https://printcan.com/rss/news.php PrintCAN RSS en-us Tue, 11 Nov 2025 04:42:22 UTC Tue, 11 Nov 2025 04:41:10 EST http://www.printcan.com info@printcan.com webmaster@northisland.ca https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251105817.shtml Wed, 5 Nov 2025 13:36:55 EST iB17 “cost-efficient production” on runs of up to 20,000sqm  Canon has entered the industrial corrugated printing market with a new high-volume inkjet machine.The iB17 prints directly onto corrugated boards up to 1,700mm wide and 1,300mm in length, initially in CMYK and with orange, violet and green to come in future. Substrate thickness is from 1mm to 8mm.The corrPress iB17 uses water-based inks that are printed on top of a primer so no special coating is required. https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251105800.shtml Wed, 5 Nov 2025 13:12:24 EST produces about 80,000 tons per year of label papers and flexible packaging papers.  Feldmüehle a major player in the German label and packaging markets. It gave up making graphic papers to concentrate on the more buoyant packaging and labeling sectors. Feldmühle ships annually some 80,000 tons of label and flexible packaging papers to 90 countries worldwide, and it describes itself as the world’s leading producer of non-adhesive label papers. https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251105757.shtml Wed, 5 Nov 2025 12:10:43 EST Paper has become the ideal packaging material  The U.S. sustainable packaging market is poised for significant growth over the next decade, according to new market sizing research from Towards Packaging. Valued at $49.18 billion in 2024, the market is projected to reach $73.81 billion by 2034, representing a compound annual growth rate of 4.15%. This steady expansion is being driven by a combination of shifting consumer expectations, regulatory pressures, technological innovation, and material advancements. Among packaging materials, paper-based products held the largest revenue share in 2024, https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251105743.shtml Wed, 5 Nov 2025 11:50:04 EST provides individuals and businesses with mail and package management features, including mail scanning, package forwarding.  iPostal1, digital mailbox service, has launched a partnership with Staples Canada, making iPostal1's unique digital mailbox solutions available in all Staples store locations across Canada.  iPostal1's  digital mailbox services can be used by choosing a Staples Canada store as its mailing address at iPostal1.com. Customers can sign up for a digital mailbox to remotely manage mail and packages from their smartphone using the iPostal1 app – including viewing, forwarding and scanning mail, scheduling pickups, and discarding or shredding unwanted mail. https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251105719.shtml Wed, 5 Nov 2025 11:16:29 EST René-Sylvain Bédard is a cybersecurity expert.  PAC Digital Imaging meeting November 19: Secure by DesignA Leader’s Guide to Keeping Cybercriminals out of Your Business. It can take under a minute for an experienced criminal to hack into your systems, steal sensitive information and eventually ruin your business and even your personal life! Studies have shown that about 54% of potential customers will not do business with you if you cannot protect their data! Keynote speaker René-Sylvain Bédard, a Canadian cyber-defender, noted author, and founder of leading cybersecurity firm Indominus https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251105704.shtml Wed, 5 Nov 2025 10:54:02 EST Trying to make up for declining hardware and supplies sales  Xerox with its stock price experiencing a dramatic sell-off following a disappointing quarterly report and a significantly reduced full-year forecast. The company's shares plummeted over 11% in a single day. On the day of the earnings release, Xerox stock collapsed by 11.43% to $3.04. The bearish sentiment persisted, with shares falling an additional 10% by November 3rd. Xerox reported a quarterly profit of $0.20 per share, which exceeded expectations, was entirely eclipsed by a substantially weakened annual outlook. https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251105699.shtml Wed, 5 Nov 2025 10:46:42 EST   “Brands & Communication Design 2025” Red Dot Award for its redesigned customer demonstration center at the company’s Wiesloch-Walldorf site. Heidelberger has topped off its anniversary year by winning a renowned Red Dot Award for the Print Media Center (PMC) at its Wiesloch-Walldorf site in Germany, which has been rebranded as the Home of Print. The accolade going to HEIDELBERG is the “Brands & Communication Design 2025” award in the “Retail Design – Showrooms” category. The PMC is the world’s largest, most state-of-the-art customer demonstration and competence center for the printing industry, https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251029036.shtml Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:51:54 EST Is Canada's third largest printer after taking over RR Donnelly Canada .  DATA Communications Management (“DCM” ), a provider of print and digital solutions that help simplify complex marketing communications and workflow, announced that its CCM360 software platform was named to the Aspire Leaderboard by independent advisory firm Aspire Customer Communications Services (CCS) in recognition of DCM’s leadership among its Canadian peers in the customer communications management (CCM) and customer experience management (CXM) software space. https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251029026.shtml Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:38:27 EST   Is the largest in Canada and one of North America's largest university presses. The clock has been set for a potentially historic moment – a possible strike in the book printing & publishing industry. Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3261 who work at the University of Toronto Press and Bookstore requested a “no board” report from the Ontario Labour Relations Board yesterday evening. A strike or lockout is legal 17 days after a “no board” is issued. The application follows a strike vote that received more than 90 percent support. https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251029014.shtml Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:20:14 EST Xerox's New Proficio™ digital press  Xerox has announced the new Proficio™ PX300 and Xerox® Proficio™ PX500 Production Presses. Designed to help print providers compete and grow in a rapidly evolving mid-production colour market, this line represents the next-generation of production technology. The Proficio PX300 and PX500 presses are built specifically with graphic arts and commercial print in mind,  automation, colour consistency, and application versatility. https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251029005.shtml Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:07:30 EST KM1800iSHK-DC raising Productivity in Sign Graphics and Packaging  Konica Minolta, announced that the Company has launched the KM1800iSHK-DC, which is capable of jetting two colours of ink from a single printhead, as a new product of the KM1800i series of industrial inkjet printheads with an extended print width suitable for high-resolution, high-speed printing.The KM1800iSHK-DC can jet two colours 2 of ink from a single printhead thanks to the new structural design. https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251029993.shtml Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:50:38 EST The Suprasetter system with Compact Pallet Loader and Bender  Heidelberg new CTP with a new automated system that allows platemaking to become “largely autonomous”. A new Compact Pallet Loader and Compact Bender have been added to the Suprasetter 106/A106 CTP system.Heidelberg says is “plugging a gap” between its existing Dual Cassette Loader, with capacity of 100 plates per cassette, and the Auto Pallet Loader which handles up to 1,500 plates of one format. https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251029984.shtml Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:37:29 EST Latex FS70 W speeds up to 162sqm/hr  HP has unveiled the new Latex FS70 W printer, high speed Latex , and an enhanced PrintOS Production Hub. The 3.2m-wide Latex FS70 W is HP’s most productive HP Latex printer to date, delivering “vibrant colour” at 117sqm/hr for outdoor prints and 91sqm/hr for indoor prints, with a max speed up to 162sqm/hr. https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251029967.shtml Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:12:56 EST   UJF-7151plus II e, direct-to-object printing, Mimaki has introduced  the UJF-7151plus II e, a next-generation UV flatbed printer . The new model achieves resolutions of up to 1,800dpi and supports light cyan and light magenta inks alongside CMYK, “enabling smooth and natural reproduction of delicate gradations such as skin tones and landscapes”. https://printcan.com/news/2025/20251022702.shtml Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:51:19 EST Manufacture of a line of A4 colour printers and multifunction printers. Xerox paid $1.5 billion.  Xerox is reducing its workforce as part of its merger with the company Lexmark. A company spokesperson said the move is "part of a broader effort to integrate and merge the companies' operations." The company didn't provide specifics about the employees affected or where the cuts are being made, so it's unclear if any workers in Canada are impacted.Lexmark was formed out of IBM in 1991, Lexmark was sold to Chinese investors in 2016 for $3.6 billion.