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Welcome to Frick Designs! We are here to offer you up-to-date information about labels, signs, markers and tags for every aspect of your business. We will find the most relevant information from news and business sources to keep you informed about the latest labeling technology, as well as changes in regulatory requirements for product safety and security tags and signage.

Paying Attention to Product Security Can Improve Your Bottom Line

Product safety recalls and unscrupulous conduct by some big businesses often get public attention, but dishonest behavior by consumers themselves seems to get scant media coverage. Shoplifting and fraudulent warranty claims are two examples of petty crime that cost our economy billions of dollars annually. Product security is an area you can spend a little money on to reap large rewards for your company.

According to the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (NASP), http://www.shopliftingprevention.org, retailers lose more than $13 billion per year to shoplifters. The typical shoplifter is not, as you might assume, a sneaky teenager wandering around with a pack of friends looking for easy merchandise to steal. Three quarters of shoplifters are adults, while only one quarter of shoplifters are eighteen or younger.

Most shoplifters do not plan in advance to steal something. Instead, shop-lifting is more commonly a crime of opportunity. This makes your job of providing security easier, because most of the thieves you are trying to deter do not approach your store with a sophisticated plan in mind. An inexpensive security system, including such things as clothing security tags, will cut your company’s theft losses just by placing an obvious obstacle between a potential opportunistic thief and your exit door.

Other potential money leaks from your business include warranty fraud and product counterfeiting. Consumers who attempt to return damaged merchandise after their own actions have voided the warranty cost companies millions of dollars annually. Companies lose billions of dollars when cheap copies of their products are imported and sold as genuine merchandise. Tamper evident warranty labels and authenticity labels can prevent  losses due to fraudulent abuse of your company’s brand and reputation.

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Come back and visit our site often for the latest in business and industrial news. We will keep you informed about advances in security technology, from clothing security tags to heavy equipment labeling, as well as updates on government regulations and consumer issues related to your business.

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Roland DGA Corp has introduced the 54” VersaUV LEC-540 UV-LED wide-format inkjet printer cutter.

Based on the company’s VersaUV technology, the LEC-540 prints CMYK, white and clear and contour cuts ‘virtually any’ substrate up to 1mm (0.04”) thick. 

‘The LEC-540 is based on low-cost VersaUV technology that has revolutionized the packaging prototype and short run label industries,’ said Hiroshi Ono, product manager for Roland DGA Corp. ‘With the new LEC-540, professionals can print, contour cut, crease and perforate graphics all on one device. The LEC-540 prints on an unprecedented range of materials including popular large-format media. New built-in front and back tables facilitate the handling of rigid substrates for folding cartons and other packaging prototypes.’ 

The new LEC-540 is the third model in Roland’s VersaUV series. It is faster than previous VersaUV models and is said to offer greater versatility for applications ranging from packaging prototypes, short-run labels and membrane panels to interior décor items, point of purchase (POP) displays and large-format window graphics.   

The LEC-540 prints on a wide variety of flexible and rigid media, including synthetic paper, polyester film, paper and vinyl banner media, PET, leather, plastic, polycarbonates and paper boards. In high quality mode, the LEC-540 prints 25 percent faster than the 30” LEC-330 due to new larger UV-LED lamps that expedite production. LEC-540 lamps automatically reposition themselves for high-speed performance and the highest image quality in all print modes. The LEC-540 also offers high-quality artistic print mode (1440 x 1440 dpi) for images that the company says rival offset and gravure print quality. 

The LEC-540 is offered in three ink configurations: the standard CMYK + white + clear configuration, CMYK + white + white for high-opacity white printing on transparent films, and CMYK + clear + clear for thick dimensional effects such as embossing. Clear ink can be layered into both gloss and matte finishes including 72 ready-to-apply patterns from the Roland Texture Library included in Roland’s VersaWorks RIP software.  

Users of the LEC-540 can also take advantage of the Roland OnSupport system which allows remote monitoring of production activities. When a job is completed or ink runs low, the printer will automatically send an email notification to a smart phone or computer. Unattended operation and easy maintenance are further ensured by an automated white ink circulation system that prevents pigments in the ink from settling, minimizes waste and ensures continuous uninterrupted printing. The LEC-540 is Roland Eco Label and Energy Star certified.  

The VersaUV series also includes the 30” LEC-330 and 30” LEC-300A. VersaUV was introduced in 2008 has been recognized with DPI and EDP awards for innovation. 

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Visitors to the company’s ski mountains this season can use their RFID-enabled lift tickets to connect with each other via social-media tools, and also track their ski or snowboard metrics over the Internet.

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The growing loss of our sense of privacy, or at least an evolving definition of the term, may partly explain the relatively slow crawl of outrage over a two-week-old item that ran on a San Francisco Bay Area TV news show, which reported that kids at a preschool in the California town of Richmond are being tracked via RFID chips inside jerseys the …

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Publishers Printing Company, a fifth-generation, family owned company primarily dedicated to publication printing, has purchased a Mark Andy Performance Series P7 to add label production to its services. The press is due to be installed in October.  

Located in Kentucky, USA, Publishers Printing Company, after researching pressure-sensitive label production as an addition to its existing product offering, opted for a 17 inch, 10-color P7, which includes features such as a film package, web turnbar, cold foil and rotary screen capabilities.  

‘The versatility of the press allows us to print and finish any configuration of labels and accepts a wide variety of substrates. The decision to purchase the P7 as our first flexo press was unanimous by our research team,’ said Susan Reschar, sales manager, label and packaging division at Publishers Printing Company.   

The Mark Andy booth (319) at Labelexpo Americas will feature the Performance Series P7 and P5 models, as well as an interactive print station area where attendees are offered hands-on experience with the equipment. 

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