Sprint No. 27

27
December 2013
Sihl Digital Imaging – Latest news
Products
Page 3
Turbo Canvas: A
practical addition
for solvent inks
Communication
Page 8
New symbols for easier
product searches
Cover story – Page 6
Products
Page 12
Jesper Iversen - Shiny jewellery on
SIHL MASTERCLASS Metallic Pearl
SIHL MASTERCLASS
Try before you buy!
New high gloss paper for
Home & Office!
Hello again,
The Premium Photo Paper 340 glossy 0775 is the latest inkjet media
to be added to the existing assortment: A top high gloss finish.
Every year sees new challenges and
higher standards – this year was no
different. On the verge of 2014 we
want to take a moment to introduce
you to some 2013 product highlights:
The inkjet coated, instant dry photo paper captivates with its very high gloss, bright
Our new Turbo Canvas! Developed
for the use with solvent inks, with its
"real" matt surface, high quality prints
and brilliant colour reproduction,
requiring no additional protection,
needs no extra powers of persuasion.
Read more on page 3.
Images printed on the Premium Photo Paper have high ink saturation allowing out-
To organise and make our existing
product assortment more stylish we
have revamped the symbols for product applications, product properties
and printing technologies, as well as
adding a few new ones too. Find out
more on page 8.
Premium Photo Paper
What would the Christmas season be
like without shimmering pictures? The
cover story is the jewellery series from
photographer, Jesper Iversen, who
gained the title "Qualified European
Photographer" for his Pandora® series
exhibited on the SIHL MASTERCLASS
Metallic Pearl High Gloss Photo Paper.
We wish everyone a revitalising break
and a good start to the New Year
white and 340 gsm: In comparison to the 280 gsm paper, this product offers higher
levels of colour reproduction making images even more photo-realistic. Thanks to
the micro porous coating prints dry instantly and offers wipeable, splash-proof photos.
standing depth and detailed contrasted prints. The premium photo paper doesn’t
just leave shiny images sparkling!
Test any of the inkjet photo papers from the Home & Office
assortment:
• Quick Dry Photo Paper 280 glossy 0769 / satin 0770 / lustre 0722 - 280 gsm
• Quick Dry Photo Paper 240 glossy 0723 - 240 gsm
• Quick Dry Photo Paper 200 glossy 0761 - 200 gsm
Multi-purpose Photo Paper
• High White Photo Paper 240 glossy 4353 - 240 gsm
• High White Photo Paper 210 glossy 4352 - 200 gsm
• High White Photo Paper 180 glossy 4351 - 180 gsm
Advantages
High surface weight 340 gsm delivers an optimal haptic
Instant dry, wipeable and splash-proof
Premium Quality for photo-realistic prints
Sharp detailed images thanks to the brilliant resolution
Brilliant colours
Odourless
Compatible with all high quality
inkjet printers with pigment or
dye based inks
Janine Bülten
Marketing & Communication DI
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PRODUCTS
Turbo Canvas: A practical addition
for solvent inks
Sihl expands the canvas assortment with a cost-efficient matt
coated variety for solvent and
latex inks - Turbo Canvas Solvent
360 matt 3379.
ans that no additional laminating or
Advantages
varnishing is necessary. This is of great
Outstanding cost: performance ratio
interest for those picking canvas for ap-
Real cotton/ polyester canvas
plication in public buildings or hotels.
(1:1 Structure)
Water-resistant surface
The lack of alternatives means that can-
Flexible finishing for optimal
The majority of the available canvases
vases designed for waterbased ink are
stretching
for solvent inks, on the shelves, have eit-
often used to print with solvent or latex
her a gloss or satin finish. Even the ones
inks: great losses in colour brilliance can
Physical properties
sold as "matt" products have a slight
be seen especially with solvent inks.
Product
pear irregular and speckled. It is there-
Whereas the porous coating of the Tur-
Product number
3379
fore no surprise that the search for a
bo Canvas Solvent 360 matt 3379 shows
Surface
matt
"real" matt product for solvent inks
no signs of white-scoring when stret-
Weight
360 gsm
goes on: Sihl can put a stop to this with
ched, excellent colour brilliance and the
Thickness
490 μm
the new Turbo Canvas.
surface stands out for its high resilience:
Whiteness (WCIE)
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sheen which often make the prints ap-
Turbo Canvas
Solvent 360
Properties which a very important for
Length
15 m
This canvas has a cotton-polyester mix,
further processing and mounting of a
Width
with a soft consistent structure making
canvas.
762 mm, 914 mm,
1067 mm, 1372 mm,
1524 mm
Core
3"Ø
it ideal for the reproduction of paintings as well as for photographic prints.
Thanks to the special coating the Turbo Canvas takes high ink densities well
and critical dark coloured areas are re-
Waterfast prints with no extra
protection needed.
produced homogenous, with outstanding ink fixation. The coated surface
is water-repellent and has an excellent
When printed using either latex or sol-
light stability.
vent inks the prints show many advantages over those printed with waterbased
inks: absolute waterfastness of prints
not only allow the canvas to be wiped
down with a damp cloth but it also me-
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Printing is more than just putting ink to paper
Sihl presents the ClearSOL WetCling Film – an
innovative multi-functional film for window
graphics - at the NIP 29 ("29th International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies") from the
29th September to the 3rd October in Seattle.
Windows as lucrative advertising space
The 21st century shops have come under strong competition
from the online shopping trend, making shop window space
often the only chance for small businesses to attract the attention of passing trade, enticing the customers into the store.
For over 25 years the NIP-Forum has been the leading discussions platform for the developments and new directions
Window films aren’t a new phenomenon; polyester, PP film,
in the field of non-impact and digital printing technologies.
and vinyl were already in use before digital printing expanded
The conference summarises the entire printing industry, all as-
and became so popular. These base materials were coated for
pects from Hardware and Software, consumables and images
many types of inks and offered appropriate presentation pos-
to printing methods from large and small format "drop on de-
sibilities for advertising campaigns. Typical products are made
mand" inkjet, toner and electrographic printers, thermo prin-
from a thin film (typically vinyl or polyester) with a inkjet ink
ting, as well as all research done or undergoing research in any
receptive topcoat and a glue coating under a release liner on
of these areas for the technical specifications and optimising.
the other side.
At the NIP 29, in the field "Functional Materials Interactive
These products often feature limitations in:
Preview", Sihl exhibited the ClearSol WetCling Film 125 glossy
Transparency in unprinted areas
3550 as an innovative multi-functional film for window deco-
Image quality
ration. This novel film combines the inkjet receptive coating
Sharp definition
with a repositionable low-tack glue making the possibility
Trouble-free printing
of future products that combine multiple functions in one
Scuff and scratch resistance
coating, to be developed and manufactured. This results in a
Easy installation and removable – for non-experts
more cost efficient media than the traditional film and liner
Minimal waste
combinations.
Environmentally friendliness
Cost- efficiency
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PRODUCTS
These limitations are a thing of the past with the ClearSOL
The film can be used for both indoor and outdoor applica-
WetCling Film. The secret lies in the polymer layer; it combines
tions. Users have confirmed the ease of use, while distribu-
the sticking function of the glue with the ink receptive coa-
tors and printers have reported an estimated cost reduction in
ting. The coating is completely transparent and the optic is the
comparison to previous Sihl Low-Tack products.
same as that of a polyester film. The ink absorption capacity is
high, which allows eco-solvent and latex inks to penetrate the
In addition to the innovative coating further advantages include:
Fair price
coating easily.
Easy handling
Ideal for retail stores and chains
Enables standardisation of window advertising
Can be re-used many times
The next NIP Conference takes place from 7th to 11th September 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Further information at
www.imaging.org.
ClearSOL delivers excellent print results with high colour brilliance and because the printed side of the media is applied di-
Product Manager Martin Walther, [email protected],
rectly to the glass it is automatically scratch-proof. The best re-
will be more than happy to answer any product questions. You
sults are achieved when the glass is cleaned and prepared with
can find more product details via the QR code:
soapy water before application.
Now the film can be applied, printed side direct on the wet
glass, the media clings independent of temperature or electro-static influences and can be easily repositioned or removed
– simply peel the film from the surface. No release liner is needed meaning no additional waste by application. Applications
can last up to 20 assembly and disassembly cycles without losing cling effect or optical properties – as is often the case with
other window films.
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Shiny jewellery on SIHL MASTERCLASS Metallic Pearl
Photographer Jesper Iversen exhibits jewellery shots at the 27th
"Federation of European Professional Photographers (FEP)
Qualifications Image review",
in Copenhagen on SIHL MASTERCLASS Metallic Pearl High
Gloss Photo Paper 290 achieving
the title "Qualified European
Photographer"(QEP).
around Europe submit their images in
time last November, I had no doubt that
the hope of gaining the title "Qualified
my entries had to be printed on the SIHL
European Photographer". For the first
MASTERCLASS Metallic Pearl High Gloss
time ever the event took place in Den-
Photo Paper 290."
th
th
mark on the 15 and 16 June, hosted
by the "Danish Photographic Society”.
The 40 x 40 cm prints were produced on
an Epson Stylus Pro 4900 and then ba-
Jesper Iversen, photographer of ad-
cked by 5mm Kapafix® foam boards in
vertising and industry since 1988, en-
accordance with the FEP guidelines. The
tered 12 pictures in the category ad-
jury were unanimous with their decision
vertising. He had the choice between
and took Iversen into the exclusive circle
The FEP organises the "FEP Qualifica-
industrial designs or images of jewel-
of around 400 European photographers
tions Image Review" twice a year, whe-
lery: either pictures of a Scottish en-
who have earned the title of QEP (Quali-
reby professional photographers from
gineering office who specialise in the
fied European Photographer).
cooling of coal power plants or the decorative images of jewellery – the latter of which have been his specialised
Why SIHL MASTERCLASS
Metallic Pearl?
area since starting his photography
career. "I have spent 18 years photo®
In days gone by Iversen worked in his
graphing Pandora jewellery and so it
fully equipped dark room with E-6, C-47
was quickly crystal clear that the ima-
and RA6 Processors. "If the picture was
ges of jewellery was my winning bet.
to be lustrous and glossy, I had to use Ci-
And with what media beautiful shim-
bachrome®." When he changed over to
mering shiny gold, silver and diamond
digital workflow he opted for the SIHL
jewellery can best be presented? With
MASTERCLASS Metallic Pearl because:
the Metallic Pearl Paper!", declares Iver-
"SIHL MASTERCLASS Metallic Pearl is
sen continuing: "As soon as I saw the
the most similar media to Cibachrome®
SIHL MASTERCLASS-Series for the first
and it stops onlookers in their tracks to
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see exactly what is going on in the photo. The effects are fan-
For detailed product Information about SIHL MASTERCLASS
tastic especially in high-key shots.", says Iversen enthusiasti-
Metallic Pearl High Gloss Photo Paper 290, simply follow the
cally. This media is the best choice for images with bright light
QR-Code or click on the link
colours, giving them an impressive depth. This is not the only
http://www.sihl-masterclass.de/en/glossy/metalic-pearl-high-
product in the series that have impressed Iversen: "I still print
gloss-photo-paper-290
on SIHL MASTERCLASS papers; alongside the Metallic High
Gloss Photo Paper I have other favourites too."
Let yourself be impressed, especially with the SIHL MASTERCLASS Metallic Pearl High Gloss Photo Paper and order a sample from your local Sihl contact today. Contact Product Manager Carola Bolte, [email protected] for more product
details.
About Jesper Iversen
Jesper Iversen (born 1959) is a freelance photographer for advertising and industry. He takes photos for Danish, British,
German, and American businesses in Europe, China and South Africa: specialising in shiny objects and jewellery. Since 1982
he has been taking promotional shots for Danish and German jewellery manufacturers. He is the first Danish commercial
photographer to have been appointed the title of "Qualified Master Photographer"(2010) and in 2013 he gained the title
"Qualified European Photographer".
More information:
www.iversenfoto.dk | www.jesperiversen.com | http://www.europeanphotographers.eu/ | www.sihl-masterclass.com
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New symbols for easier product searches
Within the revamp of our online product display
and the search criteria of the Media Finder we
have also redesigned the pictograms for product
properties, possible applications, and printing methods: Making everything more user-friendly.
Admission tickets
Media for the printing of cinema/ theatre
tickets, sport tickets and other similar cultural
events.
Parking tickets
We decided upon a uniform design of the symbols, a black
Media for printing parking tickets both for car
parks and fines.
image on a white background framed in black and we have
added a few new ones.
Application
Boarding pass
Media for boarding passes.
Indoor
Travel Ticket
Media for producing public transport travel
tickets and permits.
Outdoor
Please find below the new pictograms:
Label Facestock
Media with functional surface goes through a
special process to add an additional adhesive
coating to make labels.
Maps and engineering drawings
Product properties
Our products possess valuable market required characteristics:
To enable you to search easily for products with reference to
these requirements we have added the following product property symbols:
Security feature
Media with additional features, i.e. a coloured
security stripe, a watermark or holograms which can be seen with or without UV lights – all
of which reduce the risk of counterfeiting.
Top quality output for CAD projects and engineering drawings, as well as map printing.
Envelope production
Absorbent
The special surface can quickly absorb liquids.
This media is essential for the production of
high quality tear resistant document sleeves
and envelopes.
Durable
Labels
The hardwearing character of this product makes
it stand out.
Weather-proof media for labels and tags.
Data recording
Easy to fold
This product possesses exceptional folding qualities, without affecting its high breaking point
(which means it can be folded again and again)
and can be used in automatic folding presses/
machines.
Wax, thermo, and electro sensitive coated papers for analogue and digital data recording in
tachograph and cash register equipment.
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Dimensionally stable
Ink vs. printing technology
Thanks to its base material and construction, this
product has remarkable dimensional stability
under atmospheric changes (temperature and
humidity) - altering neither in length or width.
After the continuous introduction of new products from our
side and the continuous developments within the printing
industry it has become essential that limitations on ink com-
Opaque
patibility are reduced. Now we can clearly show you to which
printing technology a product is suited.
This product has a high opacity, enabling
coverage of all backgrounds.
Here you can see see the pictogram we had to show ink compatibility – the ink well and next to it
Translucent
An opaque product allowing the background
to shine through.
the new format:
Now the entire product assortment has been organised by the
following printing technologies:
Water impermeable
Laser printer with dry toner
This product has a barrier that stops water
passing through.
Edge tear strength
This product has a particularly high tear resistance: it will only tear and continue to rip should
one of the edges become damaged or excessive
force is used.
Outdoor resistant
This product is weatherproof and can withstand
long-term outdoor application.
Conventional printing
The surface of this media is not only compatible
with named digital printers but is also printable with standard Offset, Flexo, and Letterpress
enabling unchanging multiply printing before
application.
RFID protection
This product has a barrier preventing electromagnetic rays: preventing the unauthorised capture
of data from bank cards, credit cards, etc... (Data
chips which can be read by RFID readers).
Indelible
The properties of this media make forgery almost impossible: attempts to erase will leave visible marks that
can be seen by the naked eye. Within certain limits it is
also non-fading and age resistant.
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Laser printers or multifunctional printers (copiers) – use dry toners and the electrographic
principle to print. Powdered ink particles are
transferred to the surface of the media via an
electrostatic charge: using heat (120-200°C)
and direct contact the ink is fused to the paper.
Laser printer with liquid toner
Quite opposite to standard laser printers, these
systems use an oil-based liquid toner: making a
slightly absorbent surface necessary to extract the
pigment from the toner and anchoring it to the
media - a scratch proof print is then produced.
Offset Printing
Planographic (flat) printing exists as both sheetfed and roll to roll printing; it is a flat surface
as opposed to raised or incised surface printing.
Hereby solvent/ oil based inks, Cyan, Magenta,
Yellow and Black - each with their own printing
plate - after being exposed to light the plates
transfer the print to the media.
Flexo Printing
Flexographic is a rotary raised letterpress, using
flexible relief plates on direct presses, the
rubber plates and aniline inks (rapidly evaporating solvents- quick drying) are fed through
the drier.
Gravure Printing
Gravure prints by making small indentations on
the surface of the roller and with significantly
higher ink densities than planographic printing
and enables a wider colour gamut. This method
of printing is commonly used for high quality
catalogues and brochures.
Screen Printing
Compared to all other traditional and digital
printing techniques, screen printing allows the
highest ink saturation thus achieving very high
densities: leaving print colours with higher
percentages of pigment and less solvent. This is
then drawn across a screen of fine mesh using
a squeegee, forcing the ink through the open
image areas onto the media. For each colour a
mesh is prepared by an exposure and a rinsing
cycle. For the exposure of the mesh either
traditional or inkjet (Spirit Film 130 glossy 3642)
repro film can be used.
Inkjet with Dye and black pigment
CAD print systems and many cheaper desktop
printers use 4 colours to print Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black, but only black carbon
pigmented inks for plain papers: this makes
coated media with specific properties necessary i.e. wipeable prints and printability.
Inkjet with IR / Latex Ink
Infrared curing ink, e.g. Latex ink as used in the
HP DJ L- or Scitex LX series, which adheres of
most flat and clean surfaces. Process needs heat
resistant media, which does not shrink or ripple
during the print cycle.
Thermal direct printing
Direct thermal printing functions with the use
of a so-called thermal head which covers the
entire width of the printer: the thermal head
contains individually moving heating elements
which have a square shaped surface, they move
over the special thermo chromic paper (thermal
paper). This activates the areas of the coating
to melt which changes the colour of paper. In
most cases this media is only avaiable in black.
Inkjet with Solvent Ink
Solvent or mild solvent based pigmented ink,
which are used in printer systems like from
Epson, Mutoh, Mimaki, Roland etc.
Inkjet with Dye Sublimation ink
Printable with special dye sublimation inks
(pigments suspended in a liquid) which are
transferred to polyester fabric in a heat press
operating at temperatures around 200°C. At
high temperatures and pressure, the dye turns
to gas and solidifies to the fabric - making it
permanent.
Thermal transfer printing
Similar to direct thermal printing technique,
thermal transfer printing also uses a fixed width
thermal print head. However it has a transfer
ribbon (foil)- a wax-coated film - that runs
between the print head and the media to be
printed, the heat disperced by the thermal head
melts the wax on the ribbon leaving a warm
waxy print on the media. The Thermal transfer
print is available in monochrome as well as colour variety on the market. Colours are printed
by the back and forth motion of four ribbons
simultaneously.
Thermal Sublimation Print D2T2
Inkjet with UV Curable Ink
Under UV-lights the polymerisation of the
monomeric fluid is cured, this method requires
roughened surfaces to allow ink fixation.
Inkjet with Dye
Aqueous dye based ink systems, whereby the
colorant behaves like sugar in water. These
inks deliver high colour saturation but are
very sensitive to the atmospheric changes and
UV-lights in comparison to Aqueous pigmented
inks: therefore we strongly recommend glass
framing or lamination for long-term indoor
application. Indoor ink. These inks are found
mostly in desktop printer, CAD/ GIS large format
printers and in systems with Memjet printing
heads.
Thermo sublimation is a modified thermo transfer
printing technique. The main difference being the
dye on the colour ribbons - dye sublimation uses
CMYO (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Overcoat). These
sublimation dyes are immediately embedded to
the media being printed.
Dot matrix printer
Dot Matrix printing is a contact (impact) process, needles run back and forth making contact
with the ink-soaked cloth ribbon which impacts
the surface of the media leaving a print.
Inkjet with pigment
Aqueous based pigmented ink systems, used on
Thermal-, Bubble- and Piezo-Jet printers. The
ink colorant (pigment) behaves like chalk in
water it doesn't dissolve (outdoor ink). The high
resistance to the atmospheric changes and UVlights of pigment enables outdoor application.
Letterpress
Letterpress is a printing method in which a
print plate (platen) with raised letters or image
is used.
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111 years Sihl Düren
The German plant celebrates.
Since the company started in 1902, our goal has been to ma-
Parallel to this is the successful development of the simple
nufacture media with functional surfaces, offering additio-
multi-layer-curtain-coating, in order to master these develop-
nal features: Transforming simple paper into e.g. wax-coated
ments management combined with a lot of investment and
sweet wrappers or laminated materials for book-binding or
quality-control has been essential.
albums. Further examples include a very long line of innovative media including electro-sensitive registration papers, car-
Thereby the plant draws upon extensive Know-How and ma-
bonated copy papers, Novoscript for bank transfers, media for
ny technologies, which affect not only the product themselves
tacho-graphs, drafting films for technical work, copier paper
but also the manufacturing process too.
for electro-fax machines and dielectric paper for fast compuToday, in the 111th year we look forward to the further expan-
ter- to - print.
sion of the plant, our eleventh coating machine: which will giAlways keeping up with the trends and all the latest technolo-
ve us the opportunity to manufacture more specialised films
gical developments, are our strongest products on the market
and let us expand our position between tradition and inno-
today: photo papers, the large format medias and films for in-
vation.
kjet, tamper-proof thermo papers for travel tickets, entrance
cards and boarding cards, laser films for labels and catalogue
printing, paper/film laminates for luggage labels, self-adhesive
materials and much more.
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IMPRESSUM
Producer: Sihl Digital Imaging
Sihl MASTERCLASS
Try before you buy!
Edit: Janine Bülten
[email protected]
Sihl GmbH
Kreuzauer Str. 33 · D-52355 Düren
www.sihl.com
Which is the best paper for which motif? The answer to this question is much easier to find if one can try a few on their own printer.
Sihl can help with this decision process by offering MASTERCLASS
Photo and Creative Arts papers Sample Packs.
Layout: that worx GmbH, Jüchen
Print: Pecks-Druck Düren
The user has the choice of two different variety packs – each containing 12 A4 sheets:
Image sources:
Jesper Iversen
istockphoto © ASHSTUDIO
istockphoto © Marchcattle
Fotolia © Artur Marciniec
Fotolia © amst
Sample Pack 1 "Glossy / Silk & Satin" contains media with high gloss and satin fini-
Shutterstock © Tish1
Something for everyone
shes, whereas Sample Pack 2 "Black & White / Creative Art" has Baryta, canvas and
cotton papers: 3 sheets of each product are included in each pack which can be tested at your leisure on your printer.
The eight SIHL MASTERCLASS products achieve top results in inkjet printing. In terms
of quality and reliability the products in this series achieve the highest of standards
thanks to their breathtaking image reproduction and their processing abilities. The
photographer can concentrate their full attention to their creations and leave Sihl to
supply the appropriate surface and overall impression for the image.
For those fond of the glossy or satin finish Sihl have put the papers from the product
family Glossy and Silk & Satin together in one pack (Sample Pack 1):
Metallic Pearl High Gloss Photo Paper 290 (4840)
High Gloss Photo Paper 330 (4841)
Lustre Photo Paper 300 (4844)
Lustre Photo Paper Duo 330 (4845)
The second collection contains the artistic media from the product groups Black &
White and Creative Art:
Satin Baryta Paper 290 (4848)
Matt Photo Canvas 400 (4851)
Smooth Matt Cotton Paper 320 (4852)
Textured Matt Cotton Paper 320 (4853)
Here's wishing all our Sprint readers a well-deserved break and health and prosperity for 2014!
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