Digital Printing-Wide Format - Roll to Roll
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.
This year's SGIA Product of the Year competition was held at the 2014 Expo in Las Vegas, October 22-24. The contest showcased the best printers, technologies and consumables from the specialty imaging community. "Whether they were a seasoned company or an industry newcomer, each and every entry came to win," said Ray Weiss, SGIA’s digital imaging specialist.
Mutoh America was the recipient of Specialty Graphic Imaging Association's (SGIA) Product of the Year award for the 104" ValueJet 2638 grand-format printer in the Test Print Shoot Out Poster Size, Solvent or Latex Ink over 96" category.
The Jeti Titan HS wide-format inkjet printing system, from Agfa Graphics, has been selected as "Product of the Year" at the 2014 SGIA Expo in Las Vegas. Altogether, the competition compared 139 entries from 68 companies in 25 different categories. "We are extremely pleased to have been selected for this prestigious award," commented Deborah Hutcheson, director of marketing, Agfa Graphics, North America.
A Mimaki grand-format inkjet printer has been added to Coloredge's array of wide-format presses in response to the rising popularity of upscale soft graphics. Fabric based dye sublimation is widely used for indoor/outdoor graphics and displays, where the printed fabric can be back-lit, if desired.
HP's new Latex Mobile application, which allows HP Latex 300 Printer series customers to remotely monitor their printers, track job status and receive printer alerts; and HP's broad portfolio of large-format printing solutions, will be showcased at HP's booth at the SGIA Expo, being held in Las Vegas, from October 22-24.
Agfa Graphics is adding Dreamscape, the premier supplier of textural digital media for the décor market, to its specialty media assortment. Customers will now have access to a distribution network and wide-format application experts available from coast-to-coast. Agfa will be highlighting Dreamscape media at SGIA 2014 being held in Las Vegas this week.
Steve Urmano has joined InfoTrends as the director of the company's Wide Format Printing Consulting Service. In his role, Urmano will develop InfoTrends’ annual global market forecasts and quarterly trackers for the wide-format printing market.
At SGIA Expo 14, Agfa Graphics' booth promises to be packed with new technology with demonstrations of its Anapurna M3200i RTR, and more. To illustrate the creativity of its portfolio, Agfa Graphics will debut the Surf N' Crab Application Zone which simulates a seafood bar and surf shop.