Digital Printing-Wide Format - Roll to Roll

At PRINT 13 in Chicago next month, Roland DGA will be showcasing its newest large-format digital printers, including the company’s SolJet Pro 4 XF-640. Roland will also be featuring special presentations on the expo hall floor, live, in-booth appearances by internationally acclaimed photographer and multiple “Benny” award winner, Bob Armstrong.

Visitors to the Canon booth at the PRINT 13 show in Chicago next month, will see the Océ ColorWave 900 printer as it makes its debut appearance in North America. The printer is ideal for a wide range of applications including point-of-sale (POS) posters; exhibition and trade show materials; counter and floor displays; and technical drawings and maps.

IDEAlliance has awarded Hard Copy Proofing Certification for SWOP (Specifications for Web Offset Publications) grades 3 & 5 and GRACoL (General Requirements and Applications for Commercial Offset Lithography) grade 1, to Canon’s imagePROGRAF iPFX400 series. The certification indicates to end-users that the appearance of the hard copy proof used in the application will be consistent and accurate with the final print production product based on industry standards.

To help educate printers on how to make a successful transition, xpedx—a full-service supplier of wide-format equipment, supplies and service—increased its Wide Format Solutions Summits to 28 shows at 14 new cities this year based on the success of the five summits it held in 2012.

Zoo Printing has installed its fifth and sixth EFI VUTEk superwide format printers at its Commerce, CA, headquarters facility. The two new printers have helped Zoo continue its significant growth pace, allowing the company the ability to provide very high-quality, quick-turnaround graphics on a wide range of substrates.

EFI has announced a record number of equipment sales deals during the FESPA London 2013 exhibit held last month, with attendees acquiring EFI VUTEk and EFI wide-format printers driven by EFI Fiery digital front end (DFE) systems. This year’s FESPA was also one of the best yet in terms of software sales, with several companies purchasing new MIS and ERP systems from EFI.

Xerox has introduced the new Wide Format IJP 2000 printer for the faster production of large indoor posters, signs, point-of-purchase graphics and banners. It can print high-quality, color signs in five seconds, 30-foot banners in one minute, and production runs of 200 prints in about 20 minutes.

Visual Marking Systems (VMS) in Twinsburg, OH, is reportedly the first company in Ohio, and the second printer in North America, to install an HP Latex 3000 printer. This acquisition reflects VMS’s upgrade to a third generation HP latex printer.

Industrial applications with UV inkjet are very new to the automotive industry. Agfa Graphics' Jeti large-format printing technology, and Agfa Graphics' unique ink composition, were used in producing the interior of the new Toyota Yaris Trend.

Parallax Digital in Kennesaw, GA, is reportedly the first commercial printer in the United States to install a new NURStar 305D wide-format digital flatbed system from MTL Print. Parallax adds the new technology after much success with the NURStar 304D, installed there over two years ago.