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Friday, March 19th, 2010
The Environmental Paper Network has redesigned and relaunched its paper resource site called "What's in Your Paper?" making it easier to use. New resources include Paper Steps, a visual guide to switching to environmentally responsible paper. And the Eco Paper Database from Canopy. Did you know that the number of "environmental" printing ...Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
(In February, Marty Kauls published the following post on the Graphic Systems blog. He has given us permission to reprint it here as part of our discussion of PrintUV and UV printing.) A few weeks ago, I came across Darren Gapen’s blog post UV Printing: Can You Afford Not to Make ...Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
PrintUV 2010 is over and we have a year to wait for the next one. In the meantime, Steve Metcalf from Air Motion Systems has put on his prognosticator's hat and he gives us some thoughts about the future of UV Printing. The attendees of PrintUV 2010 will tell you that ...Friday, March 12th, 2010
Dana Alan, vice president of sales for Bentley Graphic Communications, tells how she and her company originally got involved in sustainable print. Like many others, it was customer interest that got her started. Bentley Graphic Communications is a high quality, sheet fed offset printer specializing in UV printing.Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Coating Excellence International (CEI), Wrightstown WI, is the latest certified SGP Printer. Sustainable Green Printing Partnership has certified 18 facilities to date. CEI is a leading domestic converter of flexible packaging products, which are produced using clean production technologies, renewable resources, and recyclability making the company a market leader in sustainable ...Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
PrintUV 2010 - Three days in March UV technology is evolving almost faster than we can keep up. During a time when sheetfed equipment sales plummeted 67% and commercial ink sales dropped between 10% and 50%, UV printing technology has thrived. This year’s event, held March 7-9 in Las Vegas, had both ...Thursday, March 4th, 2010
PaperSpecs recently published a great post to clarify chain of custody certification - what it is and what it isn't. Here's what Sabine Lenz, founder of PaperSpecs, had to say: “This is a sham,” Cynthia was up in arms, “A friend told me that there actually might not be any FSC-certified ...Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Washington DC Ward 3 Council member Mary M. Cheh printed that disclaimer on her constituent newsletters after an opponent took a jab at her for not practicing what she preached. The council had imposed "extreme" green measures on small businesses, according to D.C. Republican Committee Chairman Bob Kabel and ...Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
“If mail service fails to improve, 60% of mail will be delivered electronically by the year 2000” (Wall Street Journal, 1987) “Electronic mail … could replace 25% of snail mail by 2000” (TIME Magazine, 1998) “E-mail is disrupting postal services. The volume of personal communication that is done by letter is dropping ...Monday, March 1st, 2010
Last spring we took a close look at ecoEnvelopes, and talked to founder Ann DeLaVergne to learn more about her path to success bringing a new product to market. Seven years and seven patents later, ecoEnvelopes is available as an alternative to a reply envelope. But what about corrugated boxes? Why ...
