Images Digital Edition March 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS www.images-magazine.com 14 images MARCH 2019 PRINT SHOP POOCHES #40 Mia Whether it‘s pedigree pups or mangy mutts, decorators‘ dogs are valued members of staff at embroidery and print shops from Barking to Furness. This month we have Mia from Defiant Print Co, Liverpool Full name: Mia Potter Breed: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Age: 15 weeks Time at company: Five weeks Job title: Meet and greet Job description: To meet all customers with hugs and kisses – she loves the attention Special skills: Sleeping on people‘s laps; making sure all food is licked clean from bowls/floors/ hands; ability to sleep anywhere, in any position. Favourite colours: Pantone 2592C, Pantone 332C and Pantone 2645C. These are on the bowl and the walking harness and so obviously mean food and walkies – everything a dog loves! www.defiantprint.co Mia has the ‘I am adorable, give me food‘ look nailed Cadlink releases FilmMaker v10 The latest version of inkjet film separation Rip software package, FilmMaker, has been released by Cadlink UK, with a free trial available. FilmMaker v10, which supports a wide range of printers including Epson, Ricoh, Roland and Mimaki, promises fast installation and easy configuration for first time users, with a step-by-step for setting up the printer, ink and media. The company also says users can “achieve optimum density levels with a single test print regardless of which ink/film combination is being used“. It includes Visual Production Manager, which Cadlink UK says is “the most intuitive job management and production control console available“. www.cadlink.co.uk Venezuela: calling all screen printers Will Pearson of Phantom Screenprint has come up with a novel charity fundraising idea and is inviting the UK’s screen printers to band together and help him to make it a success. He commented: “The economic situation in Venezuela has worsened to the point where the country has suffered a total economic collapse. The situation is so bad that hospitals and medical centres have no supplies – in many cases, not even drinking water. As a result, Venezuelans are dying needlessly due to the lack of medical care.” Will, who lived in the Venezuelan capital Caracas in the 1970s, has teamed up with UK charity Healing Venezuela. “We’ve produced a piece of T-shirt artwork which prints in four spot colours. The idea is that we send out the print-ready files to any UK printers that want to join in and help the desperate situation in Venezuela.” Printers can ask customers if they’d like to pay an extra £10 for a fundraising T-shirt to be added to their order, with the proceeds going to Healing Venezuela. Will is currently trying to secure a “super-low price” for white T-shirts for the project, and is also producing a PDF that promotes the shirt and explains the Venezuelan predicament. He continued: “If the campaign goes well and we come together as a group in this way, we could collectively choose a different charity each year, with artwork by different print shops, and it would give us all an extra, charitable dimension to our careers as T-shirt printers.” Readers who are interested in taking part in the fundraising project can contact Will at info@phantomscreenprint.co.uk . Dave Roper has agreed to back the project and will be emailing details to Screen Print World customers to drum up their support. http://www.healingvenezuela.org/ The Screenprint for Venezuela artwork View our latest online videos: www.images-magazine.com ETC unveils 2019-2020 brochure ETC Supplies has introduced its 2019- 2020 product brochure, which it says not only contains information and prices on “all the old favourites”, but also many new products, along with user information to help customers get the most out of the products. Jas Purba, managing director, said: “The new brochure is ideal for every embroidery company to keep on the desk – the A5-size makes the brochure easy to store and read.” The brochure can be requested now from ETC Supplies or viewed on its website. www.etcsupplies.co.uk