Some words from the future

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Some words from the future

Tim Greene of consultants Infotrends predicts that “in 2011, we’ll see a UV-curable metallic inkjet ink that could be applied to either wide-format printing or packaging” and that the aqueous durable inkjet segment could be worth around £560m by 2014. This segment is being pioneered in California by large-format specialist Graphics One (http://www.graphicsone.com/press/SEPIAX_Ink.html ) and could, Greene predicts, replace traditional aqueous inkjet printers and older light solvent or eco-solvent printers. The wonderfully monikered Dan Barefoot, president of Graphics One, says: “This is a game changer. It will cause a major shift in the way substrates are used. All a user has to do is preheat the substrate and print it.”

And finally, a blast from the past…

Some wisdom from that underrated management guru, Aristotle. The smartest man who ever lived (with the possible exception of Albert Einstein) said once: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.”