Digital Printing-Wide Format - Roll to Roll

Building on this year’s SGIA Expo theme of “The Full Spectrum of Specialty Imaging Technology and Equipment,” xpedx will feature a large collection of substrates and equipment for digital and wide-format printing.

Long Island City, NY-based Apple Visual Graphics used its capabilities in large-format digital printing to create the image of the Former Premier of the Soviet Union as it was created by the well-known artist Picasso after his death in 1953. The response to the wall mural has proven just how effective the use of large custom banners can be.

At the SGIA 2013 conference being held October 23-25, 2013, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, attendees will be the first in the world to experience the new Ardeco fabric printing system from Agfa. Attendees visiting the Agfa Pitman booth will also be able to tour "The House of Asanti," named after the new automated wide format workflow solution.

Color Reflections of Las Vegas has added an EFI VUTEk GS5000r UV roll-to-roll printer to its portfolio of EFI VUTEk superwide format inkjet products. The new unit joins a VUTEk GS3200 UV hybrid roll/flatbed printer and a VUTEk TX3250r dye sublimation printer to expand the company’s sign and display graphics capabilities.

Epson America's recently introduced SureColor S-Series models have helped professionals across a range of signage, vehicle graphics and fine art printing markets, vastly expand the limits of solvent printing.

As part of a business expansion strategy aimed at tapping into high-growth cities and regions in the Sign and Graphics, Textile and Apparel, and Industrial markets, Mimaki USA is opening three new branches in Torrance, CA, Rockaway, NJ, and Dallas.

Blue Ocean Worldwide has installed three EFI VUTEk GS5000r printers. Two of the printers have been installed at the company's headquarters in Long Island City, NY, while a third has been installed in its Las Vegas facility. Blue Ocean Worldwide is hosting an open house today at its headquarters to showcase the new printers.

Starting this week and extending through Dec. 31, 2013, U.S. residents who purchase a Roland XF-640 high-speed inkjet printer, and register the machine with Roland, will receive a $200 credit to the Richard Childress Racing Store, as well as the opportunity to win one of four VIP trips for two to major racing events in 2014.

Foxmark Corp. in Houston, has installed a 3.2-meter VUTEk GS3250 Pro UV flatbed/roll printer with a new EFI Fiery proServer. Almost immediately after completing the installation, the company hit the ground running for the printer's very first job: a 50x200-foot sign from the Houston Rockets to welcome the basketball team's newly signed superstar center, Dwight Howard.

One of the main ways eco-friendly practices are achieved at Los Angeles-based AAA Flag & Banner is through its “Green Circle.” This is a group comprised of voluntary, eco-conscious employees who meet regularly to actively optimize processes, such as recycling production waste, reduction of energy consumption, decrease chemical usage, along with initiating innovative ways to support the community.