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Signmaster Systems is holding an open house on 2 - 3 October at its showroom in Whitchurch, North Shropshire.

X-Rite Pantone and Sun Chemical have made it easier for smaller printers to access PantoneLive libraries.

Roland will use the Print Efficiently 2013 event, which kicks off tomorrow (1 October), to demonstrate how its wide-format tools can help commercial printers diversify and grow their business with high value, high margin products.

Epson president Minoru Usui has announced PrecisonCore, an inkjet printing technology that he says extends the company’s thin-film piezo (TFP) technology - currently used in its large-format printers - to deliver industrial and business printing solutions with superior colour, print quality, and output durability on the widest range of media for everything from business documents, to signage, to commercial labels, packaging, and textiles.

Imaginative direct mail pieces have been sent to 2,200 UK brand owners and media decision makers as part of a European initiative by Print Power to demonstrate the high degree of response which can be obtained with creative, sensory, direct mail.

Epson has produced more than 50 64in-wide prints for a major RNLI sea rescue photography exhibition titled ‘The Lifeboat: Courage on our Coasts’, which will be visiting major cities in the UK and Ireland over five months starting this month.

Drytac Europe has brought out a range of laminating films under the ‘Dynamic’ brand. It includes gloss, matte and sandgrain options, is 100 microns thick and is available in multiple widths from 880mm to 1520mm.

The ninth PrintIt! competition has launched, and alongside it a new website which Proskills UK hopes will make for a more informative and interactive experience.

Atlantic Print Solutions (APS) is now the exclusive insurance partner to the Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA).

Canon, HP, Konica Minolta and Ricoh are the latest suppliers to join Cross Media 2013 which takes place at the Business Design Centre in London on 23 - 24 October.

Rudi Blackett, Sign and Digital UK event director, has said he is considering increasing the size of the 2014 show thanks to a recent surge in stand bookings.

A one-day ‘Introduction to Digital Print’ course has been added to those offered by the Roland Academy. The first will take place on 2 October at Walsall College and in Roland’s Creative Centre at its Clevedon headquarters.

The founding members of the Ipex 360 Committee have been named as Patrick Martell, chief executive of St Ives and Ipex president; Scott Logie, strategic marketing director of St Ives; Malcolm Lane-Ley, executive chairman of Anton Group; Tim Ainsworth, client services director at Communisis; Roger Pitt, managing director of Headley Brothers; Jon Bailey, managing director of ProCo; and Norman Revill, director of York Mailing and Pindar.

Fujifilm has chosen Fespa Eurasia in Turkey next month for the public unveiling of the new Inca Onset S40i + white flatbed UV printer. Following the launch of the Onset S40i (CMYK LtcLtm) last year, the new Onset S40i includes a double white ink capability.