Equipment manufacturers

Wide-format advances set big applications in motion

Here’s a question. Which is more likely to catch the passer-by’s eye: a static, albeit beautifully printed, image, or one where the models pictured are blowing animated kisses to the viewer?

Star product: Xerox Versant 2100

New mid-level production engine ups speed and quality.

Me & my: Heidelberg Eurobind Pro

A lot has happened at GPS Colour Graphics since Joseph Smith founded the business at 34 High Street, Belfast, back in 1797. The company has passed through the hands of several different families, been...

HP unveils 'page-wide' technology to rival Memjet

HP has announced a page-wide inkjet technology for wide-format printing, which challenges the Memjet-based machines from Canon, RTI and Xerox.

Kodak launches Prosper 6000 series

Kodak has unveiled the latest generation of its Prosper high-speed inkjet web press, the Kodak Prosper 6000, which features all new paper transport, drying and ink technology.

Inkjet technology drives sectors other than just print

If ever a simple adjective could cause confusion in the world of print, it’s ‘industrial’. The term has been cropping up with increasing frequency of late in relation to wide-format machines, meaning...

Me & my: Agfa Azura TU plate

Making print and packaging dreams come true for some of the world’s leading brands might seem daunting. But it’s all in a day’s work for London-based firm Gavin Martin Colournet, which also found that...

Friedheim boosts range with two new deals

Friedheim International has secured two new distribution deals for binding and converting equipment.

Fujifilm unveils Acuity F at Fespa

Fujifilm is targeting volume sign and display printers with the launch of the high-volume flatbed UV Acuity F wide-format printer series, its OEM version of Canon’s latest Océ Arizona.

Suppliers set aside rivalry to take on US patent trolls

Three of the biggest suppliers to the printing industry have joined forces to take on a group of patent trolls that have been targeting medium-sized commercial printers in the US.