Design Services

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Design Services at FUJIFILM

Coming Soon
Design Services and printing for Note Cards, Flyers, Brochures, Catalogs, Books, Business Cards, Calendars, CD & DVD Jackets and much more.
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Sublimation

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Expand Your Print Program

We offer a full range of sublimation products including rubber,
ceramic and glass.

What is sublimation?
The inkjet dye sublimation process uses a heat sensitive sublimation dye, to print onto special inkjet paper. The resulting print is called a dye sublimation transfer. The dye sublimation transfer and a sublimatable item such as glass or ceramic gift item that has been coated with a receptor coating is then placed in a heat press. After the heating cycle is complete, the image on the paper has been transferred into the coating on the item and now has become a part of the surface of the mouse pad, trivet or cuttingboard.
We can help you design and create your layouts for you.
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Gas-ghosting

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -1000

What’s happening to my framed print?
Gas-Ghosting & How to prevent it.

This is an issue that framers, artist and photographers have described to me to frequently this year.
The issue is gas-ghosting or out-gassing, this is a ghosting phenomenon that occurs on the glass of a framed
inkjet print. This phenomenon happens when the print does not completely cure before the print is framed.
Some paper and ink combinations are more susceptible than others because of the rate at which curing occurs. Typically, glossy papers need more curing time than a matte or watercolor papers due. Solvents dry at a slower rate than water. Even though the print is dry to the touch, the solvents have not fully dissipated. If a print has been framed before the solvents have completely dried, you may see a residue inside the frame that is caused by the trapped gasses that have been released from the solvents. That is why we recommend an accelerated drying process using paper to absorb the solvents.

"Ink jet printer users may occasionally notice that an ink jet photo framed behind glass has fogged the inside of the glass
surface. This fog, which may look like a ghost image, is a film caused by ink solvents that have not completely “cured.” This
can happen on any “barrier” type paper using any type of ink from any manufacturer if you do not allow the print to properly
dry before framing. A “barrier” paper is one with coatings designed to prevent ink from being absorbed completely into
the paper, thus producing a brighter or glossier image (e.g. RC papers).

Because there has been some confusion about the causes and the solutions for this occurrence, we offer these steps to
either prevent ghosting or fix the situation if your photos have already been affected. To accelerate the curing process and
prevent the ghost image from forming on the glass, you can follow this drying procedure:

1. After printing, let the print rest for 15 minutes.
2. After 15 minutes, place a sheet of plain paper (not photo paper) on top of the print for 24 hours. The paper acts as a
sponge to absorb the solvents and accelerate the outgassing. (You may stack the prints if you are printing more than
one. Be sure to interleave each print with a sheet of plain paper.)
3. After 24 hours, remove the plain paper. You may notice the plain paper is wavy. If it is, repeat the procedure again with
a new sheet of paper for another 24 hours, after which the print should be ready for framing. If it is not wavy, this indicates
that the solvents in the print should now be completely dry and the print should be ready for framing immediately.

If you already have ghosting, simply remove and clean the glass, use the procedures outlined above to cure the image,
and reframe the print."

Source for this article www.epson.com

New Website

Thu, 1 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -1000

We are excited to bring you a new website devoted to digital imaging here at FUJIFILM Hawaii.

FUJIFILM Hawaii has had its Digital Imaging Studio for over 3 years. We are expanding our services and studio facility in order to accommodate the fine art photographers and traditional artists who are seeking to self-publish and the interior design studios who are in need of large format prints.
With the many new printing applications that we will be adding this year, and providing services from image capture to fulfillment, FUJIFILM Hawaii’s Digital Imaging Studio can provide the broadest range of printing for all budgets and application needs.