Wide-format Inkjet, Toner-Based Printing

Wide-format Inkjet, Toner-Based Printing

Did You Know That Digital Printing is cheaper at Three Star Printing In Freeport, New York?

With only two sheet-fed offset presses on the show floor, digital printing vendors were the ‘hot’ booths at PRINT 13. Here’s a sampling of some of the production inkjet, wide-format inkjet and toner-based digital presses that were highlighted for commercial print shops. We offer completed digital printing services and offer all finishing and bindery services. Weather it’s a simple postcard or and elaborate die cut brochure, or a simple flyer to a complex direct mailer, we provide the best results to accommodate your budget and deliver your project on time. Let us print your next project.

If you would like more information regarding this stock or a sample of our offset and digital printing work please feel free to give us a call at 516-867-8223 or send us an email.


Inkjet Digital Printing Comes To Freeport Printing Company, Three Star Printing, Inc.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions and Komori America previewed the KM-1/IS29 23×29˝ UV color inkjet press. It combines Konica Minolta UV inkjet print head and ink technology with a new sheet transport system, cylinder configuration and sheet reversal mechanism from Komori to print cut-sheet pages at 3,300 sheets/hr. simplex, and 1,650 sheets/hr. duplex.

More than half of Xerox’s booth was dedicated to production inkjet technology, including the CiPress 500 Single Engine Duplex (SED) production inkjet system. Compatible with waterless solid inks, it prints duplex jobs in a single frame at 500 or 325 fpm. Also shown was the Impika iPrint Compact, a single-engine, duplexing production inkjet system for transactional, transpromo and direct mail applications.

Canon U.S.A. offered attendees a virtual reality look at its new high-volume “Niagara” sheetfed color inkjet digital press. Featuring a patented four-color ink system (with a planned future extension of up to six stations), it will provide B3 sheetfed color inkjet printing on standard coated and uncoated offset media at speeds of up to 3,800 duplexed B3 sheets/hr. and up to 8,500 duplexed letter sheets/hr., with volumes of up to 10 million letter-size images per month.

Ricoh’s InfoPrint 5000 GP platform was shown in an H configuration. The InfoPrint 5000 MP line has now been upgraded to allow for printing in I, L, U and H configurations. This also includes dual simplex printing capability so users can drive the two print engines printing separate applications, on two kinds of paper, at two different speeds. The InfoPrint 5000 GP Color now handles page lengths up to 54˝ and an extended media handling option enables paper weights up to 250 gsm.

Fujifilm debuted the J Press 540W inkjet web press, which is ideal for the short-run production of leaflets, magazines, textbooks, manuals and newspapers. It features a single tower, compact footprint design with a single-pass duplex system that can easily adjust registration of both front and back sides. Printing at speeds up to 417 fpm, the J Press 540W allows flexibility in paper cut-off sizes. It uses Fujifilm’s FM-based screening technology and high-performance VIVIDIA ink.

Wide-format Inkjet, Toner-Based Printing2020-04-14T20:54:41+00:00

Offset & Digital Printing Company Offers YUPO Paper

Offset & Digital Printing Company Offers YUPO Paper

Three Star Printing in Freeport, New York, Teams Up With The Global Leader In Synthetic Paper

Three Star Offset Printing, Long Island, New York, latest paper stock addition is the YUPO Synthetic Paper. It is 100% recyclable, waterproof and tree-free, with attributes and properties that make it the perfect solution for a variety of marketing, design, packaging and labeling needs. Yupo synthetic Paper is perfect for the following:

  • Brochures
  • Flyers
  • Postcards
  • Folders
  • Direct Mailers
  • Annual Reports
  • Invitations

If you would like more information regarding this stock or a sample of our offset and digital printing work please feel free to give us a call at 516-867-8223 or send us an email.


What is yupo?

YUPO is the 100% recyclable, waterproof, tree-free Synthetic Paper with attributes and properties that make it the perfect solution for a variety of marketing, design, packaging and labeling needs.

YUPO Synthetic Papers are extruded from polypropylene pellets. The process of extrusion occurs in our quarter-mile long manufacturing facility located in Chesapeake, Virginia. The various grades, weights and thicknesses of yupo are spun into spools in lengths from 725 yards to 7,500 yards, which are cut in to widths from 6 to 66 inches. After cutting and finishing has taken place, they are ready to ship to distributors and manufacturers for commercial and technical markets.

YUPO Attributes:

  • Super-smooth
  • Prints consistently and effortlessly
  • Holds ink with razor-sharp precision
  • Durable
  • Wipes clean
  • Waterproof
  • Will not tear
  • Bright White

Ten reasons to use yupo Synthetic Paper:

  • It’s WATERPROOF, and stands up to the rigors of the elements and demanding environments.
  • Ultra-smooth and bright white, it’s a paper alternative that stands out.
  • Versatility – from packaging and labels to commercial design and marketing, yupo has grades for many applications.
  • 100% tree-free yupo is the premium synthetic that’s 100% recyclable.
  • YUPO is dimensionally stable for superior ink adhesion.
  • Chemical and stain-resistant yupo comes in various weights
  • YUPO is available in super-white and translucent grades.
  • You’ll have access to our sales and technical support team for every yupo project.
  • Because yupo is a pulp-free paper, shelf life of printed pieces is extended for overall value.
  • High-gloss yupo accepts die cutting, perforations, embossing and special metallizing processes with beautiful results.

Labeling and Packaging Solutions

YUPO IML – add yupo to your blow-molded packaging solutions and you have a brand item that is scratch proof, won’t scuff, tear or flag, and eliminates the need for adhesive backing, which is great for the environment. Follow the link to learn more about the In-Mold Label process.

Labeling and Packaging Applications

Food and Beverage, Health and Beauty, Automotive, Household Chemicals, Home and Garden, Hard Surface Cleaners

Marketing and Design Applications

Annual Reports, Posters, Postcards, Menus, Labels, Catalogs, Calendars, Inserts, Index Tabs, Hang Tags, Bookmarks, Envelopes, Banners, Manuals, Magazines, Maps, Business Cards, Kids’ Books, Bellybands, POP Materials, Flysheets, Coasters, Backlit Displays, Travel Guides, Water-Resistant Books, Heavy-Use Materials

Print, Design and Marketing Materials

Designers and project managers know that when a project calls for a truly extraordinary paper – one with a smooth feel like no other, one so white that color jumps off the page, and one that must be durable or withstand certain things that would damage ordinary paper – it’s time to call on yupo.

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Long Island Commercial Printer Environmentally Friendly Green Inks

Long Island Commercial Printer Environmentally Friendly Green Inks

Three Star Offset Printing, located on Long Island, in Freeport, uses soy and other vegetable-based inks which are less harmful to the environment than their petroleum-based counterparts. Soy and vegetable products are used in printing ink for their oils, which act as the vehicle for the ink pigments. There are several types of vegetable-based offset printing inks, including linseed (Flax), tung (Chinawood), castor, canola, and safflower.  If you would like more information regarding this stock or a sample of our work please feel free to give us a call at 516-867-8223 or send us an email.


Soy is popular because it is a very stable material that exhibits excellent “wetting” properties which enhance its ability to carry solid pigments. Most manufacturers of soy and vegetable based inks today actually “blend” ingredients, much in the way a winemaker will blend grapes, in order to take advantage of the unique characteristics of each oil.

Long Island Commercial Printer Three Star Offset Printing located in Freeport, New York uses soy and other vegetable-based offset printing inks which are less harmful to the environment than their petroleum-based counterparts. Soy and vegetable products are used in ink for their oils, which act as the vehicle for the ink pigments. There are several types of vegetable-based printing inks, including linseed (Flax), tung (Chinawood), castor, canola, and safflower. Soy is popular because it is a very stable material that exhibits excellent “wetting” properties which enhance its ability to carry solid pigments. Most manufacturers of soy and vegetable based inks today actually “blend” ingredients, much in the way a winemaker will blend grapes, in order to take advantage of the unique characteristics of each oil.

Soy and vegetable based inks are widely recognized as the environmentally friendly choice. But an ink’s ingredients are only part of the story when measuring its environmental impact. Ink, like any other product manufactured by humans, impacts our planet before, during, and after it’s manufactured.

Some portion of raw materials are emitted into the atmosphere during both the manufacture and printing of ink. The heightened environmental consciousness of recent years has resulted in a campaign to reduce VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds) in inks. Three Star Printing uses soy and vegetable-based inks that have evolved to VOC levels of 12 percent which are not derived from an ozone depleting solvent, down from conventional commercial sheet fed inks that measure VOC levels of 25-35 percent. As with any new or modified product, there were early failures and Soy-based inks came under attack in the press room because drying and adhesion suffered. But gradually, high performance inks have emerged, with vastly reduced VOC’s. Printers, print buyers and environmentalists have learned that low VOC inks can be produced from a wide variety of vegetable oils, not just soy, and we at Three Star Printing adhere to our standard of using the lowest VOC rated inks available. And, as part of our Green Business Certification, we at Three Star Printing adhere to practices that minimize the release Volatile Organic Compounds from inks into the atmosphere.

Almost as important as the manufacture and use of vegetable inks is the recycle and reuse programs implemented by the printer. Anything a printer does to steer materials from landfills is of environmental benefit. In this area, Three Star Printing abides by the following criteria:

  1. We tightly control our inventory and scheduling practices, ordering only the quantities of ink we need.
  2. We recycle unused inks.
  3. We specify “low VOC” or “vegetable based inks” rather than asking only for soy. Some non-soy vegetable inks are actually lower in VOC than soy.

For additional information, or to request any specific needs for environmentally friendly printing inks or stock, please contact us at 516-867-8223.

Long Island Commercial Printer Environmentally Friendly Green Inks2020-04-14T20:56:00+00:00