Digital Printing-Wide Format - Flatbed

As part of a business expansion strategy aimed at tapping into high-growth cities and regions in the Sign and Graphics, Textile and Apparel, and Industrial markets, Mimaki USA is opening three new branches in Torrance, CA, Rockaway, NJ, and Dallas.

Fujifilm North America's Graphic Systems Division will introduce and demonstrate the latest addition to its Inca Onset family of flatbed inkjet presses. The new Inca Onset Q40i UV inkjet press can print with offset like quality on materials as large as 63x123˝ and up to 2˝ thick.

TKM Print Solutions in Akron, OH, is the first company in North America to install a swissQprint Nyala UV Flatbed printer. TKM’s President Tom Messner, said that the Nyala has already added significant firepower, and has noticed an immediate impact in production.

A new Vutek QS3200 printer for direct-to-substrate printing, has been installed at Grand Image in Hudson, MA. The new offering joins a host of other services including dye sublimation and large-format, roll-to-roll graphics for billboards, banners, posters, and fabric graphics.

A new Acuity Advance Select HS wide-format UV printer has been introduced by Fujifilm North America Corp., Graphic Systems Div., that can run at speeds up to a maximum 535 ft2/hr in Production Squared mode. The new Acuity Advance Select HS-6 and HS-6 X2 models feature the inclusion of six independent ink channels.

EFI has announced a record number of equipment sales deals during the FESPA London 2013 exhibit held last month, with attendees acquiring EFI VUTEk and EFI wide-format printers driven by EFI Fiery digital front end (DFE) systems. This year’s FESPA was also one of the best yet in terms of software sales, with several companies purchasing new MIS and ERP systems from EFI.

HP has expanded its HP Latex Printing Technologies with the introduction of the HP Latex 3000 printer. The company also announced the rebranding of its HP Designjet and Scitex latex printers and supplies. The new sub-brand for these offerings is HP Latex.

A large demand for superwide printing led AMP Printing in Dublin, CA, to purchase a new EFI VUTEk HS100 Pro UV inkjet press at the ISA International Sign Expo in Las Vegas. The HS100 printer’s speed will be especially beneficial on some of the work AMP produces for national retailers—targeted signage requiring quick and accurate output.

Fujifilm invited roughly 30 printers, ranging from screen to commercial printing operations, to its facility here for an Inkjet Technology Summit, Sept. 17-18. This two-day show-and-tell was actually held at the Crown Westin Hotel in Kansas City, MO, and at Fujifilm's offices just over the state line in Kansas City, KS.

Lake Erie Graphics, a commercial printer based in Brook Park, OH, has purchased a full 48-head configuration of the Agfa :Jeti 3020 Titan UV inkjet printing system. “We chose the :Jeti 3020 Titan for its high-speed, high-quality, eight-color printing capability and low ink cost,” said Jim Dietz, Lake Erie president.