release, the Fujifilm Revoria PC 1120 has garnered significant acclaim, resonating impressively with customers in both the photo printing and commercial printing sectors, thanks to its exceptional features and unmatched print quality. Graphic Solution chose to install a Fujifilm Revoria PC 1120 press, which perfectly aligned with their current needs. Notably, this system offers flexibility for future expansion, with the option to introduce two additional special colors to their array...

  Fiery, LLC and Ricoh Europe have expanded their long-term partnership with the launch of two new Fiery digital front ends (DFEs) for the new Ricoh Pro C9500 digital color sheetfed press. The Fiery servers are the exclusive DFEs driving the Ricoh Pro C9500, providing customers with digital print performance to elevate productivity, improve quality, and automate workflows for greater labor savings, the company said in a release. The Ricoh Pro C9500 customers have a choice of Fiery Color Controller N-70, based on the high-performance Fiery NX Premium platform, or Fiery Color Controller N-50, based on the Fiery NX Pro platform. Both are based on Fiery FS500 Pro software.  “Our clients have come to depend on the exceptional performance delivered by Fiery DFEs, and that’s why we have partnered again with Fiery as the core DFE provider for our next-generation sheetfed presses," said Eef de Ridder, vice-president, Graphic Communications Group, Ricoh Europe. "Our long-term and clos...

  Vipul Organics , a BSE-listed specialty chemicals company in the pigments and dyes segment, has ventured into the paper segment in the domestic market. Vipul Organics worked closely on its product innovation and, over a period of 12-18 months, created product lines completely focused on the segment, before launching them into the market. This innovation in product lines with paper-focused dispersions and dyes has been appreciated by the industry, the company said. The initial client wins include leading players such as Tamil Nadu Paper Limited, Andhra Paper, etc. Paper dyes are dyes used to change or add to the color of paper. Paper dyes are colored matter soluble in the medium of application. The global paper dyes market size was US$ 1.03 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow till US$ 1.47 billion by 2029, at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.20%. The paper dyes market is going to be the fastest growing among dyes and pigments, according to the Exactitude Consultancy...

  The annual general meeting of the Delhi Printers' Association was held at Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhawan on 15 April 2023. After welcoming the members to the AGM, the immediate former president Sunil Jain welcomed president Atul Goel, general secretary Prakash Dass and treasurer Puneet Talwar. In his welcome address Goel expressed his gratitude to the members for reposing their faith in him by electing him as president for the year 2022-2023.  Greeting the members, Dass read out the annual report for the outgoing year and condoled the death of members in the past year. Talwar presented the statement of annual accounts for the year 2021-2022, which was duly approved. Returning officer Mukesh Kaushik read out names of the unanimously elected new team for 2023-2024 and invited them to assemble at the dais for a group photograph. The new team was individually introduced and felicitated with garlands by the outgoing office bearers. The outgoing president Atul Goel was honored w...

  Greater Noida-based post-printing machinery manufacturer Robus India cracked 17 deals just before Pamex and during the exhibition in Mumbai. The company booked 12 machines for clients in Pune, two in Delhi-NCR's Bahadurgarh, and one each in Mumbai, Daman, and Punjab. Robus claims that for the first time in the printing and packaging industry in India, it has introduced a five-year comprehensive warranty program on each product to provide hassle-free operations for its clients without worrying about maintenance costs. The company says it believes it can grow only if its customers grow along with it. Neel Mehta, AGM sales at Robus, said, ” Since its inception, Robus has sold more than 400 machines in India of which 120 are repeat customers.” Prem Vishwakarma, managing director of the company, said,” We recently opened a service center in Gujarat and have made a strategic tie-up with 'Gujarat Printer Directory' to provide prompt and efficient service backup at the doorstep...

  The ninth edition of the Jaipur Book Mark , which was held alongside the Jaipur Literature Festival from 20 – 22 January 2023, was marked by insightful discussions around the world of translations, the importance of children's publishing, policy-making around publishing, and the future of audiobooks. According to advisor Manisha Chaudhry, the Jaipur Book Mark (JBM) this year was quite interesting, and turned out  well. “It found an identity this year with  focused panel discussions on issues that actually concerned the publishing industry, which I think was the reason for its success. A significant number of panels turned out very interesting. There was actually some learning for the audience,” said Chaudhry. The USP was good speakers and good moderators, and a variety of formats such as short interviews with industry leaders and panel discussions specific to areas of publishing, she said. They all had something for all those who had registered to attend, such as first...

  January 2023, US based Color-Logic a leader in metallic colors systems and print embellishment, has announced the release of Pattern-FX Volume 7. Commenting on the event, Color-Logic director of Sales and Marketing Mark Geeves said, “Patterns have become a key element of graphic design in recent years. Color-Logic Pattern-FX volumes are illustrator palettes which incorporate the Color-Logic special effects and make pattern usage effortless, predictable, and reproducible. The patterns can be rotated and scaled, and since Color-Logic colors can ge gradated, two or more colors can be used within one pattern. When using the seven Pattern-FX volumes together with the 924 metallic colors in the Color-Logic Design Suite, graphic designers have access to 776,160 predictable and reproducible embellishment patterns with just a few mouse clicks, although with scaling and rotation, the true number of print embellishments is essentially unlimited. In addition, with Color-Logic Gradation-FX, ...

  One of the leading book printers and exporters, Replika Press has added another digital press to its battery of digital presses that it has built up in the past 15 years in addition to its massive offset printing and binding capacity that extends across its three plants in Kundli in the New Delhi NCR. The newest Canon digital machines to be added at Replika are the ImagePress C10010 VP color press and the high-capacity monochrome VarioPrint 6270 press. Our readers will recall that one of our first in-plant visits during one of the breaks in the pandemic lockdowns was to Replika in Kundli to see its just commissioned sheetfed inkjet Canon Varioprint i300 full color inkjet press in the second half of 2020. The digital press section also included three VP6000 Series, ImagePresses and a C650 press at the time – all in Replika’s newest building of 400,000 square feet in Kundli that contains the entire book production chain under one roof. The three Replika printing, finishing, bindin...