PriscoDigital announced that it will be conducting continuous end-to-end workflow demonstrations on various rigid media, utilizing the new Kongsberg XN automatic cutting system from Esko. This will be the first time the XN system will be demonstrated at a major trade show in North America. In addition, a flexible media workflow ideally suited for commercial printers will also be running live at GRAPH EXPO 2012 in Booth #201.
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Dolan Printing announced the purchase of an HP Indigo 5600 digital press aimed at providing customers with the high quality of offset printing while taking advantage of the flexibility of digital. The HP Indigo 5600 complements Dolan’s current offset capability and its commitment to the delivering high-quality print communication products.
Documation, a nationally recognized, full-service printing company, has installed an HP T200 color inkjet web press to pursue the growing market for short-run publishing. Best known as America’s association printer, the Eau Claire, WI-based company provides conference materials, continuing education/training manuals, and marketing brochures to various association and continuing education groups in 36 states.
Having already installed HP Indigo 7500 and 5500 digital presses, Heeter Direct has now ordered an HP Indigo 10000 digital press to be installed in 2013. The Canonsburg, PA-based company is adding digital technology to offer new solutions to its customers, improve turnaround times and increase efficiencies.
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While most companies were trying to remain afloat during the recession in 2009, Hauppauge, NY-based trade printer Island Pro Digital was just getting started. By creating a physical and digital media platform, co-owners Kurt and Kyle Kubik poised the company for growth and transformed it into one of the most successful (and busiest) trade shops in Long Island.
PriscoDigital has been appointed the exclusive distributor in the United States and Canada for the Hostert Automatic Loader designed for the HP Scitex FB7600/7500 industrial printers. PriscoDigital will market, sell, install, train and service the devices, along with ancillary products that are manufactured by Hostert-Pro in Germany.
The selection of a new and unique HP Indigo 10000/20000/30000 series press represents a next-generation platform that will allow The Matlet Group businesses to produce both commercial and folding carton digital printing in the near future. Expected to be installed in January 2013, this platform will be one of the first in North America for commercial print and one of the first in the world for folding carton
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 Harlequin RIP has been chosen by HP to drive the new range of HP Print Module Solutions, expanding Global Graphics’ strategic relationship with HP under which the company currently supplies the RIP technologies to drive the HP Indigo range as well as the HP inkjet web press range.