Inkjet

HP has launched its HP PageWide Web Press T235 HD, an entry-level inkjet web targeted commercial printers.

Canon has launched its next-generation continuous inkjet press, the Océ ProStream, which it claims delivers offset quality at speeds of up to 80m/min.

Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) has been confirmed as the first pilot customer for Heidelberg’s B1 sheetfed inkjet press, the Primefire 106.

GI Solutions Group has bought Eclipse Web, which includes Eclipse Colour, Eclipse 4DM and Direct Link, in a deal that creates a circa £80m print powerhouse.

Industrial Inkjet (IIJ) is developing a system that can digitally print wallpaper with production speeds that it claims are comparable to conventional methods.

EFI chief executive Guy Gecht highlighted Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the next big thing for the industry in his opening address at EFI’s annual user conference, Connect.

Global digital press manufacturer Konica Minolta has signed up to exhibit at PrintWeekLive! in March.

Xaar has signed a new partnership agreement with Xerox for the development of bulk piezo inkjet printheads.

The first books printed by Canon as part of the Room to Read literacy programme have reached schoolchildren in South Africa.

Croatian manufacturer Azonprinter has launched what it claims is the only wide-format UV-curable inkjet flatbed printer on the market that can print on objects up to 200mm in height.

Kodak’s hopes of sealing the sale deal for its Prosper inkjet business by the year-end have been dashed, and discussions with potential purchasers will now drag on into 2017.

Print software developer Global Graphics has acquired its partner and printhead driver system specialist TTP Meteor.