The Chertsey, Surrey-based business, which specialises in graphics and exhibitions, opted for the machine to help expand its growing wide-format display business.

Its new Agfa complements its range of litho presses and finishing equipment, offering a white ink facility that allows it to print on both rigid and non-rigid substrates.

Andrew Edwards, managing director at LightBrigade, said: "This is a very exciting time for LightBrigade as our wide-format display, exhibitions and conferences business is really taking off.

"We have refurbished our new premises and now need the capability to deliver work of considerable scale and quality and we are being asked to print on increasingly varied materials. Agfa gives us that flexibility."

The Anapurna M2050 is a six-colour machine that also features a white-ink facility. It can print at a resolution of up to 720x1,440dpi and features 12 picolitre printheads.

According to Agfa, the machine can print in both uni- and bi-directional modes without compromising performance or quality. It can print on a maximum size of 3x2m on substrates up to 45mm thick.

"We are particularly pleased that, like many other litho printers around the country looking to broaden their offerings to customers, LightBrigade has chosen Agfa to provide the base for their new wide-format inkjet business," added Steve Collins, wide format inkjet account manager at Agfa Graphics UK.