Image Reports
Supporting the wide-format digital print sector
Hands-on demonstrations of i-cut Suite, ArtiosCAD, Studio and Kongsberg digital cutting tables showing how to eliminate bottlenecks from digital sign and display production will be at the heart of EskoArtwork’s stand at Fespa Digital next month.
Guandong Italia will use Fespa 2011 to introduce a number of new substrates to the European market. These include Cotton Canvas and Polyester Canvas (both gloss and matt), suitable for dye-pigment inks and for UV printing. A new full polyester backlight and light stop have been added to its Plastic Collection and a 350 micron magnetic film for digital printing joins the Magnetic Collection. New to the Banner Collection is Intercast.
Millharbour Digital, based in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire has seen production times fall by over 50% after installing an Acuity Advance HD 2545W with white option from Fujifilm. The digital print supplier, which provides graphics for well-known blue-chip companies, supported its roll-to-roll equipment with the flatbed machine in early January.
Northern Irish display producer Alexander Boyd bought an Esko Artwork Kongsberg XP24 digital cutting table from Digital Print Innovations (DPI) at Sign and Digital UK. The company augmented its investment with a software package for full control of the machine, which sports a speed of 100m2/hr across a table area of 1.68 x 3.05m for cutting, creasing and milling.
On the back of the Sign and Digital UK preview of the six-colour Seiko ColorPainter W64S comes news that we can expect to see other new Seiko ColorPainter printers coming to market this summer. It is understood that the 64in wide machine will start shipping in June and a 54in wide version will follow in September
Shetland-based Tay-Cad has saved over 300 man-hours in printer cleaning time alone since installing two HP Designjet L25500 latex machines last year. Managing director Mark Fuller said the 60in wide unit installed last March, together with a 42in machine installed in July, were not only enabling the company to provide a greater range of graphics to an extended customer base, but were saving significant amounts of time and money.
Hollywood Monster has won the ‘Best Wide Format Printing Company’ in the first ever Sign and Digital UK awards. Category winners were announced at a prize giving ceremony last night where another nine companies took plaudits.
Following the launch of the Anapurna M1600 UV printer and the European debut of the Jeti 1224 HDC FTR (high definition colour/flat-to-roll) machine at Sign and Digital UK this week Agfa has confirmed that it will also be adding the 5m-wide Jeti 5048 UV XL UV curable printer to its offering.
At Sign and Digital UK Durst formalised the handover of the Rho 320R 3.2m wide roll-to-roll UV inkjet printer being shown on the stand to Tim Hill, managing director of Speedscreen in Kent.
The 2011 National Manufacturing Debate will be held at Cranfield University on 24-25 May, focusing on job creation and regional balance. The main debate takes places on the second day.
Polytype claims that its Virtu Vetro ink series for UV-curable production onto glass surfaces has completed a number of performance tests, demonstrating distinction in several key performance areas.
Alderson Print group’s POS division has appointed Tom Desbruslais as CAD manager for the division as part of its aim to extend the group’s creative service offering.
A panel of printing industry representatives joined The Fairtrade Foundation and Proskills at Canon UK’s London-based showroom recently to shortlist the finalist entries and category winners for the PrintIT! 2010/11 Competition. This year, over 16,700 students from 350 schools across the country registered to take part in PrintIT! Following an initial first phase selection from all the student workbooks entered, the industry judging panel was tasked with selecting three finalist submissions for each of the seven prize categories.