Colour

Xeikon will launch a faster version of its flagship duplex digital colour press at Ipex, alongside a new family of toners and enhancements to its IPDS workflow for transactional print.

Heidelberg has confirmed that it is talking to possible digital partners to enable it to sell digital presses in 170 countries and said that a deal should be in place by the end of the year.

Fuji will commercially launch its Jet Press 720 B2 sheetfed inkjet machine at Ipex, where it will finalise the machine's availability and price.

Inkjet overprinting specialist Domino will launch its first press, a four-colour UV-cured label web machine, at Ipex in May.

Ipex 2010 will be the culmination of a $2.6bn (1.7bn) acquisition spree by Pitney Bowes to become an "end-to-end" solution for print and mail systems.

PPG Print has made its debut in the digital print arena by investing in a Xerox DocuColor 7002, a spend it anticipates will fuel turnover growth in the coming year.

Ricoh has made its foray into the light production printing space with the launch of a pair of new colour printers, the Pro C720 and C720S.

Ricoh has launched a version of its Pro C900 90ppm digital colour press that uses a Creo front-end.

EFI has upgraded its XF software with functions that improve its competitiveness across its core proofing and narrow- and wide-format production printing including improved colour handling.