#Digital Printing

2023-02-02

Save up to 35% ink with Durst Workflow ink save tool

Ink Save is a module of Durst Workflow software developed to help inkjet printers reduce ink consumption while maintaining excellent color accuracy. Easy to use, Ink Save adjusts the ink consumption of all colors in your printer and compensates with black to achieve optimal reduction of your total ink consumption.

Designed for Durst printers, Ink Save has optimized presets to ensure the optimal ink saving configuration. Durst Workflow Ink Save is now also available for third party printers to maximize savings and ensure color accuracy across your entire printing devices.

Discover Durst Workflow Ink Save tool

How does the Ink Save tool work?

You don’t need to be a color expert to save on ink with Durst Workflow: its integrated powerful engine automatically calculates the color combination that reduces the amount of ink printed on the substrate. The Ink Save tool adjusts the ink consumption of all colors in your printer and compensates with black to achieve optimal reduction of your total ink consumption. Check ink consumption before printing: calculate and compare the ink consumption of your job in advance and compare the amount of ink usage with/without the feature or with different ink save modes to find the solution that best suits your needs. No re-profiling is needed.

In addition, Grey Component Replacement (GCR), being one part of the used algorithms, enables the right balance between ink savings and smoothness. In Durst Workflow the CMY values that add up to gray in the tone scale are replaced with black ink. The use of light black ink further supports this GCR approach, as the reduced contrast of light black allows for the best possible uniformity by replacing CMY. It results in less ink consumption, consequently thinner ink layers and optimized drying, which is especially valuable for high-speed printing and is also reflected in simplified post-printing processes. This function is as well applied automatically, so you don´t have to change it manually.

Why should you use this feature?

In this day and age, attention to issues around environmental sustainability and resource saving is imperative, as economic development and sustainability increasingly emerge as strongly related issues. Through the Ink Save tools, we help our customers reduce ink consumption and production costs by offering a choice of 3 different ink saving levels: low, medium and extreme. By using the extreme level, it is possible to save up to 35% on ink consumption.

Besides the significant environmental advantage of this, it is also a considerable figure for our customers' return on investment (ROI), which also helps reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO).

Durst Como is born

The Durst Group, a leading manufacturer of digital printing and production technologies, is setting another milestone in the digital textile industry: the merger with Aleph SrL is entering its final phase. With legal completion expected by the end of 2025, Aleph will be fully integrated into the Durst Group, and Durst Como will emerge as a new center of excellence for digital textile printing.

UK Manufacturer Basic Prints commits to digital-first production model with dual investment in Kornit Digital’s Apollo

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Keeping print inclusive: Empowering women in the print industry

Across all industries, cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace is increasingly recognised as valuable and essential to long-term success. However, despite the print industry’s significant advancements in technology and innovation, visible representation of women remains limited. As the sector grapples with low recruitment, it’s important to challenge outdated perceptions. Creating real change, however, requires collective effort - no single company can do it alone.

Express Print boosts production using an expanded fleet of Mimaki technologies

Express Print, a fast-growing Bulgarian provider of visual communication and soft signage solutions, has significantly enhanced its production workflow with a comprehensive portfolio of Mimaki digital printing systems. Based in Varna and active for more than 10 years, the company maintains a strong focus on the advertising sector. Over the years, it has steadily expanded its operations, driven by a clear vision to bring the full spectrum of large-format printing services in-house, avoiding outsourcing and ensuring complete control over production quality.

Gebr. Otto highlights versatility at Techtextil with regional supply chains, yarn innovations and new hygiene segment

At this year’s Techtextil, Gebr. Otto places its versatility at the center of its presentation. In addition to spinning, twisting and dyeing – traditionally focused on fine cotton – textile processors will also find a competent development partner for technical specialty solutions. The Dietenheim-based spinning mill has now built up a decade of experience in the production of technical yarns, particularly from aramids. A new hygiene segment has also been established, where yarns for medical and hygiene products are currently being produced. In the future, this department could also develop textile products for the food sector. Gebr. Otto will once again be present at the BW-i joint stand, booth D81, hall 12.1. What is wound onto the spool is determined by the customer: Gebr. Otto develops according to specific customer requirements and transforms its own ideas into yarn innovations.

Commission presents proposal for EU Inc. - unlocking the full potential of the Single Market for Europe's entrepreneurs

Today, the European Commission presented its proposal for EU Inc., a new single set of corporate rules, building the cornerstone and starting point for the EU's 28th regime. EU Inc. is an optional, digital-by-default European corporate framework. It will make it easier for businesses to start, operate and grow across the EU – incentivising them to stay in Europe, and encourage those who once looked elsewhere to return.

OnceMore® from Södra brings end-to-end traceability for circular Man-made Cellulosic Fibers (MMCF) using TextileGenesis

OnceMore® from Södra, the world’s first large-scale process for recycling blended fabrics into high‐quality dissolving pulp, will begin using TextileGenesis, a Lectra company, to strengthen traceability from raw material to retail across the value chain. OnceMore® produces dissolving pulp made from blended textile waste and wood sourced from responsibly managed Swedish forests. By integrating TextileGenesis, OnceMore® supports the growing need for verified data and secure, transparent tracking throughout increasingly complex supply chain.

Experts publish APAC policy priorities

Cascale today announced the publication of its APAC Policy Priorities Paper, developed by the Asia-Pacific (APAC) Policy Member Expert Team (MET) to identify key regional sustainability challenges and provide practical, aligned recommendations for policymakers and industry stakeholders across Asia-Pacific.