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3M has combined the 3M Scotchcal Graphic Film Series IJ40 with the new Scotchcal Over-laminate 8019/8020 to provide a more competitive integrated graphics solution.

The EFI Fiery wide-format production Rip will be available for the new KIP C7800 Production Print System for improved speed and quality in the short-run poster production market.

GPT will host a three-day event showcase of large-format printing solutions at its showroom in Reading, Berkshire, 22 - 24 May.

Xaar has partnered with Digiprint Supplies to provide sales and support for Xaar industrial inkjet printheads. The partnership gives wide-format printer users easy access to Xaar 126, 128, 500, 760, Proton and Electron printheads in regions where there is no direct machine manufacturer support. For those who need additional support, Digiprint’s team is backed up by Xaar engineers to provide technical advice and service.

Technical support provider Tech8 is to merge with Colorific, a supplier of alternative inks.   The merger, due to be finalised on 1 June, will strengthen the strategic alliance announced between the two businesses last year.

The inaugural Digital Print UK show from Sign and Digital UK organizer Faversham House has been moved back from this September to the autumn of next year.

The Agfa M-Press Leopard has undergone a number of modifications which are being shown at Drupa.

Moscow-based Glav Print has bought the world’s first Uvistar Pro8 being launched by Fujifilm at Drupa. The company, which specialises in indoor printing predominantly for the cosmetics, has ordered a 3m version and has already expressed interest in a 5m version sometime in the future.

SwissQprint is using Drupa to introduce its third inkjet system, the Nyala, which has a 3.2 x 1.6m flatbed and a roll-to-roll option for materials up to 3.2m wide. The printer, which has a list price of 200,000 Euro, will be sold in the UK via Spandex, which already sells the Swiss company’s Impala large-format machine. First shipments of the Nyala are expected at the end of August, the Drupa stand machine having already been sold to German company Stiefel Digitalprint.

Drupa is the launchpad for Screen’s Truepress Jet W1632UV flatbed wide-format printer aimed at the high volume sign and display market.

Following the launch of the SureColor SC S30600 at Fespa Digital earlier this year, Epson has further bolstered its wide-format inkjet graphics printer range with the SureColor SC-S70600, a 64in printer with white and metallic ink capability, and the SureColor SC-S50600, a 64in four-colour plus white machine. Both are debuting at Drupa where the company is also introducing the SureColor SC-T7000, SC-T5000 and SC-T3000 four-colour printers for CAD, GIS and POS applications.

Despite a press event by Ricoh at Drupa to announce it would be getting into wide-format inkjet with the Ricoh Pro L4000 series latex printer the unit is getting a low-key introduction on the stand.

As well as launching the ColorWave 650 Poster Printer for the POS market, parent company Canon is taking the opportunity to garner views from visitors to its Drupa stand on a concept product called Velocity, a 42in width printer that combines Memjet inkjet technology with Océ workflows. It incorporates the same six media roll capacity as the ColorWave 650 and applies more than three billion drops of ink per second for high-speed printing.

St Ives company Service Graphics has been named Tour of Britain branding partner over the next three years, a contract worth £200,000. The large-format printer will provide a range of printed solutions for The Halfords Tour Series cycle race taking place in 11 UK towns and cities during May and June, and the main Tour of Britain event in September.