Tips and Tricks

There’s always a demand for reproducing metallic effects that add some glitz and glamour to products or packaging, making the ability to create these effects so attractive to many print businesses. Luckily, modern digital print technology provides several options to introduce metallic effects to your product range that are far more achievable for most businesses by being quicker, cheaper and more suited to short runs. In this article, we’ll look at these methods so you can see if they’re right for your print projects.

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Vinyl cutting is easy to learn and inexpensive and lets you produce your own t-shirts, wall graphics, car stickers and more.

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Job Variation, a recently added feature to Roland DG Versaworks, is a fantastic tool that can be used for print jobs where colour accuracy is very important. Job Variation allows users to compare different settings such as Colour Management, Quality Settings, and the ability to compare the same print job with various colour adjustments or specific colour densities.

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By following the simple steps outlined in this article, your customers can start to experience the benefits of Mobile Panel 2. This innovative app makes performing printer maintenance routines, such as regularly scheduled cleanings, much easier.

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If you work in the graphics industry, you’ll know how important colour accuracy is to customer satisfaction. But accurately matching colours to previous print runs, customer expectations, or how colours appear on screen is fraught with difficulties.

In this article, we take a closer look at the importance of getting colours right, linearization, ICC profiling and colour matching.

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The quality and consistency of third-party inks has undoubtedly improved in recent years. Used in place of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) inks, these chemistries can achieve impressive results for many wide format applications at a lower up-front price.

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Renault DP World F1 Team, previously featured in this blog, spoke about how Roland DG’s remote printing has helped them manage a busy print room from home.

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We are all busy day in and day out. Sometimes you need to take a break and get away from all the hustle and bustle of daily life. When this time comes, it is important to take a few simple steps to make sure your printer is in top shape when you come back to the shop. Here are some tips to help avoid any down time due to maintenance issues.

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Historically, a great workflow for achieving cut accuracy in a “print/laminate/cut” job involving long runs of decals has been the CustomCut function in VersaWorks. However, the introduction of VersaWorks 6 has made achieving this kind of accuracy even easier.

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The VersaWorks 6 RIP software is packed with new functions to make your colours pop and streamline your print and cut workflow. The latest update to VersaWorks 6 has been designed to make your printing life even easier with the new Job Assistant function.

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