Image Reports
Supporting the wide-format digital print sector
Colour management software company GMG has extended its Canon printer support. The Canon imagePrograf iPF8300s and iPF6300s inkjet printers based on the Lucia EX eight-colour ink system are now fully supported by GMG ColorProof, GMG FlexoProof and GMG DotProof contone and halftone proofing software. The new Canon printers have also been optimised for the range of GMG inkjet proof media.
Specialist exhibition stand designer Cannell Graphics hopes to significantly increase its market share following the installation of a Kongsberg i-XL44 table from new EskoArtwork reseller City and West End Solutions (CWES). This is the first EskoArtwork order taken by City and West End Solutions and it should help the Essex operation to produce a wider range of bespoke designs.
Ultima Displays is demonstrating number of new product ranges at Sign and Digital UK.
Durst has confirmed it will show a brand new machine at Sign and Digital UK, details of which should be available soon.
At Sign and Digital UK Mutoh will première its new 3D UV inks suited for 3D wrapping applications on curved, riveted or corrugated surfaces. Immediately dry and ready for lamination and application, the new stretchable 3D UV ink offers 200% elongation capabilities. The zero VOC 3D UV ink has been tuned to Mutoh’s Zephyr UV 65in UV inkjet printer.
Roland, Vivid Laminating, PSP and EFI are amongst those companies that will be working on the new Wide-Format Applications Showcase at Northprint in association with Image Reports. The intention is to provide visitors with a great opportunity to explore the technical advances, increased revenue benefits and applications achievable with wide-format technology.
Richmond Capital Partners has introduced a new service called Contour Business Finance for the print sector. Its aim is to provide funding support for mergers and acquisitions, MBO’s, property, working capital and for investment in plant and machinery.
BAF Graphics has a new website that it hopes will educate those less familiar with the large-format sector.
SP group, one of Europe’s largest POS production specialists, has increased production efficiency and achieved significant ink savings by investing in a full suite of Alwan Color Expertise Technology.
At the Fespa Digital show in Hamburg in May print ink specialst Marabu will introduce a number of new formulations, including MaraJet DI-MS, a mild solvent base ink for Mimaki JV33 large-format printers. Also new will be the UV-curable UltraJet DUV-H for strong adhesion onto rigid and flexible media. The family comprises CcYMmK and a white.
Solent Sewing and Welding will be launching two finishing devices for sign and banner producers at Sign and Digital this year: the Miller Weldmaster 112 Extreme and Impulse Extreme with automatic folding device. The company is also offering showgoers a free on-site consultancy service: How to maximise speed, profit and quality in finishing in the sign and banner market.
Epson and its strategic sales partners will showcase a range of aqueous and solvent inkjet printers at Sign and Digital UK 2011. Between them, CWE Solutions, Graphic Printing Technologies and Spandex will all exhibit models from Epson’s roll-fed range, including the 64in Epson Stylus Pro GS6000 eco-solvent type printer and the 64in aqueous inkjet Epson Stylus Pro11880 and 44in Epson Stylus Pro 9700 printers.
Fespa Digital will be the first chance the public gets to see Zünd’s new cutting system for the fully automated production of signage, displays etc.
Italian manufacturer Neolt has appointed Color Confidence as master distributor for its printing products in the UK. At the centre of the Neolt offering will be the AsterJet and X-Jet machines, both of which will be demonstrated at Sign and Digital UK next month.