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FLAAR Reports on inkjet media

Reliable sources of media
Evaluation of inkjet media for wide format printers
Glossary of wide format inkjet media
Frequently asked questions on media
Suggested media for signs, posters and banners
Inks colorands for large format printers
Selecting inkjet media

Raster Image Processor software (RIP)

List of main brands of RIPs for large format inkjet printers
RIP Software for Large Format Printers
Scanvec-Amiable PhotoPrint3 Server-PRO evaluation notes
Glossary of RIPs for wide format printers
PosterShop Version 6 Evaluation Notes
PosterJet Rip Test and Evaluation
Comparative Prices for Wide Format Inkjet Printer RIPs
ColorSpan ColorMark Profesional RIP
Ergosoft PosterPrint RIP
ColorBurst RIP Epson 4000 Stylus Pro Edition

Report series for color management

Book reviews of publications on color management
Color management for wide format digital imaging
Glossary of terms on color management for wide format printers
Gretag Eye One Pro review
Step by step guide to color management
Color Management with Monaco Profiler, the pro edition.

Report series for anyone printing Signs

Dye sublimation
Wide format printers for signs, posters and banners
Thermal transfer printers
Digital photography and scanning for sign shops
Colorspan DisplayMaker XII
Evaluation of Epson 9600
Evaluation of a Colorspan DisplayMaker XII
Agfa GrandSherpa a version of Mutoh Falcom II
Solvent ink printers
Trade Show Magazines Recommended by FLAAR
Flatbed Printers using aqueous Inks
Buyer’s Guide to Wide Format Inkjet Printers For Fabrics, Textiles, T-Shirts Equipment, Inks, Fabrics. Exhibited at FESPA Trade
Encad NovaJet 1000i, Site-Visit Case Study
Mimaki JV-22
Xerox 8160-8142

Report series on UV curable inks

Complete List of all Flatbed Inkjet Printers that use UV-cured Inks
FAQs of UV-Curable Flatbed Printers
Zund and Durst Rho UV-Curable Printer
Glossary of Terms related to UV-curable Inkjet Printers
UV-Curable Flatbed Inkjet Printer Applications
Lamination Short Version
Print 2005 - UV
Mimaki UJF-605R
Luscher in St Louis Second Site Visit
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Agfa: Anapurna 100 and Mutoh Cobra 100
Digirex Technojet Flat UV (Yishan)
Durst Rho 600 Review
Durst Rhopac
Flora FUV2214
Flora LJII 1800 UV Flatbed & Flora LJII 1800 UVS-Pro
Luscher JetPrint 3530 UV, evaluation-review
Tecksmart UV 1600 Flatbed Printer
Vutek PressVu UV 320/400
Infiniti UV
Azero Creon, Azon, Hypernics
Tips, Info, Help, Documentation on Piezo Printheads Used in UV-cured Inkjet Printers
GRAPO Octopus
PIT
Scitex Vision VEEjet+
Durst Rho 350R
GRAPO Manta: Dedicated Flatbed Printer
UV Printers at VisCom Milan 2005
List & Sources of UV-cured Inks For UV-Inkjet Printers
Learning about UV Lamps & UV Curing For Understanding Flatbed Inkjet Printers
Catalog of Free FLAAR Reports
UV-Cured Flatbed Printers at ISA 2006
List of Flatbed Printers with UV-Curable Ink
Classifications by Category of UV Inkjet Printers
ISA 2006 Photo Essay
HP Scitex FB910
Vutek PressVu UV 200/600: Site-Visit Case Study
Vutek PressVu UV 200/600 Site-Visit Case Study
Gandinnovations Jeti 3150, second Site-Visit (Lisbon)
Techwin Techsmart 1600 UV (Shanghai Teckwin) UV Printer
Infiniti UV, Second Site-Visit Case Study
HP Designjet H35000 series HP Designjet H45000 series
Gandy Lisbon Roll-to-Roll Site Visit
DuPont Cromaprint 18UV
ColorSpan 72UVX, Site-Visit Case Study
HP Designjet H35000 series HP Designjet H45000 series Formerly ColorSpan 5440UV ColorSpan 5460UV ColorSpan 5445UV ColorSpan 546
Uv Printer Analysis
Bibliography UV-curable
Anhui Liyu 1800, 2500, 1808
DuPont Cromaprint 22UV Site-Visit
Consulting Service
Infiniti UV-Curable Flatbed Printer Site-Visit Case Study Guatemala
Trends UV Printers
FESPA 2007, UV Printer Trends
ColorSpan 9840UV Site Visit
Oce 250 Fuji Acuity
Zund 215 2nd site visit
Sun_Fastjet
Sample FLAAR Reports poster
Zund UVJet 250 Combi
Consulting for UV manufacturers
Gandinnovations Jeti 1224 UV & Jeti 2030 UV
Raster Printers Daytona T600uv
Flora 180 UV Arena 1800 UV
HP Scitex XP2100 and XP2700
HP Scitex XP5100 and HP Scitex XP 5300
Gerber Solara Ion
UV Printers Manufactured in Taiwan
UV-Curable Inkjet Printers VISCOM Italy ’07
Chinese UV Comprehensive (Complete) FLAAR Inventory
Four Days of UV Flatbed Printer Trends
Subscription Preview
Agfa :Anapurna M UV Combo-Style
UV Printers Manufactured in Korea
Vutek QS2000 3200
GoA2008_PHOTO_ESSAY
3D Thermo Formable
Combo UV Printers
Dedicated Roll-to-Roll UV Printers
Dual Capability UV Printers
Flatbed UV Printers
Hybrid UV Printers
RIP Software for UV Printers
Soft Signage & Interior Decoration
Flat, Thick, Rigid Materials for UV Printers
UV Curable Flatbed and Hybrid Glossary
Substrates and Materials for UV R-t-R Printers
History UV Cured injet printing
Consulting_printers_financial_analysts
FLAAR Recent Research 2007, visiting manufacturers
DRUPA_08


Drupa Special
What about White UV Inkjet Ink?
UV-Curable Flatbed Printers at Drupa Trade Show 2004
Comparative Chart, Features by feature, of UV-Curable Inkjet Printers at Trade Shows 2004-2005
How does a UV-Curable Printers differ from a Solvent or Eco-Solvent Inkjet Printers?
Anatomy of a UV-Curable Ink Printer
Adhesion: Yes or No, with UV-Curable Ink
True Cost Calculation Chart for UV Printers
UV Cured Flatbed Printers at ISA 2005 and FESPA 2005

Report series on solvent inks

Nicholas Hellmuth’s Helpful Guide to Buying, Using & Maintaining a Solvent Ink Printer
Comprehensive annotated list of solvent ink printers
Fleet graphics, bus wrap adn related needs
Printing wallpaper with inkjet printers
Evaluation of solvent ink printer DGI Rex 62”
Evaluation of Raster Graphic Arizona 90 and 180
Arizona Solvent Ink printer
Mutoh Toucan: Solvent ink printer evaluation
Evaluation of two DGI Rex Solvent Ink printers
Oil-based ink wide format printers for outdoor use without lamination
Evaluation of Mimaki JV3 Solvent Ink Printer
Mutoh Toucan LT Evaluation
Solvent Printers from China
Evaluation of the ColorSpan DisplayMaker 72s True-Solvent Ink Printer
Flatbed Inkjet Printers Using Solvent & Eco-Solvent Inks
Solvent Ink Printers from Korea
Seiko ColorPainter 64S
ColorSpan 72s and 72sr Solvent Ink Printers: Site Visit Case Study
Gandinnovations JETi 3300
Seiko ColorPainter 64S, Site-Visit Case Study
Mimaki JV3 Do you want this Solvent Ink Printer In your Print Shop Site-Visit Case Study
Solvent ink printers presented at FESPA trade show summer 2005
Mutoh Toucan Are you considering this Solvent Printer? Site-Visit Case Study Provides Factual Pros & Cons
ISA_Solvent_2006
Roland AJ-1000 Evaluation & Review
HP9000s sitevisit Guatemala
Mimaki JV5
Vutek 3360 solvent printer

Report series for Artists, Museums and Fine Art Giclee Studios

Which scanner is best for digitalizing fine art
24" Wide Format Printers for Giclee
Wide format inkjet printers for fine art giclee
Ink and media for fine art giclee and photo realistic
Recommended printers at 11"x17" and 13"x19" sizes for giclee
Details on using Digital Reprographic Cameras for Fine Art Giclee
Clear coating liquid lamination; painting on top of inkjet prints
Options for Photographing Paintings to reproduce as Giclee Prints
Epson Stylus Pro 7600 with UltraChrome Ink Evaluation & Review
Comprehensive Workflow for Fine Art Giclee Printing
Business plan for starting or improving a fine art giclee printing service.
A comprehensive glossary of fine art giclee terms
Inkjet printing for creatives, designers and artists (all levels, beginners, intermediate, commercial production)
Opportunities in the Décor Market for Wide Format Inkjet Printing
Giclee on Canvas and Watercolor Paper
Iris 3047 giclee Printer Evaluation
Part I: What Entry-Level Camera to Use to Photograph Paintings, Maps, Drawings, Posters So you can print this art as Giclee
Part II: Using Medium Format Digital Cameras for Giclee Digitization
Part III: Using BetterLight or other Large Format Digital Camera to digitize Paintings for Giclee
IV: Repro Stands and Copy Stands to Photograph Paintings, Historical Maps, Drawings, Posters
Part V: Photographing Paintings, Historical Maps, Drawings, Posters
Part VI: Can you use Wide Format Scanners To Digitize Paintings for Giclee?
Scanners: what Scanners are best for Digitizing your Paintings or Artwork so you can print them.
Epson 4000 Setup and Installation
Giclee Site-Vist Case Study of a Succesful Giclee Studio
How Much Profit Can You Make Printing Giclee
Selecting Equipment, Hardware & Software for Professional Giclee
Site-Visit Case Study of the Epson 4800
Epson 7800
What does it takes to start a fully profitable Giclee atelier
Epson Stylus Pro 9800
Lectures for Trade Shows
Services to attract people to your trade show
HP Z 2100 Evaluation & Review
HP Z6100 Evaluation & Review
HP 3100 for photographers

Report series for photographers, photo labs and museums

Wide format printers for realistic quality
Wide Format Inkjet Printers for Commercial Photography
Black and white quadtone photography
Large format printers for museum and photo-realistic quality
Continuous tone RGB printers
Print resolution for wide format printers
Workflow in digital photography
Photo-Quality Printers: HP DesignJet 30 and HP DesignJet 130
Scanning 35mm slide and negatives
Scanning medium format and 4x5" transparencies for photographers
Printing your photographs on silk
Wide Format Inkjet Printers: Exhibited at PMA 2004
HP DesignJet 130: Evaluation, Comments, Samples of Printing Capabilities,
Creo Eversmart Supreme Scanner
Image Quality Analysis: Comparison between the HP 130 and Epson 7600
Continuous Tone RGB Printers compared with CMYK Inkjet Printers

Report series for Survival

Thermal vs piezo printheads
Survival guide
List of wide format printers
Wide Format inkjet pinter applications
Used wide format inkjet printers
Standard printer evaluation
Glossary of terms related to wide format inkjet printers
Suggestions, Tips, and Help to prepare a Business Plan
Questions to ask, before you purchase your next Wide format printer
Common Sense on Longevity and Archival Claims
Price Revelations for Wide Format Inkjet Printer Inks

Giclee - photography - decor combined

24" Wide Format Printers
Photokina Part I: 35mm SLF Digital Cameras, Medium Format including digital cameras backs, 4x5 cameras including scan backs Lens
Clear Coating Liquid Laminating Painting on to of Inkjet Print
Details on Using a Reprograhic for Fine Art Giclee
Wide Format Inkjet Printers for Fine Art Giclee
Photographing Paintings to reproduce Fine Art
Ink and Media for Fine Art Giclee Prints and Photo Realistic
Epson Stylus Pro 7600 with UltraChrome Ink Evaluation and Review
Opportunities in the Décor Market for Wide Format Inkjet Printing
Scanning 35mm Slides and Negatives
Black and White Quadtome Photography
Print Resolution for Wide Format Printers
Scanning Medium Format and 4x5" trnasparencies for Photographers
Canon ImagePROGRAF W8200
Wide Format Inkjet Printers for Commercial Photography
Continous Tone RGB Printers Lambda LightJet Chromira
Recommended Printers at 11" x 17" and 13"x19" sizes for Giclee
Workflow in Digital Photography
Wide Format Printers exhibited at Photokina 2002. Also inks, media, and RIPs for Wide Format Printers. Photokina Part II
Wide Format Printers exhibited at Photokina 2002. Also inks, media, and RIPs for Wide Format Printers. Photokina Part II
Photography Equipment for Wide Format Inkjet Printers at PhotoPlus Expo trade show
Notes on Camera Equipment from PMA Photography Trade show
FLAAR Series on Giclee Printing.

Reports on In-House, Government and Corporate

Color Management for Wide Format Digital Imaging
Scanning 35mm Slides and Negative
Workflow in Digital Photography
Print resolution for wide format printers
Inks and Colorants for Large Format Printers
Frequently Asked Questions on Media
Glossary of Wide Format Inkjet Media
Reliable Sources of Media
Glossary of RIPs for Wide Format Printers
List of Main Brands of RIPs for Large Format Inkjet Printers
Help and Tips RIPs for Large Format Inkjet Printers
Standard Printer Evaluation
Used Wide Format Inkjet Printers
Survival Guide
Wide Format Inkjet Printer Applications
List of Wide Format Printers
Glossary of Terms Related to Wide Format Inkjet Printers
SuggestionsTips, and Help to prepare a Business Plan
Digital Photography and Scanning for Sign and Shops
Wide Format Printers for SIgns, Posters and Banners
Photographing Paintings to reporduce Fine Art
Evaluation of Canon W7250 24" Six color Large Format Printer

Reports on print for pay

Epson Stylus Pro 7600 with Ultrachrome Ink Evaluation and Review
Inkjet Printers for CAD & GIS: Pros and Cons Laser -LED Electros
CAD GIS, Maps, Aerial Photography
Canon ImagePROGRAF W8200
Comments on Wide Format Scanners
Wide format inkjet printers, inkjet paper, media substrates at S
HP DesignJet 5500ps Large Format Inkjet Printer
GraphExpo 2003
HP DesignJet 800ps: CAD and GIS
Evaluation of the HP DesignJet 5500 FLAAR + BGSU Testing Facili
Evaluation of Setup and Installation of the HP 120 nr
HP DesignJet 5000ps
Oil based ink wide format printers speed for CAD-GIS for outdoo
Inkjet and Other Printers for producing masters for screen prin
Canon W7250 Large Format Printer Setup Notes
Evaluation of Canon W7250 24" Six Color Large Format Printer
Hp DesignJet 500PS
Hp DesingJet Scanner 4200

Reports on ECO solvent

Encad VinylJet 36
Get Started: Solvent & Eco-Solvent Ink Printers from A to Z
Splash of Color (Roland) SolventJet Printer
Evaluation of Tiara Opal II Solvent Ink Printer
Mutoh Falcon II Eco-Solvent Printer
Mutoh Outdoor "Junior" 37" inch Eco-Solvent Printer
Evaluation of Roland SolJet II Solvent Ink Printers
Roland VersaCamm Eco-Solvent Printer-Cutter
Roland SolJet Eco-Solvent Printer
Introduction to Wide Format Printers using Lite-Solvent Eco-Solvent or other pseudo-Solvent inks
Roland SolJet Pro II SC 540
Roland SolJet Eco-Solvent Printer in a Commercial Print Shop
Mutoh Spitfire
Annotated List of Eco-Solvent, Mild-Solvent, and Lite-Solvent Printers
Nicholas Hellmuth’s Guide to Buying, Using & Maintaining an Eco-Solvent Printer


Reports on Printing signs Outdoor and Indoor

Solvent ink printers
Solvent Ink Printers from Korea
Frequently asked question on solvent ink printers
List of solvent ink printers
Fleet graphics, bus wrap, and related needs
Printing wallpaper with inkjet printers
Evaluation of solvent ink printer DGI Rex 62
Evaluation of Raster Graphic Arizona 90 and 180
Arizona Solvent Ink printer
Mutoh Toucan: Solvent ink printer evaluations
Evaluation od two DGI Rex Solvent Ink printers
Oil-based ink wide format printers for outdoor use without lamination
Dye sublimation
Wide format printers for Sings, posters and banners
Thermal transfer printers
Glossary of terms on lamination
Digital photography and scanning for sign shops
Colorspan DisplayMaker XII
Evaluation of Epson 9600
Questions to ask before you buy a laminator
Agfa GrandSherpa a version of Mutoh Falcom II
Evaluation of a ColorSpan Displaymaker XII
Evaluation of the ColorSpan DisplayMaker 72s True-Solvent Ink Printer
Graph Expo 2003
Wide Format Inkjet Printers, Solvent Ink Printers, Eco and lite Solvent Ink Printers, UV-Curable Flatbed Printers, Inkjet Paper
Flatbed Inkjet Printers using Aqueous Ink
Solvent Printers from China, Taiwan or Korea


Reports on Cad-GIS

HP DesignJet 5000ps
Inkjet Printers for CAD & GIS: Pros and Cons Laser - LED, Electr
CAD, GIS, Maps, Aerial Photography
Printing in the Decor market
Comments on Wide Format Scanners
HP DesignJet 500PS
Epson Stylus Pro 7600 with UltaChrome Ink Evaluation & Review
Hp DesignJet 800ps: Evaluation for CAD and GIS
Evaluation of the HP DesingJet 5500 FLAAR + BGSU Testing Facilit
Evaluation of Setup and Installation of the HP 120 nr
Canon ImagePROGRAF W8200
Evaluation and set up of Canon W7250 24" Six color Large Format Printer
HP DesignJet 4200 scanner

 

 

 

 
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Mimaki textile printers
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Mutoh textile printers
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HP 3000, 3500, 3800
HP 4000
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Mutoh
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Roland Hi-Fi
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