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The Print Networking Club will be holding a ‘Print Rocks’ party night on 15 December at the St Bride Foundation in central London.

There will be bands from the world of print and design - with a few harmonious singing voices thrown in for good measure - all in the Bridewell Hall which will be suitably bedecked with twinkling lights and all things festive.

Everyone is welcome but book up as places will be limited to 180

A Viscom ‘Best of 2014 Award’ in the Large Format Printing category has been given to the Mimaki JFX200-2513 and the UJV500-160 LED UV printers.

Josero has completed its new demonstration facilities at its head office in Cambridge. It will feature a range of printers and finishing equipment including the Ricoh L4100 Latex Printer and the Bubble Free Applicator.

GBM Group, Manchester has bought a Screen Truepress Jet W3200UV HS high-speed flat-bed printer to boost its Manchester-based production facilities. The impact on its business has been immediate from the start. 

Computop, a payment service provider (PSP), celebrates a triple anniversary with Onlineprinters, one of the largest online print shops in Europe. “We were founded as a family run business and are looking for strong partnerships. Today we celebrate 30 years of experience in printing, 10 years of success in E-Commerce and a seven year cooperation with Computop”, announces Walter Meyer, CEO of Onlineprinters.

The Printing Charity has become a partner to The Rory Peck Trust, which has announced it will provide eight safety training bursaries to UK freelancers who work in print or online as journalists or photographers. 

With less than a year to go to InPrint 2015, the total space footprint now exceeds that of the inaugural event this year. 150 companies will exhibit at InPrint 2015 which will be co-located with Productronica.

Precision Printing has taken a controlling stake in First 2 Print for an undisclosed cash sum, and become a partner in YourWalls.co.uk, a bespoke printed wallcoverings operation that that will officially launch in January. 

Gloucester-based print and digital media house Severn has turned to Prepress UK to keep its Kodak Prinergy driven Epson large-format printers producing ISO12647-2 certified proofs. The single StudioRip Inkjet Edition software package is driving two Epson 7800 printers – and producing proofs at twice the speed of the original system. 

Seiko Instruments has taken the Viscom ‘Best of 2014 Award’ in the large-format printing category with its ColorPainter M-64s. Seiko used Viscom to show its latest generation ColorPainter H-Series: which will be officially at the beginning of 2015.

Roland DG will use the Newtech show in Corby, Northamptonshire, 18-19 November, to showcase its print-and-cut solutions including the Soljet Pro 4 XR-640 and the VersaStudio BN-20 desktop inkjet printer/cutter.

HP has introduced Reach compliant Permanent Gloss Adhesive Vinyl and Permanent Matte Adhesive Vinyl for use with its latex printers. They are available in 30, 36, 42, 54 and 60in widths, and provide outdoor display permanence of three years un-laminated and up to five years laminated.

Independent paper merchant Premier Paper is extending its Essential Wide Format range and adding monomeric and polymeric self-adhesive vinyls and matching laminates. 

Print specialist YR Store has collaborated with Japanese streetwear brand ‘A Bathing Ape’ to launch a pop-up within Selfridges on London’s Oxford Street where customers can design their own personalised T-shirts printed on Epson SureColor direct-to-garment printers.