Digital Printing-Wide Format - Flatbed

Color Ink of Sussex, WI, created realistic 1:1 scale models of Olympic bobsleds for client Century 21 Real Estate just in time for the Olympics. Century 21 is an official sponsor of the U.S. bobsled team and its objective was to display a handful of the replica bobsleds at various locations during the Winter Olympics that took place in February 2014.

Brent Moncrief has joined Durst U.S., the North American subsidiary of Durst Phototechnik AG, as its new vice president of sales and marketing. He succeeds Chris Howard, who has been promoted to vice president for business development.

For a small printing company in a small state and operating in a small market, Beeline and Blue has a penchant for thinking big. Wide-format digital printing in general and the Digital Décor solution in particular are definitely the main talking points in Beeline and Blue's future.

Housed in Hopkins Printing's recently moved and renovated wide-format area, the new Agfa Jeti Titan HS flatbed inkjet printer offers Hopkins the opportunity to print on a new series of substrates including clear glass, clear plastics, foamcore and white plastics.

Guests invited to the recent series of Technology Summits in Kansas City, KS, hosted by Fujifilm North America, Graphic Systems Division, gained in-depth knowledge of wide-format applications, and opportunities to serve this growth market.

The EFI VUTEk GS5500LXr Pro printer will make its worldwide debut at Shanghai AD & Sign 2014. The new roll-to-roll inkjet product is part of an exhibit offering the industry’s most significant digital portfolio for greener, more productive graphics printing.

HP has introduced a new High-speed Inkjet Corrugated Packaging Solution that allows converters to transition high-value jobs from analog litho-lamination and flexographic processes to digital to take advantage of short- and medium-runs, versioning and reduced costs.

More than 60 clients and prospects from 10 countries converged on the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, to attend a recent Canon VIP Customer Event, which featured a live demonstration of the new wide-format Océ Arizona 6100 series at Océ's regional office in suburban Richmond, British Columbia. The series includes the six-color Océ Arizona 6160 XTS and the seven-color 6170 XTS.

Solid Comfort, a Fargo-based manufacturer of hotel furniture since 1985, has embarked on a new venture with roots in the hospitality industry.

A branch of the company, doing business as Solid Signs and Designs, prints patterns, designs, photos and more on wood, metal and a number of other materials through the use of a flatbed digital printer.

The endeavor started six years ago when a Marriott hotel brand spec called for a headboard with a pattern of black lines across it.

Third-generation printer Simpsons Printing in Rapid City, SD, considers itself on-track with industry innovations now that it has installed the FUJIFILM Acuity Advance Select and Kongsberg Cutting Table.