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2 devices for portable printing.

[lang_en] 2008 started pretty busy. It promises to be a fantastic year. The fact that it’s a Drupa year adds an extra dimension to that. While we are waiting for ‘our’ expo, there was this week another big expo: CES. I didn’t follow all of the innovations but some print-related products […]

Letterpress puts a bite into the paper.

Mick from The Wondering Boys, a designer duo from Gent pointed me to this beautiful documentary about the letterpress.
Like the comment on the youtube page of this movie says: “This wonderful little documentary speaks to the craftsmanship and love of traditional design that drew many of us into the world of graphic design years ago. […]

Wednesday Geekday #4: Plinkjet

[lang_en]Lesley Flanigan, a graduate student at ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYC) and Andy Dorow, showed the Plink Jet at the ITP Winter Show 2007.
The object, called ‘Plink jet’ is made out of four old inkjet printers.  It uses the back-and-forth mechanisms out of four old ink jet printers to slide up and down four guitar […]

[lang_en]2 easy ways to convert Office Documents to PDF documents.[/lang_en][lang_nl]2 manieren om Office documenten om te zetten naar PDF documenten [/lang_nl]

[lang_nl] De nederlandstalige versie van deze post vindt u op mijn persoonlijke blog.[/lang_nl]
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With PDF becoming an ISO standard, the portable document format will gain popularity.  That is a good evolution, in my opinion.  The portability is one of it main strenghts of the PDF format.
I get questions on a daily basis like “How to convert […]

[lang_en]The print buyer’s view[/lang_en][lang_nl]De mening van een drukwerk aankoper[/lang_nl]

[lang_en]Semscents.com gives his view on brochure printing, as a print buyer.  Stating that, when buying prints for different business needs, it comes down to efficient printing, rather than striving for the best quality.
Digital printing today makes it easy for businesses to act fast and efficient.  Automated print buying, print order tracking, automated and digital archiving, […]