Digital

Xerox is simultaneously launching two new high-performance digital printing systems at drupa in the shape of the iGen 150 and the Ci Press 325.

Canon is hoping to lure customers from the large-format offset market with a top-secret Oc inkjet device co-developed with Memjet, codenamed 'Project Velocity'.

Hong Kong-based CTPS has signed for four HP machines, including an Indigo 10000, as part of the group's expansion into digital print.

Highcon (Hall 4, stand B2) has appointed ex-Bobst man Nigel Tracey as international sales director.

Ricoh has unveiled its debut latex wide-format printer series, the Pro L4000, which can print up to 18.1m2 per hour.

Kodak chairman and chief executive Antonio Perez was in defiant mood as drupa opened.

The San Diego-based inkjet manufacturer is to develop a high-speed, wide-format colour printer through a new joint venture with Canon subsidiary, Océ.

Wide format manufacturer Mimaki (Hall 9, C21) will show its latest UV-LED flatbed inkjet printer, the JFX500-2131 at drupa.

Fujifilm has launched the latest in its series of Uvistar super-wide format printers