Dynamic displays in health-care facilities

Digital signage is particularly well-suited for hospitals, clinics and other health-service environments. Information can be provided on an as-needed and as-available basis, with messages that are interpreted easily by passersby. Waiting times can become useful for the delivery of health advice.

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Managing colour for success

People outside the printed image business do not always appreciate why colour management is so important. To them, red is red and blue is blue. Getting colour right, however, can still be a major challenge in today’s industry, whether using offset lithographic, inkjet proofing or wide-format production printers.

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Adding value with specialty inks

Ink technology in the digital printing sector has advanced dramatically in recent years, allowing print service providers (PSPs) to offer more products more profitably than ever. Indeed, one of the most significant new trends for the wide-format graphics market has been the introduction of specialty inks—including white, clear and ‘metallic’ formulations.

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4K is here to stay

In the beginning, there was light. Then marketer Dave Nichol (now recently departed) hooked up videocassette recorders (VCRs) to cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors in Loblaws grocery stores and early digital signage was born. Those first attempts were eventually followed by flat-panel displays (FPDs), including ubiquitous high-definition (HD) liquid crystal displays (LCDs).

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