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Printing on Glass, Sign Africa Expo 2011.

First posted Jan 16, 2012.

CES (international Consumer Electronics Show) was attended by (a claimed) over 150,000 people last week in Las Vegas. PMA, a photography equipment trade show that faltered during 2009-2010 and then failed to launch an expo in 2011, has co-located with CES and was attempting to regain a presence as PMA@CES.

Three FLAAR Reports will result:

a free download on digital camera equipment at PMA + at CES; plus on what little wide-format fine art presence was there
free download of general comments on CES, in case you might consider attending in 2013 (be forewarned, the city was not able to handle 150,000 people, as in, over-priced hotels and not enough local transportion);
and a special consulting report for trade show organizers who would like to learn how to avoid the issues, headaches, problems, omissions, inadequacies that were so glaring at CES.

All three should be ready by Friday this week. You can order the report on how to improve management of your trade show by writing FrontDesk "at" FLAAR.org. The other two reports will be free downloads as soon as they are finished.

Printing on Glass, Sign Africa Expo 2011.

How to survive with a printing shop when LED and LCD take over signage:

What YOU can still print to stay in business (and prosper)

This lecture will be presented by Dr Nicholas Hellmuth, at Sign Africa, in the last week of August, in Johannesburg.

Nicholas will also speak at the Sign Africa expo on innovative new inks, including from Jetbest, Sepiax, and Hongsam.

Dr Hellmuth is discussing with IPEX Middle East to possibly speak at their new expo in mid-November. IPEX Middle East replaces SIM. This is in Abu Dhabi.

FLAAR Reports takes pleasure in announcing that Nicholas will be speaking at the Sign Africa Expo Conference about "Printing on Glass: Discussion of workflow and many kinds of ink that work on glass".

Wallpaper, wallcoverings: "fine art giclee" for larger exposure.

Decal self adhesive polyester textile disperse dye sublimation printer media wall covering wallpaper decor

FREE REPORT

Imaging trying to find a truck big enough to move a framed panoramic mural! Chances are the mural would be scratched during shipment. Now you can print on scores of papers and materials, and send a simple roll to the hotel, corporation, or home, and have the mural installed directly onto the already-existing wall.

FLAAR has been visiting ink companies that make special ink for printing wallpaper. So our report on Hongsam wallpaper, wallcovering ink will be issued before FESPA. We will do updates during FESPA and during APPPEXPO Shanghai.

Our report on wallcovering material from DECAL is now already available as a download. We visited their factory last month.

Many people have told us they notice that FLAAR Reports are covering much more than just printers: we evaluate inks, media, substrates, and cutters.

Coming in December 2010 and January 2011 onward, discussions of how to print art designs and photographs on glass, wood, metal, ceramic tiles, and other thick rigid materials.

giclee and architectural decoration on glass

$latex ink for giclee? sepiax ink for giclee?$

New HP latex ink printers

For fine art giclee and decor, some printshops are considering HP latex ink and UV-cured printing. So you might like to know about the new HP latex ink printers HP Scitex LX600 and LX800, and new uv-cured printer HP Scitex FB500. Do not limit yourself to latex ink (nor to HP). There is also Sepiax ink that will print on metal, stone, and ceramic tiles. And there are 45 brands of UV-cured printers in addition to HP Scitex brand.

FLAAR at Glasstec expo 2010

Two editors from FLAAR were at Glasstec expo in Duesseldorf, Germany. They are exploring all the different ways to print on glass.

We have one FLAAR Report on printing on glass from Glasstec.

Nine FLAAR Reports related to giclee and fine art photography printing are being updated and will be available as they are updated.

photographing paintings for giclee prints

copy stands to photograph paintings, historical maps, drawings, posters

how to photograph a painting using the zig align system

Fine art giclee workflow, step by step, starting with digitizing (scanning) your paintings.

During 2009-2010 FLAAR featured the step by step process of painter Violeta Marroquin as she moves into the world of giclee. We will document what is essential for success for an emerging artist: which art shows? which trade magazine?

FLAAR begins evaluation of an HP Designjet Z3200ps for fine art photography and giclee

In 2010, Epson has lost much of its market to Canon and HP, in part because of all the new thermal printhead technology of these two market leaders. So today (January through July 2010) we initiate another update, this time to an HP Designjet Z3200 ps Photography.

Giclee, fine art photography, decor, and interior decoration.

Today in 2010 there is more to giclee than just oil paintings, acrylic or watercolor paintings. You can print your paintings on silk, on cotton, on wood, metal, ceramic or glass. FLAAR has been adding knowledge of these decorative applications since this web site began in the 1990's.

The last four years we have been working increasingly on UV-cured flatbed printers. These are the printers that can handle ceramic wall tiles, wood, aluminum and other metals, glass and diverse thick materials.

To bring you accurate information we, have gone to receive training in the R&D facilities and the factories of Durst (three times), NUR (twice), IP&I (twice), Dilli, GCC, ColorSpan, VUTEk (four times), GRAPO (three times), SkyAirShip, Teckwin (twice), and others. Have also been inspecting more eco-solvent printers (spent a week in the Mutoh Europe headquarters, R&D facilities, demo room, factory and have several reports (visit www.wide-format-printers.NET).

If you are a photographer, traditional or digital artist, painter, or printer, then this fine art giclée printer site is the information source for you. The advantage to you, is that FLAAR is nonprofit and in his past life Nicholas has been a professor. The art department on our campus provided invaluable tips (their experience with one printer was a disaster, perhaps our report on this can save you from the same mistake... they bought a printer without first finding out what it was really like).

The other benefit of FLAAR is that we cover the entire workflow, color management from ICC color profiles, color calibration, through selecting the canvas, watercolor paper or photo matte, photo satin, through top coating.

Plus, we offer assistance, both as consultants and also as publishers of tips, help, information, and documentation on how to set up your own giclee atelier. Since FLAAR is non-profit we don't mind revealing the ways that you too can produce giclee effectively. After all, this is the role of an educational institute: to do the research first, then the practical first-hand practice, and then write up and publish the results.

If you wish to meet Nicholas Hellmuth and ask questions in person, he is available as a consultant anywhere in the world.

In the last years the entire digital fine art world has seen major technology breakthroughs. Although Epson has been the clear leader for four years..

For 2010 we will bring you evaluations of the Epson printers, including the GS6000, which attempted to take over the giclee market but had a slight issue with color gamut.