Digital Printing-Wide Format - Roll to Roll
Agfa Graphics will debut Duratex media, a variety of sign and wide-format substrate solutions, at the upcoming ISA Sign Expo in Las Vegas.
Most in-plants’ print jobs center around the core business of their parent companies. But, on any given day, Brian Kniceley’s shop on the shores of Lake Erie could be producing a range of items including window décor for a donut shop, props for a magic show, vehicle decals, or informational signage about the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
The Jeti Titan S and HS true flatbed printing systems from Agfa Graphics will make their North American Debut at Sign Expo in Las Vegas in April. To provide additional graphic options, varnish capabilities have been added to the printers.
The new Océ ColorWave 700 large-format printing system can produce posters, pop-up banners, wallpaper, and more—all the while handling CAD and GIS documents with ease.
Mutoh America will be hosting five open house events throughout 2015 at its nationwide learning facilities in Phoenix, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles.
Hot wide-format products for in-plant printers from companies including Agfa Graphics, Canon Océ, EFI, FUJIFILM North America, Epson, HP, Mimaki, Mutoh and Screen USA
In September, the 70-employee state printing and mailing operation installed a 42˝ Océ ColorWave 650 and greatly expanded its wide-format business, focusing on larger-sized posters and banners than the shop’s previous 24˝ Canon imagePrograf W6400 could produce.
Fujifilm customers were wowed by all the inkjet technology advances shown off at a recent wide-format summit, which drew nearly 50 attendees.
Canon and HP's wide-format devices have won Pick and Outstanding Achievement Awards from Buyers Laboratory (BLI). Among the winning devices selected in Canon U.S.A.'s wide-format lineup are imagePROGRAF iPF680/685, imagePROGRAF iPF780/785 and imagePROGRAF iPF785 MFP M40 printers. HP's winning devices include the HP Designjet Z5400 PostScript ePrinter and HP Rear Stacker Design.
Three Océ Arizona series printer models from Canon Solutions America received Product of the Year Awards from the Specialty Graphic & Imaging Association (SGIA): the Océ Arizona 318 GL, UV Flatbed; the Océ Arizona 318 GL, UV Flatbed Plus White; and the Océ Arizona 6170 XTS, UV Flatbed Plus White. The award is based on a comparison of outputs from competing devices using a common test file designed by SGIA.