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SA International (SAi) has introduced a new range of finishing tools, an Integrated QR Code Creator, and new drivers and upgrades for its SAi Flexi signmaking software.

From January 2015, HP Latex 310, 330 and 360 printer users will be able to remotely monitor the machines, track job status and receive printer alerts by downloading a free app from Google Play or the Apple App Store to a smartphone. The HP Latex Mobile app will be available for tablets in mid-2015.

i-Sub Digital will distribute the new Agfa Anapurna M2500i in the UK from January 2015, following its worldwide launch at SGIA 2014 in Las Vegas last week. 

Contra Vision competition winners announced Contra Vision has named the winners of the international competition to find the best see-through window graphics. 

Drytac Europe has appointed Douglas Jackson as operations director. He joins the company US-based Acco brands, where he was also director of operations. Prior to this Jackson was president of Neschen GBC Graphic Films - a joint venture with Acco Brands - which manufactured the Seal, Neschen, and GBC brands throughout the US.

More detail has emerged on the Esma organised upcoming Printed Interior Decoration (PID) conference, taking place 26-27 November in Dusseldorf alongside EuroShop, a retail trade fair held every three years in the town. The new large-format print based event will have four keynote speakers who will explain the power of digital print and how it can help creative designers build a successful business model. 

Senior staff from The Printing Charity and other businesses in print-related industries met at Hackney Community College recently to take part in a discussion led by HRH The Duke of York on the benefits of hiring apprentices. 

Canon has now published its full 2014 Insight Report entitled ‘Building your Future with Print’. This is the fifth in the series of Insight Reports commissioned by Canon to analyse the trends and opportunities for print. 

Inca Digital’s newly expanded facility in Cambridge has been officially opened by Masahiro Hashimoto, vice chairman of Inca’s parent company Screen Holding. In addition, Inca has created a Business Development Team to advance its position in relation to industrial print. 

Esko has developed i-cut Production Console, a front-end operating system, that will be the common platform for all Kongsberg digital finishing systems. It combines the feature set of the XL-Guide tailored for packaging applications and i-cut Vision Pro, the front-end for cutting and short run productions.

A clear ink is now available for the Mimaki JFX200-2513 flatbed LED UV printer. The LH-100 clear ink complements the existing LUS -150 and LH-100 LED UV curable inksets. 

Five Longier LED UV large-format printers have been introduced into the UK by Quality Print Services (QPS). They will come supplied with Nazdar inks, for which QPS is the main distributor in the UK. 

As the first company in Ireland to install the recently launched Mimaki JV300 solvent digital inkjet printer; Horizon Digital Print is embracing this compact addition to its otherwise sizeable large-format production line and is positive about the surge in productivity shown in the few weeks since its arrival. 

Glasgow-based wide-format printer Introscan has been living up to its name over the last 12 years, constantly ‘horizon scanning’ for new technologies and the opportunities they bring. Most recently, this has led the company to purchase a new HP Latex 360 with Onyx Rip from City and West End Solutions (CWE). With many trade clients, Introscan know they need to remain ahead of the pack, and on the cutting edge of wide format printing.