Companies & suppliers

XenInk Diamond brings third-party UV-cured inks to wide-format

Xennia has launched a range of general-purpose UV-cured inkjet inks, XenInk Diamond, which is suitable for a wide range of large-format and other industrial inkjet machines.

Screen extends Truepress 520 range with GraphExpo additions

Screen has extended its Truepress Jet520 series of inkjet machines with both entry-level and larger, faster machines.

Océ claims high-volume inkjet top spot with 100th JetStream sale to Salmat

Océ has reached the milestone of 100 sales of its JetStream range of continuous feed colour inkjet presses with a double installation at Australian firm Salmat, and expects to double sales to 200 by...

Manroland to shed 500 jobs through company restructure

Manroland has revealed it is to shed 500 jobs as part of a strategy the press manufacturer claimed would enable it to position it for "future growth".

X-Rite updates measurement standard to improve colour communication

X-Rite has introduced a new colour measurement standard to reduce the discrepancies between old X-Rite and GretagMacbeth spectrophotometers and provide a single standard for all future instruments.

HP unveils faster photo printer as part of new Designjet trio

HP has unveiled three Designjet machines, two CAD machines, one challenging monochrome LED machines with a colour inkjet, and a successor to the Z6100 colour machine that the firm said improved speed...

Epson updates Stylus Pro range for Photokina

Epson has unveiled updates to its popular 7800 and 9800 machines, the 7890 and 9890, which use the TFP head and UltraChrome K3 inks to deliver higher speed and quality.

Pantone Premium Metallic ink delivers 'best printed silver'

Inks and Printing Technologies (IPT) has announced the UK availability of a new Pantone Premium Silver metallic ink, Metalstar 06 7500, from Eckart.

Flexo gets fillip with trio of platemaking innovations

Three firms have revealed new flexo platemaking technology, offering improved speed and quality.

Epson launches desktop printer with optional spectrophotometer

Epson has added to its x900 range of inkjet printers with a 432mm-wide desktop model the Stylus Pro 4900, which was launched this week at German photographic trade show Photokina.