Digital Printing-Wide Format - Roll to Roll

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.

Fastsigns has signed a total of 18 new deals this year, seven of which were independently owned sign shops that converted to the Fastsigns brand. In addition to signing new deals, Fastsigns opened 12 new centers in the second quarter.

Agfa Graphics will be hosting a free “Wide-Format Open House” event at its distribution center in Plano, TX, on Sept. 18-20, 2012, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Wide-format inkjet is a fast-growing segment in the printing industry and is helping many printers differentiate themselves by offering new and exciting products and services to their customers that previously were unattainable for most commercial printers.”

To transform the distant past into realistic, life-sized color images for its new “Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants from Gondwana” exhibition, the Royal Ontario Museum turned to Beyond Digital Imaging and its HP latex printing technology. The longest mural spans 100+ feet.

“The demand in North America—where we already have five machines up and running, and already more on order—made it clear that we needed to establish a North American base of operation sooner than later,” MTL Print CEO Ran Emanuel commented.

MTL Print has established a North American headquarters, located in Kennesaw, GA, and a new executive organization for the region. It has also decided to name the final version of the Meital 304D flatbed inkjet printer the NURstar 304.

Earlier this month, the local Believe in Tomorrow House got a mini-makeover courtesy of national signage and graphics company Signs by Tomorrow. The free exterior building wrap, valued at $3,500, was produced with materials donated by 3M Commercial Graphics.

Available exclusively for Roland VersaCAMM, VersaArt and VersaStudio models, the Roland Rental Program offers one- and three-year options at affordable monthly rates. “The credit crunch of the past few years has made it difficult for many businesses to qualify for a lease or other financing.”

Tulsa, OK-based Meeks Group has installed HP Scitex LX850 and FB700 industrial printers to help improve its productivity, meet environmental demands and diversify the company’s application offerings. Meeks is a full-service print provider specializing in vehicle wraps, banners, trade show graphics and point-of-purchase displays.

Source One Digital, located in Norton Shores, MI, recently installed a Uvistar 2 superwide-format UV roll printer, along with two UV inkjet flatbed machines—an Inca Onset S40 and Acuity Advance. “If it can be printed on rigid or roll material, we can print it.”