Image Reports
Supporting the wide-format digital print sector
Inkjet printhead manufacturer Xaar has confirmed its sponsorship of the PrintIt! programme for a fourth year. PrintIt! engages students in topical design projects using the latest print techniques to demonstrate just how diverse and interesting the print industry can be.
Photographer Chris Floyd recently looked to HP for help with his ‘One Hundred and Forty Characters’ project to reproduce his images as large-format portraits. Floyd worked with the HP Bracknell-based team which used the HP Designjet L25500 latex printer and HP Designjet Z6200 photo printer to output the prints.
Blink Giant Media has worked with the UK-based visual artist Natasha Rosling to display a newly commissioned piece of art for Kunst aan de Schinkel, an outdoor art exhibition in Amsterdam.
HP has brought out two new latex Designjet printers, the 61in L26500 and the 104in L28500. The 61in machine, which replaces the 60in L25500, costs £21,892 and is available as of now, while the £45,000 104in machine will be available from 20 January.
William Smith is inviting signmakers to come along to the HP Latex Applications Tour to examine the evidence and judge for themselves how the HP latex printer range could help them expand their business.
Sign and Digital UK visitor online registration is now live at www.signanddigitaluk.com. The site also now has a live exhibitor list so you can start planning your visit.
Spandex will host an Open House event at its premises in Bristol on 17 and 18 November. All visitors will receive a gift and the chance to win an Epson 9700 aqueous printer worth £3000.
An adaptation kit for the 64in Epson Stylus Pro GS6000 roll-fed eco-solvent inkjet printer is now available, enabling users to produce borderless prints.
International Paper has committed to using 15% less energy and to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020. These are the first in a set of comprehensive sustainability goals the company will announce in the coming months.
Planet Positive has produced a white paper outlining the current status of sustainability in business, and is launching the Executive Sustainability Index to help assess where your business sits on the sustainability ladder.
Drytac Europe has become the exclusive supplier of Inglet vertical saws and cutters in the UK and Ireland.
EFI's Vutek GS3250lx won a product of the year award in the flatbed rigid substrate UV category at the recent SGIA show in the US.
The UK's most comprehensive line-up of Epson large-format printers will be on show at DPS Select 2011, a new event hosted by specialist large-format reseller, Digital Photo Solutions (DPS). A drop-in open day for the event, which is held in conjunction with Computers Unlimited (CU), will take place on Wednesday 9 November 2011 in CU's North London demonstration suite and will run between 10am and 4pm.
Ilford has expanded its Ominjet commercial inkjet media range with a recyclable wide-format Photo Realistic line that has been certified as responsibly sourced in compliance with the requirements of the Forest Stewardship Council. The launch comes as Ilford expands its environment-friendly portfolio with BioMedia, a new range of biodegradable products.