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.
From February 26-28, 2015, in Miami Beach, FL, GOA 2015 will be the site of a three-day vehicle wrap competition called Wrap Cup Americas. The "wrap stars" of the Americas will be pitted against each other to wrap a line of exotic Maseratis. In addition to being named the best of the best, winners will receive prizes that value more than $150,000 total. The event is limited to the first 36 participants.
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.
Canon and HP's wide-format devices have won Pick and Outstanding Achievement Awards from Buyers Laboratory (BLI). Among the winning devices selected in Canon U.S.A.'s wide-format lineup are imagePROGRAF iPF680/685, imagePROGRAF iPF780/785 and imagePROGRAF iPF785 MFP M40 printers. HP's winning devices include the HP Designjet Z5400 PostScript ePrinter and HP Rear Stacker Design.
Expanding its portfolio, Orlando, FL-based SunDance Marketing Solutions has installed an HP Latex 3000 industrial printer, purchased at GRAPH EXPO 14. SunDance is a longtime HP Indigo customer, but many factors influenced its decision to purchase the HP Latex 3000, including the printer's ability to print on a broad range of substrates with industry-leading quality.
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.
At the ReproMAX 30th anniversary conference recently held in Las Vegas, Capital Imaging of Lansing, MI, and Beeline and Blue of Des Moines, IA, were selected as Partners of the Year; and HP was named Vendor of the Year.
Attendees from around the world packed the Fujifilm booth at SGIA Expo 2014 to see all-new technology. Fujifilm was showing off the all-new Inca Onset R40i and the Acuity F printers, each making their North American debut on the show floor, along with the Uvistar Pro-8W, the Acuity Advance Select and the Acuity LED 1600.
