Glatfelter Paper

Canon Solutions America's East Coast Inkjet Insider Summit was highlighted by a tour of Data-Mail, a full-service direct mail printing and lettershop facility in Newington, CT.

Four U.S. paper manufacturers have filed antidumping petitions against unfairly priced imports of certain types of uncoated paper in sheets from China, Indonesia, Brazil, Portugal and Australia.

More than 150 book publishers, book manufacturers and suppliers met at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square recently for the first Digital Book Printing Conference, organized by IPG's parent company, North American Publishing Co. IPG Editor Bob Neubauer was at the networking and educational event, which featured an insightful keynote from Marco Boer, VP of IT Strategies.

Continuous-feed production inkjet is an exciting, evolving market. Average annual growth since 2010 has been at 93 percent, according to IT Strategies; in 2013 alone, 146 billion pages were printed globally with continuous-feed inkjet. Market-Intell estimates that this represents 350,000 tons of paper in North America in 2013.

Continuous-feed inkjet offers advantages over both offset and electrophotography. As the technology evolves, it is gaining share from both. The presses are good. The substrates are good. The software is good. And, as Cathy Cartolano, vice president of sales and technical services at Mitsubishi Imaging (MPM), points out, image quality is "scary close" to offset.

Our 2012 Paper Buyers’ Guide will show you, at a glance, which vendors offer which types of paper. The chart here lists paper suppliers alphabetically

Digital papers will save you money by yielding better ink transfer and adhesion, fewer jams, increased uptime and less waste. Also, using the wrong paper could ultimately harm your equipment. You may end up with increased service costs with your very expensive and valuable digital equipment.

Glatfelter has launched a new section of its website dedicated to sustainability (www.glatfelter.com/sustainability). It highlights Glatfelter’s efforts to conserve resources, prevent waste and foster environmental, economic and social sustainability.

THE ECONOMY may be bad, but that doesn’t mean the quality of your printed materials has to be. Instead of switching to cheaper paper, this is the time to give your publications more impact by using premium papers. “They help you set your printed communications apart,” notes Laura Shore, of Mohawk Fine Papers.

Glatfelter will launch a new FSC-certified digital carbonless line of products beginning September 8. Known as Xcelerator PLUS, the line is specially engineered to perform on digital equipment. Xcelerator PLUS features Glatfelter’s NatureSolv, an environmentally responsible carbonless capsule technology. Xcelerator PLUS will be available on all digital products, both rolls and sheets.