Digital

HP has launched its latest flatbed printer, the Scitex FB7500, capable of printing at 500sqm an hour, which it anticipates will help "screen printers transition into digital".

EFI has agreed to acquire the remaining interest in Raster Printers for approximately $3m (1.7m), following its strategic investment in the company in November 2007.

Ingram Digital has signed a global agreement with Penguin Group to host and distribute the publisher's e-book range.

Exhibitors at Total Print! Expo (TPE) have said that the show has cemented the view that litho and digital are complementary rather than competitive technologies.

Taws Printers yesterday signed up to become one of the first adopters of the new Ricoh Pro C900 digital press, becoming the 18th UK customer to sign for the printer.

Murodigital has targeted growth in the burgeoning on-demand print market after giving a UK debut to its Fujipla Pluster laminator at Total Print! Expo.

Heidelberg has used its Total Print! Expo debut to demonstrate that litho has a place in the short-run market.

Fujifilm has said it will bring digital print quality closer to litho following the UK launch of its Toner Quality Control (TQC) at Total Print! Expo.

Sharp has said it is aiming to "further establish itself in the mono production market" at this year's Total Print! Expo, where it has given UK debuts to its MX-M1100 and 950 machines.

Roland DG has handed a UK premiere to its latest wide-format machine, the LEC-300, at Total Print! Expo.