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SA International has launched the International Sign and Printmakers Guild, a member-led organisation designed to help sign and print providers grow their businesses and reduce costs. Membership is currently free to any sign shop or print provider.

Keynote speakers at the annual Fespa Global Summit in London this week pressed home the need for printers, and those in the wide-format space specifically, to pay more attention to integration and experimentation if the sector is to benefit from the opportunities afforded it by technological development.

An option that allows users to get a get up to a 20% jump in productivity from their Onset printer with no loss in print quality has been made available by Inca Digital Printers. Developed and tested with Fujifilm, it has been beta tested by Superior Creative services, where production director Stewart Powell described it as “like having a turbo charger”.

Fujifilm is targeting the digitally printed corrugated market with a new handling system and speciality inks for its Onset UV flatbed printers. The system is still in prototype stage, expected to go to beta testing in March and be ready to show the public by June.

Image Reports is please to announce that the winner of its 2012 Widthwise reader survey draw is Timothy Fitzgerald who receives the £300 travel voucher prize. Keep your eyes open for the 2013 survey which will be online shortly.

Sign Wise UK has bought a Mutoh ValueJet 1624 from Colourgen reseller Random Choice Solutions. The new machine will work hand in hand with Sign Wise’s existing Mutoh printer, which it bought 15 years ago.

Sihl Direct UK has launched three new backlit films – DuraCure Backlit 170, DuraCure Backlit 130 and LightCure Backlit 145 DS. All three are for use with UV inkjet printers as well as solid ink and offset systems. They can also be printed on laser printers.

HP is calling for entries to its 2013 Sign and Display Print Excellence Awards designed to formally recognise its customers for best-in-class large-format graphics produced on HP Scitex and Designjet systems.

InfoTrends has completed a new study called ‘Transforming Textile Printing’ which explores the textile market supply chain, sizes and forecasts the digital textile printing market, focusing on the demand drivers for digital textile production.

Dynagram’s version 5 inpO2 imposition software upgrade for PDF-based workflows is now available. With this latest release, inpO2 is compatible with Acrobat XI and OS 10.8, and includes enhanced features:

GMG is supporting the Windows 8 operating system with the latest Version 5.4.2 of its GMG ColorProof. As a result, the operating systems Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 1 or higher are now supported.

William Smith’s new dedicated vehicle wrap website has gone live. It features a product selector tool that guides visitors to the most suitable coloured and digital products for purpose, as well as a knowledge base providing hints and tips, video references, FAQs and an image gallery. In addition product and application bulletins and brochures can be downloaded.

The Print Futures Awards, the scheme for young people in printing, publishing and the graphic arts, sponsored by The Printing Charity, Unite the Union and the BPIF, is set to more than treble in potential size.

Cross Media 2013 will take place 23 - 24 October 2013 at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Building on the inaugural 2012 event, this year’s Cross Media will focus on the theme of 'Joined-up thinking - the power of multi-channel marketing' and will provide the latest solutions, case studies and seminars on how the marketing, print and publishing industries can maximise the effectiveness of their multi-channel communications to deliver a higher return on marketing investment.