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SwissQprint is using Drupa to introduce its third inkjet system, the Nyala, which has a 3.2 x 1.6m flatbed and a roll-to-roll option for materials up to 3.2m wide. The printer, which has a list price of 200,000 Euro, will be sold in the UK via Spandex, which already sells the Swiss company’s Impala large-format machine. First shipments of the Nyala are expected at the end of August, the Drupa stand machine having already been sold to German company Stiefel Digitalprint.

Drupa is the launchpad for Screen’s Truepress Jet W1632UV flatbed wide-format printer aimed at the high volume sign and display market.

Following the launch of the SureColor SC S30600 at Fespa Digital earlier this year, Epson has further bolstered its wide-format inkjet graphics printer range with the SureColor SC-S70600, a 64in printer with white and metallic ink capability, and the SureColor SC-S50600, a 64in four-colour plus white machine. Both are debuting at Drupa where the company is also introducing the SureColor SC-T7000, SC-T5000 and SC-T3000 four-colour printers for CAD, GIS and POS applications.

Despite a press event by Ricoh at Drupa to announce it would be getting into wide-format inkjet with the Ricoh Pro L4000 series latex printer the unit is getting a low-key introduction on the stand.

As well as launching the ColorWave 650 Poster Printer for the POS market, parent company Canon is taking the opportunity to garner views from visitors to its Drupa stand on a concept product called Velocity, a 42in width printer that combines Memjet inkjet technology with Océ workflows. It incorporates the same six media roll capacity as the ColorWave 650 and applies more than three billion drops of ink per second for high-speed printing.

St Ives company Service Graphics has been named Tour of Britain branding partner over the next three years, a contract worth £200,000. The large-format printer will provide a range of printed solutions for The Halfords Tour Series cycle race taking place in 11 UK towns and cities during May and June, and the main Tour of Britain event in September.

Memjet has reached an agreement that it said clears the way for the continued commercialisation of its colour inkjet printing technology.

At Drupa, where Durst is introducing its Rho P10 Series 10 picolitre UV inkjet printers, visitors can also see other interesting new automation advances in regards to the Rho family of printers.

Consultancy Material Connexion, which provides manufacturers and users with a cross-industry overview of trends, material developments and their application possibilities, has included Neschen’s digitally printable Erfurt wallpaper CA into its materials library.

UV curing systems developer, Integration Technology Limited (ITL) has published 150-page guide to UV LED technology. ‘The UV LED Handbook’ spans the basics of UV curing and UV chemistry, to health and safety, system integration, LED measurement, costs and economics. The book also features chapters on the evolution and history of LEDs, how an LED works, and how UV LEDs are manufactured.

The theme of this year’s IPIA Conference is ‘Don't sit down - I've moved your chair’ and deals with adapting to, and profiting from change. Attendees at the event, which takes place on 13 June at the De Vere Oulton Hall Hotel, near Leeds, will hear from a range of speakers from both inside and outside the industry on how to regard change as an opportunity, not a threat and how to harness the power of change to drive profitability.

The ‘Future of Inkjet Printing’ is among a number of new print industry forecasts from Smithers Pira, which is presenting its market intelligence at Drupa.  Other new reports include the ‘Print Production Manual’ and the ‘Future of Inks, Plates and Consumables’.

Inkjet developer and manufacturer Xaar has won a place in the Government’s ‘Make it in Great Britain’ exhibition at the Science Museum this summer. Xaar joins over 40 British businesses at the event, including iconic brands as Airbus, McLaren and BAE Systems.

InkTec Europe is officially launching the Jetrix 1212FK flatbed printer at Drupa.