Digital Printing-Wide Format - Hybrid

In April, Agfa Graphics will be launching new media under its Duratex brand at the 2015 ISA Sign Expo in Las Vegas. Additions include PVC Backlit Banner, Composite Blockout film, Super White Foamboard and Foam PVC Board. "We have a few substrate surprises up our sleeves at ISA," said Larry Salomon, of Agfa Graphics.

The Jeti Titan HS + FTR (flat-to-roll) will be among several Agfa Graphics printing devices being demonstrated at ISA’s Sign Expo 2015.

A new Website from Fujifilm provides printers with information on how digital inkjet printing can assist with growing a business.

Paratore Signs of Syracuse, NY, purchased one of the country’s first hybrid roll/flatbed EFI VUTEk H2000 Pro printers.

The InfoTrends’ study "Who Buys Wide Format Printing?" will uncover key market trends driving demand for digital wide-format printing, application growth, and technology investment in Western Europe and the United States through surveys and interviews with buyers of wide-format graphics and providers of digital wide-format printing and services.

Based in Fort Wayne, IN, DataPrint Initiatives has purchased an EFI H1625 LED wide-format printer to fulfill a new contract for industrial production of regulatory signage. The company is installing the printer following its move into a new, larger 8,000-square-foot facility, which offers more space for wide-format graphics production.

Another successful Wide-Format Technology Summit was hosted by Fujifilm North America, Graphic Systems Division, this time at the company's all-new Chicago Technology Center in Hanover Park, IL. Nearly 50 people were in attendance to experience inkjet innovations and wide-format print applications, and also receive a tour of the new 23,000-square-foot facility.

Based in Norwood, MA, Instant Sign Center provides graphics services to the construction, real estate, retail, trade show display and other markets. It recently purchased an EFI VUTEk QS2 Pro UV hybrid roll/flatbed inkjet printer and transitioned its production operations to an EFI Fiery proServer production workflow.

The typical landscape for U.S. printing industry trade shows today is dotted with smaller booths, fewer attendees and less equipment on display. But that wasn't the case at the recent 2014 SGIA Expo held at the Las Vegas Convention Center October 22-24. SGIA set not one, but two, new records: largest attended SGIA Expo ever, with 25,500 registered attendees; and most exhibitors, with 541 exhibitors filling 223,000 square feet of floor space.

The winners of the Golden Image Competition and the Tom Frecska Student Printing Competition were honored at the SGIA Expo in Las Vegas last month. Award recipients were chosen for achieving imaging excellence and displaying exceptional expertise in their field.