Digital printing

Ricoh has announced its new Pro VC70000 high-speed inkjet printer with the intent to set a “new benchmark” in quality on offset-coated papers.

Howard Hunt has made a multimillion-pound investment in high-speed inkjet technology to round off its offering.

Landa Digital Printing (LDP) has received a further investment of $300m (£228m) from German entrepreneur Susanne Klatten to aid its expansion as more machines head out to customers.

In its latest salvo against Fujifilm, Xerox has threatened that it may not renew its technology agreement with Fuji Xerox and could look to replace products in its portfolio developed under the joint...

Print Today has launched in east London as a “one-stop shop for the community” following a £1m investment in equipment from Duplo, Ricoh, Roland DG and more.

The increasingly bitter feud between Fujifilm and Xerox has ramped up a notch with Fujifilm filing a $1bn (£760m) lawsuit against Xerox for damages over the collapse of the proposed merger.

Fujifilm is expected to turn to a judge to enforce its merger deal with Xerox in the next few days, according to a US press report.

Baker Labels has invested around £40,000 to expand the capabilities of its high-end Print Bureau with the addition of a Roland DG VersaUV LEF-300 flatbed and a Vivid Matrix 370 laminator.

Heidelberg has described ink as “the gold of digital printing” as it set out a €200m (£176m) sales target for its Primefire and Labelfire high-end inkjet presses.

Crescent Press has invested £1.5m to bolster its digital printing and finishing facilities, which included the installation of an HP Indigo 12000 and five Horizon systems.

Fujifilm boss Shigetaka Komori has given Xerox’s new management team six months to accept the previously agreed takeover deal, or come up with new terms that are beneficial to both parties.

Pandaprint has expanded its kit by becoming the first Scottish printer to take on Heidelberg’s new Versafire EV digital printer.