GE07: Digital Printing — Applications Being Taken

Graph Expo did again feature a sizable Wide Format Pavilion dedicated to the product category and devices also were on display in a number of other exhibitor booths. EFI, for one, presented a fashion show of clothing made from fabrics printed on a VUTEk ink-jet device that may have signaled the imagination required to succeed in this market. Targeted specifically to production environments, Canon’s new imagePROGRAF S-series large-format ink-jet printers reportedly provide up to a 40 percent production increase over its existing standard models. The imagePROGRAF iPF9000S (60˝) and iPF8000S (44˝) can render a 32.5x40.6˝print in 4.9 minutes in Standard Mode on glossy photo paper. They also feature an ink sub tank unit that enables operators to replace empty ink tanks on the fly without interrupting the printing process.