Material strengths

Cost and environmental properties join the creative possibilities and quality and durability criteria required by today's media, as Sophie Matthews-Paul reports.

Simply the best

With the new Oc? Arizona 550 GT the best selling flatbed range just got twice as fast.

VersaCamm VS-640

Sophie Matthews-Paul visits Roland DG to test this new low-cost machine and finds it's small yet perfectly formed for wide output.

The key to vehicle wrapping

Vehicle graphics are increasing in popularity both as a method of decoration and also to protect the bodywork beneath. Sophie Matthews-Paul explains how it's carried out.

In at the finish

Sophie Matthews-Paul looks at some of the finishing techniques which improve workflow and guarantee perfect end results.

Arizona is coming up roses for Oc?

Oc?'s latest addition might look similar to other Arizona models but it yields several differences. Sophie Matthews-Paul investigates

Epson Stylus Pro 9700

This month Sophie Matthews-Paul visits Colourgen in Maidenhead where she puts the Epson Stylus Pro 9700 through its paces as an option for quick and easy production of full-colour posters and displays

The EDP Interview: HP

HP chiefs are quizzed by journalists from magazines within the European Digital Press Association in this inaugural interview with leading suppliers.

Where we're heading

With the 2010 Widthwise survey of the UK and Ireland's wide-format print market just around the corner, Sophie Matthews-Paul talks to the sponsors of the last report about its findings and what it indicates about the ongoing direction and development of the sector.

The photographer's dream machine

HP's Designjet Z3200 wide-format aqueous-based printer duo encapsulates every feature needed to produce high quality accurate results.

But o, photography! as no art is

Digital processes have married to become essential elements amongst today's photographers, allowing them to edit the images they capture and produce quality prints of all sizes. Sophie Matthews-Paul looks at how this sector has grown in the past few years.

FOR ART'S SAKE

Wide-format digital print is helping photographers, artists print providers and everyone in-between to create stunning large-format images. Sophie Matthews-Paul looks at some examples.

Screen Truepress Jet2500UV

In the first of a new series of features taking an up close and personal look at solutions in the digital wide-format arena, Sophie Matthews-Paul spends a day with Screen UK to put this 2.5m printer through its paces.

The more it changes, the more it's the same thing

Plus ?a change, plus c'est la m?me chose rings true with the current crop of aqueous-based printers as, with quality and reliability now a given, there has been no real recent major transformation in this technology. Sophie Matthews-Paul sums up what's available.

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