Guests invited to the recent series of Technology Summits in Kansas City, KS, hosted by Fujifilm North America, Graphic Systems Division, gained in-depth knowledge of wide-format applications, and opportunities to serve this growth market.
Printers looking to break away from the commodity trap should consider digital signage, banners, wide-format graphics and point-of-purchase/point-of-sale (POP/POS) output as a way to expand their sales and profit margins. That was the key takeaway from Printing Impressions’ “Opportunities in Wide-Format Digital Printing” regional colloquium held last month in Oak Brook, IL.
Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ June 2014 edition, featuring Hohner Maschinenbau GmbH and Ernst Nagel GmbH Stuttgart, HS Boyd Co., GammTech Corp., Domtar Corp., Mac Papers, GPA
Third-generation printer Simpsons Printing in Rapid City, SD, considers itself on-track with industry innovations now that it has installed the FUJIFILM Acuity Advance Select and Kongsberg Cutting Table.
Fujifilm, Inca’s exclusive global distribution partner, will demonstrate the new Inca Onset R40i wide-format, flatbed UV printer, at FESPA Digital 2014, May 20-23, in Munich, Germany. The Onset R40i uses Fujifilm Dimatix Spectra printheads, and a maximum output resolution of 1,200 dpi can be produced on media up to 3.14mx1.6m (123.6x63") and up to 50mm (2") thick at the rate of up to 80 full-bed sheets per hour.
Commercial printer equipment installations and other news from Printing Impressions’ May 2014 edition, featuring Prospect Printing, Vision Graphics/Eagle:xm, Joseph Merritt Co., 4over Inc., Solo Printing, Oakley Signs & Graphics
Held at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Florida, the Inkjet Summit is an invitation-only, hosted event designed for senior managers and business executives from print providers and corporate enterprises that are looking to develop strategies, understand their options and make major investment decisions around inkjet printing technology.
The Inkjet Summit 2014 will kick off on Monday morning at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Conference Chair Marco Boer, VP of IT Strategies, will offer the opening keynote followed by a panel of leading vendors (Canon Solutions America, Fujifilm, International Paper and Ricoh) discussing what we can expect to see from inkjet systems in the future.
Commercial printer equipment installations and other news from Printing Impressions’ April 2014 edition, featuring Ryan Printing, Copresco, The Harman Press and Fox Printing, BR Printers, Allied Printing Services, Panaprint
Students from the Graphic Arts Technology program at William Rainey Harper College located in the Chicago-area, were invited by Fujifilm North America, Graphic Systems Division, to learn first-hand about production and wide-format inkjet technology and workflow solutions at the Fujifilm Technology Center in Hanover Park, IL.
