Wide-Format Ink-Jet — Digital Printing Goes Flat

Not Strange Bedfellows

HP gained entry to the flatbed segment through its acquisition of Scitex Vision and more recently expanded its offerings by acquiring MacDermid ColorSpan. It completed the integration of the latter product line earlier this year, with the high-volume flatbed model given the HP Scitex brand (FB910: 98.4x80˝ format and 811 square feet per hour) and the others now called HP Designjet printers. The company’s latest wide-format product introduction was environmentally friendly HP Latex Inks for thermal ink-jet, which initially will only be offered with the new roll-to-roll Designjet L65500 model.