From a sultry, jazz-inspired music lounge to a deep, rich red parlor, Agfa Pitman's "House of Asanti" application zone was created entirely by inkjet and is appearing exclusively at SGIA 2013. The "House of Asanti" will feature six rooms across two floors of both artistic and practical inkjet output.
Building on this year’s SGIA Expo theme of “The Full Spectrum of Specialty Imaging Technology and Equipment,” xpedx will feature a large collection of substrates and equipment for digital and wide-format printing.
At SGIA in Orlando, FL, next week, Fujifilm North America, Graphic Systems Division, will debut the Uvistar Pro-8 with White, a grand-format hybrid UV printer. The Pro-8W introduces white ink on this grand-format press for the first time enabling the Uvistar to produce stunning backlit signs by printing white ink over or under the CYMK image.
Cockrell Enovation, one of the largest full-service commercial printers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, had experienced steady growth in the franchise and retail space. It got to the point where an influx of new work forced Cockrell to farm out grand-format projects.
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.
There are many ways for lithographers to change their business models to promote growth, but there’s one proven approach based on the premise that it’s easier to sell additional services to an existing customer. Adding wide-format digital imaging is one way to add value for existing customers and gain entry to new markets.
Agfa Graphics announced that its wide-format digital printing experts will be on-hand for the company’s free Open House Technology demos on May 22-23, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 50 Meister Ave., Branchburg, NJ.
According to InfoTrends, the global market for wide-format UV-curable inkjet printers and supplies is expected to grow from $1.42 billion in 2010 to $3.04 billion in 2015 for a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.4 percent.
FOSTER CITY, CA—Oct. 21, 2008—EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, will showcase its industry-leading portfolio of solutions in its largest trade show booth ever at Graph Expo (Oct. 26-29, Chicago's McCormick Place). EFI solutions, which continue to lead the industry's progression from analog to digital and increase customers' automation efficiency, cost savings, and revenue stream opportunities, will be demonstrated in EFI's booth 2000 and in partner booths, including Canon U.S.A., FUJIFILM Graphic Systems U.S.A., Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Pitman Company, Ricoh Americas Corp. and Xerox.
Printing Impressions and InfoTrends have recently conducted a survey of Printing Impressions’ readers that focused on their use of wide-format digital printing equipment. The respondents to the survey fell into two main groups: in-plant operations and print-for-pay establishments. Participants were asked various questions regarding their current wide-format equipment and services, as well as future plans for their wide-format business. (See Chart 1.) The results show that while aqueous ink-jet is still the dominant technology, there is a growing presence in the production and commercial printing market of newer printing technologies. More than 67 percent of respondents indicated that they currently own an aqueous ink-jet
