The 14-staff commercial printer started out as a repro house in the 1980s and today offers sign and display, and general commercial printing as well as finishing, print management and web-to-print services.

Willy Everaerts, founder and general manager, said: "At the moment, we’re testing a wide variety of substrates on the FB500 printer. We are particularly interested in its ability to print white, and that fits in with our ability to print white with our HP Indigo 7000 Digital Press and other sign printing equipment."

The Ever-Art' team has already tested the Scitex FB500 for printing on canvas and board, cork, floor materials, and less conventional substrates such as lavatory seat lids.

Everaerts added: "My son runs a computer shop and he has sent his customers here to have us print images on their laptops. The industry has gone wider than paper and conventional substrates, and we’re preparing for the future."

The six-colour device can produce indoor and outdoor graphics on rigid substrates up to 122 x 160cm and 64mm thick.