This year's SGIA Product of the Year competition was held at the 2014 Expo in Las Vegas, October 22-24. The contest showcased the best printers, technologies and consumables from the specialty imaging community. "Whether they were a seasoned company or an industry newcomer, each and every entry came to win," said Ray Weiss, SGIA’s digital imaging specialist.
INX Digital's new ESC inkjet inks has been formulated for wide-format applications and works in conjunction with the Epson Stylus GS6000 commercial outdoor printer. ESC produces vibrant color for outdoor banners, posters and tradeshow graphics, in addition to its added value for use indoors.
The newest Triangle brand product from the digital division of INX International Ink is a premium, high density, acrylate-based grand-format alternative inkjet ink set that is formulated specifically for use with the Durst Rho series of printers. MGA offers a wide color gamut and is intended for use with a variety of display graphics media including billboards, point-of-purchase (POP) displays and backlit display prints.
INX Digital will debut its ESC inkjet ink at the FASTSIGNS convention which will take place January 30-31 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, CA. ESC will be demonstrated on an Epson Stylus GS6000 commercial outdoor printer.
The Federal Patent Court of Germany has invalidated substantial parts of a patent held by Durst Phototechnik Digital Technology GmbH related to white ink printing that Durst had previously asserted in an infringement action against EFI.
INX Digital will be displaying a trio of Triangle wide-format inkjet inks at the SGIA Expo held October 23-25, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. The roster is being expanded for this year’s show with the formal introductions of MED and ESC, plus a preview demonstration of HLX latex inks.
Visitors to the Canon U.S.A. booth at PRINT 13 in Chicago will have the opportunity to see output of the Premium Pigment Inks on papers from partners that include Cascades, Domtar, Glatfelter, Mondi, Mitsubishi and Resolute. These inks—developed by improving the Magenta and Black pigment inks—are the first of their kind to come from Canon.
A year after officially announcing the intention to consolidate production of water-based inks, INX International Ink Co. recently opened a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Homewood, a southern suburb of Chicago. A larger facility than the ones INX closed in Kalamazoo, MI, and in nearby Elk Grove earlier this year, Homewood offers 80,000 square-feet of space and an interesting slice of history to go with its address at 1000 Maple Drive in the Prairie Landing Business Park.
FOSTER CITY, CA—July 22, 2008—EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, and Mutoh, a worldwide leader and manufacturer of large format commercial inkjet printers, today announced that Mutoh has named EFI-Inkware® as the manufacturer and supplier of MUBIO inks to Mutoh worldwide. MUBIO inks are a low viscosity version of EFI-Inkware’s BioWare™ inks and are the only inks to be recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Design for Environment” program and authorized to display the EPA “Design for Environment” logo. Mutoh General Manager Quote “We are delighted to be working with EFI-Inkware to bring true biofriendly printing to
BATH, ENGLAND—June 2, 2008—SunJet, the ink-jet ink division of Sun Chemical, has announced at drupa the development of ink chemistry designed to support and deliver conductive films using nano-particles of silver. These are present on the Sun Chemical stand, B75, Hall 6, at drupa 2008, Düsseldorf, from May 29 to June 11. SunJet is a leader in the development of ink-jet fluids for industrial applications as well as for the established market of wide format graphics. Specialty development requirements in ink-jet continue to emerge and SunJet uses experience gained from over 25 years of formulation work to address the challenges presented by each
