Xanté has announced the production availability of advanced barcode generation and printing on its Excelagraphix EG4200 and Impressia printing systems. Whether for packaging applications or product labeling, these barcodes cover greater than 99 percent of the barcode needs around the world.
To demonstrate its numerous printing systems to the European market, Canon recently held a two-week event at its Customer Experience Center in Germany, called Canon for Business 2014. More than 2,600 customers visited the facility, where they attended seminars and watched demos of Canon's wide-format, cutsheet and continuous-feed digital output devices.
At the Heidelberger Druckmaschinen "Digital Sneak Peek" event held early last month in Heidelberg, Germany, CEO Dr. Gerold Linzbach told a room full of international journalists and industry analysts that the company is not your father's Heidelberg anymore. Although the manufacturer once held the belief that its customers sought homegrown, "industrial-strength" output solutions developed solely by Heidelberg, Linzbach admitted the need to change that inward mindset throughout his organization.
Students from the Graphic Arts Technology program at William Rainey Harper College located in the Chicago-area, were invited by Fujifilm North America, Graphic Systems Division, to learn first-hand about production and wide-format inkjet technology and workflow solutions at the Fujifilm Technology Center in Hanover Park, IL.
At Ipex in London’s ExCel from March 24-29, Konica Minolta is showing how it is exploiting digital short-run packaging markets with demonstrations of its KM-1 B2+ UV inkjet color press for digital short-run production.
Xanté has entered into a new partnership with Image Source, an established and reputable provider of printing solutions and software with nine locations that employs over 60 sales associates.
At Ipex, held March 24-29, 2014 at the ExCel in London, Fujifilm will educate visitors about the ‘Power of Inkjet’—highlighting what can be achieved today with this technology. The company will demonstrate various digital inkjet production solutions for commercial print and label applications.
A new low power regenerative Head Interface Board (HIB) for the Fujifilm Dimatix SG1024 StarFire printheads has been introduced by Global Inkjet Systems (GIS). The new GIS HIB-FD-A4D supports the StarFire SG1024/S/M/L printheads and only requires a standard 24V power supply.
With the tagline "Shape the Future. Strategy. Passion. Leadership," Konica Minolta hosted roughly 1,100 attendees representing 334 dealerships at its 2013 Konica Minolta Business Conference and Product Expo, which was held at the posh Venetian/Palazzo Resort in Las Vegas from Nov. 17-20. The 2013 event also happened to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the merger bewteen Konica and Minolta.
Wondering whether inkjet printing capabilities make sense for your business today, or perhaps further down the road? Then be sure to check out our production inkjet printing special report, which begins on page 30 in this issue. There, several of today’s leading digital printing thought leaders discuss the current state of the market and what a printer should consider before taking the plunge into the inkjet pool.
