HP's new Latex Mobile application, which allows HP Latex 300 Printer series customers to remotely monitor their printers, track job status and receive printer alerts; and HP's broad portfolio of large-format printing solutions, will be showcased at HP's booth at the SGIA Expo, being held in Las Vegas, from October 22-24.
Agfa Graphics is adding Dreamscape, the premier supplier of textural digital media for the décor market, to its specialty media assortment. Customers will now have access to a distribution network and wide-format application experts available from coast-to-coast. Agfa will be highlighting Dreamscape media at SGIA 2014 being held in Las Vegas this week.
Steve Urmano has joined InfoTrends as the director of the company's Wide Format Printing Consulting Service. In his role, Urmano will develop InfoTrends’ annual global market forecasts and quarterly trackers for the wide-format printing market.
At SGIA Expo 14, Agfa Graphics' booth promises to be packed with new technology with demonstrations of its Anapurna M3200i RTR, and more. To illustrate the creativity of its portfolio, Agfa Graphics will debut the Surf N' Crab Application Zone which simulates a seafood bar and surf shop.
Targeted education, free Zone sessions and events tailor-made to the graphics installation industry, promise to equip attendees at the upcoming SGIA Expo with the latest tools and technologies for their trade.
The first EFI VUTEk GS5500LXr Pro LED inkjet printer in the United States has been installed at Primary Color in El Segundo, CA. At the heart of the new five-meter printer is UltraDrop Technology, EFI’s latest-generation imaging platform. "We decided to acquire this printer because of the expanded color gamut we gained using the printer’s LED curing platform and the new, seven-picoLiter UltraDrop printheads," said Dan Hirt, Primary Color’s president.
Based in Bensenville, IL, Sign Works has become the first print service provider to install the Anapurna M3200 RTR from Agfa Graphics. The six-color, 126" Anapurna M3200 roll-to-roll system allows the company to offer better products and faster service.
A new 64" Texart RT-640 dye-sublimation transfer printer, with print control technology, ErgoSoft Roland Edition RIP software, and a choice of four- or eight-color ink configurations, will be revealed by Roland DGA at the 2014 SGIA Expo in Las Vegas.
At GRAPH EXPO 14 in Chicago, HP announced its collaboration with KBA to develop new roll-to-roll inkjet solutions for the high-volume corrugated packaging market that will provide value chain cost savings while meeting brands’ rigorous quality and volume requirements.
The Garvey Group has received its second installation of a high-volume EFI VUTEk inkjet press, a 3.2-meter HS100 Pro UV, at its suburban Milwaukee production facility. Operating at speeds of up to 100 boards/hr., the press is a true digital alternative to labor-intensive screen printing operations. Earlier this year, the company installed a VUTEk HS100 Pro press in its Los Angeles facility.
