Digital Printing – Direct-to-Object

This week's highlights include strategies for finding and keeping employees, the PRINTING United Alliance merger with Brand Chain and PERF, insights on the wide-format segment, a chat with Mike Rowe of Adnormous Graphics, and a view into the functional/industrial printing space. Great stuff!

Take your product customization capabilities to the next level with the new Roland DG VersaOBJECT™ MO-240 UV benchtop flatbed printer! Combining unsurpassed print quality with outstanding productivity, the MO-240 enables you to print vibrant, detailed graphics and text directly on a wide variety of three-dimensional objects faster than ever before.

A U.K.-based cosmetics firm just expanded its in-house printing operation with several new wide-…

Roland DGA announced its partnership with Western Sensibility – an art-driven surface design and digital printing studio – to further introduce digital printing technology to the interior design and architecture industries.

In a press conference held during the 2023 PRINTING United Expo, Josh Hope, senior manager, segment marketing, led attendees through an array of new technologies Mimaki USA developed and released to meet the changing needs of the textile and apparel, sign and graphics, and industrial printing spaces.

MUTOH’s NEW Award-Winning XpertJet 1462UF 55″ x 27″ printer has two dual print heads in a staggered configuration, two 4″ UV-LED lamps, and will print directly to object up to 5.9″ thick. With MUTOH’s reliability and “Made in Japan Quality” having the capability of printing package prototypes, ADA compliant braille, 2.5D textured prints and more, the MUTOH XPJ-1462UF is the ideal printer for any print shop looking for reliability, high quality, and fast speeds.

Roland DGA has introduced the new Graphic Transfer System (GTS) that enables users to apply pre-printed UV ink graphics to irregularly shaped items.

Spire Motorsports will be adding another MUTOH printer to its shop for all of its print needs for both race cars Nos. 7 and 77 Chevrolet Camaros, transporters, and more.

The promotional products industry has been moving toward a one-stop-shop model for years. That’s made it even more important for promo suppliers and decorators to offer a variety of products. Add in ongoing inventory challenges and shipping delays, and the single-source approach has become critical.

We talked with Lee Terkel, cellhelmet’s executive VP, about the Pittsburgh, PA-based company’s latest venture: custom-printed cell phone cases and power banks — including a collaboration with marine wildlife artist and conservationist Guy Harvey.