The appearance and design of a package are key properties to attract and to focus the attention of a customer. Print quality contributes to a great degree to achieve these requirements. Most critical perceived in terms of quality are print defects like mottling, gloss and stripiness, which all appear in the printing of corrugated board. Stripiness is especially critical because it is a defect directly caused by the corrugated board construction. A further cause can be generated by the production process of corrugated board. Pre-studies by Odeberg Glasenapp (2004) revealed a difference in surface micro-roughness between the regions on the peak line of the liner and the regions in the valley between two peaks of the corrugation. This knowledge was the basis for the work described in this thesis. In a first stage, laboratory trials were conducted with sets of coated and uncoated samples of various grammages. The trial was set-up in order to simulate the conditions in the corrugator as closely as possible. In the evaluations, it was found out that the settings were too high. For that reason, the coated samples were influenced to a too high degree and needed to be excluded from further evaluations. With the uncoated samples, on the other hand, a change in micro surface roughness was detectable. The roughness is decreased on the peaks and the gloss appearance was the conclusion. The analysis of the printed samples focused on shifts in colour and print density. It is unclear if both are affected only surface roughness changes and/or by the typical corrugated board effect of washboarding. A full-scale test was performed in order to confirm the results of the laboratory test. A test series was chosen with coated and uncoated outer liners. Contrary to the lab-test results, the uncoated grades showed no surface roughness changes. Instead, the coated samples were affected to a great extent. The changes in surface roughness and gloss appearance were similar to the lab-test. This confirms that the lab-test samples were exposed to heat, pressure and shear to a too high degree. The print analysis of the full-scale test did not agree with the laboratory test. Gloss lines were visually detectable, but they were difficult to measure. A reason could be that the ink is capable on forming an ink film layer on top of the surface of the paper. This would cover the micro roughness of the matt parts thereby creating an almost homogeneous glossy appearance. / QC 20101116

This project is about how we can create architecture that hold the same atmospheric qualities as a tale. By using different media like film, dioramas and technology the tales have been analysed for qualities that have been carried through into architecture. The blend of the real and the unreal is central to any tale and so also to my project; this mixed expression is carried through into the resulting structure. The final product becomes a bath house full of expression, impressions and varying realities.

3D-printing, också känt som additiv tillverkning, är en tillverkningsmetod som har revolutionerat många branscher och har växt stort både inom industrin och för privat användning. Tekniken använder sig utav en lager-på-lager metod för att tillverka olika objekt. Med dagens teknik går det att printa ut föremål av exempelvis metall, plast, betong och ett flertal andra material. Additiv tillverkning av betong ger möjligheten att skapa nya smarta konstruktionslösningar, vilket medför stora materialbesparingar och minskat materialspill. Produktionskostnader och hastighet kan också dra nytta av metoden genom att minska arbetskraft och eliminera kostnader för tillverkning och montering av gjutformar. Den här studien bidrar till en ökad förståelse för vad som krävs för att utveckla ett fungerande betongmaterial för additiv tillverkning. För att additiv tillverkning ska kunna standardiseras, bli mer kommersiellt och få en bredare användning krävs en djupare förståelse av betongens materialegenskaper. Detta eftersom materialet skiljer sig från konventionell betong. Syftet med detta projekt är att utveckla en betongblandning anpassad för additiv tillverkning. En undersökning görs för att hitta (i) en betongblandning med lämpliga mekaniska materialegenskaper och (ii) en betongblandning som är väl anpassad till 3Dskrivare. Det viktigaste för att en betongblandning ska kunna användas för additiv tillverkning är att blandningen kan pumpas genom systemet och extraheras genom munstycket vid tillverkning samt att slutmaterialet visar bra byggbarhet. Pumpbarhet är förutsättningen för att betongen ska kunna användas i en 3D-skrivare. Betongen ska vara tillräckligt smidig för att kunna pumpas ut genom ett munstycke, men även ha en tillräckligt god inre sammanhållning för att inte deformeras efter att den har pumpats ut. Pumpbarhet påverkas till stor del av vilken sorts pumpsystem som används. Resultaten varierar beroende på vilken pump, munstycke och slang som används vid materialtesterna. Det förefaller att en generell blandning anpassad för flera olika pumpsystem är svårt att uppnå. I det här arbetet har sex olika blandningar med olika variationer testats. Detta ledde till 38 blandningar som genomgått olika tester. De blandningarna med bäst resultat efter finjusteringar var blandning 4.1 och 5.1, de visade hög kvalité för pumpbarhet och byggbarhet. Blandning 4.1 innehåller vatten, anläggningscement, starvis 3040, glenium, CERW, krossballast och glasfibrer och blandning 5.1 är likadant fast med flygaska istället för CERW. / 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is a manufacturing method that has revolutionized many industries and has grown widely both in industry and private use. The technique means using a layer-upon-layer method to manufacture different objects. With today's technology, it is possible to print objects of, for example, metal, plastic, concrete and several other materials. Additive manufacturing of concrete structures can be used to create new smart design solutions, which means significant material savings and reduced material waste. Production costs and time reduction may also be achieved using the method due to lower labor requirements and reduced costs for manufacturing and assembling of molds. This study contributes to an increased understanding of what is required to develop a functioning concrete material for additive manufacturing. In order for additive manufacturing to be standardized, become commercial and be broadly used, a deeper understanding of the concrete properties is required. This is because the material used in 3D printing differs from conventional concrete. The purpose of this project is to develop a concrete mixture adapted for additive manufacturing. A survey is made to find (i) a concrete mixture with suitable mechanical material properties, and (ii) a concrete mixture well adapted to 3D printers. The most important thing for a concrete mix to be used for additive production is that the mixture can be pumped through the system and extracted through the nozzle during manufacture and that the final material shows good buildability. Pumpability is a prerequisite for the concrete to be used in a 3D printer. The concrete must be sufficiently flexible to be pumped out through a nozzle, but also have a sufficiently good internal cohesion so as not to deform after it has been pumped out. Pumpability is largely affected by the type of pump system used. The results vary depending on the pump, nozzle and hose used in the material tests. It seems that a general mix adapted to several different pump systems is difficult to achieve. In this work, six different mixtures with different variations have been tested. This led to 38 mixtures that underwent various tests. The mixtures with the best results after fine adjustments were mix 4.1 and 5.1, they showed high quality for pumpability and buildability. Mixture 4.1 contains water, plant cement, starvis 3040, glenium, CERW, crush ballast and glass fibers and mixture 5.1 is similarly fixed with fly ash instead of CERW.

The aim of this thesis is to assess potential environmental impacts of electronic media distribution and consumption—from a life cycle perspective—as compared to those of print media. The thesis consists of a cover essay and two papers appended at the end of the thesis. The cover essay summarizes the papers and puts them in context. The main objectives of the thesis are twofold: to assess potential environmental impacts of production and consumption of tablet editions of magazines from a life cycle perspective (Paper I), and to compare potential environmental impacts of a magazine’s print edition with that of its tablet edition (Paper II). The thesis examines the following specific research questions: (1) What are the main environmental impacts of print and tablet editions? (2) Which activities are giving rise to the main environmental impacts of the print and tablet editions? (3) What are the key factors influencing these impacts? (4) What are major data gaps and uncertainties? Based on the present assessment, it is clear that for the print magazine, pulp and paper production is the principal cause of most of the potential environmental impacts. For this reason, the use of recycled paper, rather than virgin fiber, in newsprint production may considerably offset environmental impacts. For the tablet edition, the content production dominates the potential environmental impacts when readers are few. This appears to be the case in an emerging state of the magazine, but with distribution of more media products to smaller groups of people, this may persist for “mature” products as well. As the number of tablet readers grows, more of the environmental impact of the is due to manufacturing of the device and electronic distribution. However, content production may still be a major factor, depending on the specific environmental impacts studied. / <p>QC 20130306</p>

Tracking and tracing are a key technology for production process optimization and subsequent cost reduction. However, several industrial environments (e.g. high temperatures in metal processing) are challenging for most part-marking and identification approaches. A method for printing individual part markings on metal components (e.g. data matrix codes (DMCs) or similar identifiers) with high temperatures and chemical resistance has been developed based on drop-on-demand (DOD) print technology and special ink dispersions with submicrometer-sized ceramic and glass particles. Both ink and printer are required to work highly reliably without nozzle clogging or other failures to prevent interruptions of the production process in which the printing technology is used. This is especially challenging for the pigmented inks applied here. To perform long-term tests with different ink formulations and to assess print quality over time, we set up a test bench for inkjet printing systems. We present a novel approach for monitoring the printhead’s state as well as the print-quality degradation. This method does not require measuring and monitoring, e.g. electrical components or drop flight, as it is done in the state of the art and instead uses only the printed result. By digitally quantifying selected quality factors within the printed result and evaluating their progression over time, several non-stationary measurands were identified. Some of these measurands show a monotonic trend and, hence, can be used to measure print-quality degradation. These results are a promising basis for automated printing system maintenance.

<p dir="ltr">The popularity and success of <i>A Testimonie of Antiquitie </i>is apparent in the number of printed editions between 1566-1687; as Allen Frantzen writes in his <i>Desire for Origins</i>, it was one of the most frequently printed Old English texts. However, no one has ever conducted a critical examination of every printed edition of Ælfric’s Easter Homily from its first printing in 1566/1567 to its last printed edition in the seventeenth century in 1687. Examining these editions through a book and print history lens is vastly productive. It enables us to see how printers and translators have made lasting impacts on the text and how historical events influenced the editorial decisions and production of the editions. Furthermore, comparing and contrasting the transcriptions and translations in the editions brings new understanding as to how translators and printers were utilizing these texts for editorial and formatting purposes. From this examination, we can draw important connections among the editions; these connections demonstrate which edition a translator and printer utilized for their publication of the text. Tracking the editorial and formatting changes of the editions and placing those changes within a historical context provides key information on why and how these editions were being produced. Moreover, this dissertation exemplifies the trajectory of early modern English book and print history.</p>

Stories to wear is a bachelor degree work in textile design. The position of the work is in digitally printed textile surface pattern for clothing where the surface pattern collection is designed for storytelling and playfulness. The project explores the synergistic effect in combining a method where randomness decides the outcome, textiles, patterns and the body. / Stories to Wear är ett kandidatarbete inom textildesign. Arbetets position är inom digitalt tryckt textilytmönster för kläder där ytmönsterskollektionen är designad för berättande och lekfullhet. Projektet utforskar den synergistiska effekten av att kombinera en metod där slumpen bestämmer utfallet, textilier, mönster och kroppen.

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