Wide format

SDC Reprographic Systems is looking to grow its online ordering operation after updating its large-format offering with a KIP 9000 digital colour press.

Drinks company InBev UK has launched a "heavyweight" advertising campaign using a host of outdoor media, in order to boost awareness of its newly launched Stella Artois 4% brand.

Ink giant Sun Chemical has signed a deal to become a UK distributor for the Apollo series of multi-functional UV wide-format printers.

Roland DG has triumphed at the SGIA Expo after picking up the 2008 DPI Product of the Year accolade for its recently-released 30in VersaUV LEC-300 UV printer.

KIP is targeting the growing full-colour Computer Aided Design (CAD) market with the launch of what it claims is the world's first toner-based wide-format printer, the Color 80.

Italian printer Pixart.it has become the first European company to invest in KIP's latest wide-format colour machines, the KIP Color 80.

Inca has plugged the gap in its range of UV-cured flatbed wide-format machines between the super-high speed Onset and the Turbo, with the Onset S20.

HP has launched its latest flatbed printer, the Scitex FB7500, capable of printing at 500sqm an hour, which it anticipates will help "screen printers transition into digital".

Canon UK has launched a brace of 24" large-format printers, the imagePrograf iPF6000S and the imagePrograf iPF6200, aimed at the photography and fine art markets.

Fujifilm Sericol is aiming to build its presence in the UK signmaking sector following the launch of Euromedia - its new large-format business.

HP has unveiled its latest large-format press, the Scitex XP2300, and claimed that it is the world's first 3.2m UV roll-to-roll machine designed specifically for the outdoor signage market.

TJ International has completed its move back into large-format printing with a second folding machine from MBO.