Xerox has introduced the new Wide Format IJP 2000 printer for the faster production of large indoor posters, signs, point-of-purchase graphics and banners. It can print high-quality, color signs in five seconds, 30-foot banners in one minute, and production runs of 200 prints in about 20 minutes.
Visual Marking Systems (VMS) in Twinsburg, OH, is reportedly the first company in Ohio, and the second printer in North America, to install an HP Latex 3000 printer. This acquisition reflects VMS’s upgrade to a third generation HP latex printer.
Industrial applications with UV inkjet are very new to the automotive industry. Agfa Graphics' Jeti large-format printing technology, and Agfa Graphics' unique ink composition, were used in producing the interior of the new Toyota Yaris Trend.
Parallax Digital in Kennesaw, GA, is reportedly the first commercial printer in the United States to install a new NURStar 305D wide-format digital flatbed system from MTL Print. Parallax adds the new technology after much success with the NURStar 304D, installed there over two years ago.
Anderson/LA, a Consolidated Graphics company based in Los Angeles, which provides leading national restaurants, retailers and Hollywood movie studios with offset print, digital print and fulfillment services, is one of the first companies in North America to operate three VUTEk GS5000r printers. The announcement was made at emerge 2013, Consolidated Graphics' annual customer solutions conference taking place April 30 through May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Signs By Tomorrow of Plainfield (IL) has produced and installed a 65-foot-long, full-color graphics wrap for Mira, one of the largest and fastest supercomputers in the world. "Signs By Tomorrow has completed highly specialized projects before but this job reflects the pinnacle of technology for our industry, as well as our client's," said Signs By Tomorrow of Plainfield Owner James Murray.
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.
Peeq Media received delivery of a Durst Rho 500R as part of its ongoing efforts to expand its high-resolution point-of-purchase (POP)/display capabilities. “The high output speed of the machine, coupled with its sharpness and color fidelity, will provide great value to our customers. We can print at higher speeds, on a wider variety of substrates, without sacrificing the quality that our clients expect from us,” said Mark Facchin, COO of Peeq Media.
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.
