DIGITAL digest

With the theme “From Postage Stamps to Building Wraps,” the graphic arts sector display highlighted a wide range of digital printing solutions, including two new large-format printers.

Scitex X2, which the company sees as a key transition technology in the conversion of analog production to digital in the large-format arena, combines existing HP Scitex piezoelectric technology with silicon-based MicroElectro-MechanicalSystems (MEMS) technology used in semiconductor manufacturing. Set to see its first application in the HP Scitex XL2200 industrial wide-format printer, the head is said to increase print speeds and lower printing costs.