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Agfa’s Asanti wide-format production software now supports the latest Adobe PDF Print Engine technology (APPE), PDF Print Engine 3.

Colourgen is citing the rise in popularity of Mutoh ValueJet printers as one of the main reasons for a 12.5% rise is sales revenue for the year ending June 2013. It says sales of other products, including Seiko I Infotech ColorPainters, Caldera Rips and Kala laminators have also increased.

HP has been using the recent MoOD 2013 expo in Brussels to highlight the possibilities for custom-printed interior design graphics, wallcoverings and other furnishings.

Texas-based visual communications and graphics manufacturer Foxmark Corporation has installed its third EFI Vutek superwide format printer, a 3.2m GS3250 Pro UV flatbed/roll printer installed with an EFI Fiery proServer.

The Canvas Print Studio was founded as a subsidiary of Interact Repro Services in 2009 by Rafal Sokol and brings its customers’ images and photos to life with the production of the highest quality canvases.

When it comes to wide-format print service providing, few companies can boast being involved in the industry as long as Preston-based Granthams. Founded in 1890 as a sign making business, it developed a graphic supplies department in the late 1960’s and became the main distributor for Letraset associated products in Lancashire.

Mimaki has opened the doors of its new technical centre in Istanbul, Turkey. It will be used as a training and technical hub for the European, Middle Eastern and African regions. It will primarily serve the textile and apparel market, but will also provide support across the Mimaki product line.

An annual event held to raise money for the Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) was aided by the donation of two feather flags by the Hampshire Flag Company. It supplied the 4.4m WVS branded flags to ‘Paws in the Park’ which took place this summer at St Giles Park in Shaftesbury and raised over £3,000 for the charity. The knitted polyester flags were printed on a DuPont Artistri 2020.

Epson has brought out a direct-to-garment t-shirt printer called the SureColor SC-F2000.

Ipex 2014 will host an open day at the event’s new home, London ExCeL, on Wednesday 20 November 2013 from 10am - 4pm.

Oraguard 236, the laminating film for large-format digital prints, is now available in matt as well as gloss. The material is supplied in rolls of 1370mm x 50m.

Arlon DPF 500 Calendered Promotional Film has been added to William Smith’s portfolio of materials that are available ex-stock.

Enfocus has signed an exclusive agreement with typeface provider Monotype to address the number one obstacle to correcting PDFs for production -missing fonts.

The BAPC has confirmed its next conference will take place 17 January 2014, at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Borehamwood, Herts.