Wide-Format Ink-Jet — Digital Printing Goes Flat

Due to their shear size and raw square footage, the superwide machines that cap off the roll-to-roll ink-jet printer product category are an impressive sight. They don’t come close, though, to matching the “Wow!” factor of seeing one of the fully configured, top-end flatbed systems. These machines can fill a large room when configured with an automated materials handling unit, making it impractical to display complete systems at a trade show. Examples include the M-Press from Agfa and Thieme, Inca Onset and EFI VUTEk DS series.