Wide format

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.

SMP Group is the printer behind a recent government 3D outdoor campaign aimed to promote a new qualification for teenagers aged 14-19.

The insolvency practitioner dealing with the administration of Capital Print and Display has frozen the assets of the company's former owners - David Gill and eight members of his family.

Shuttleworth has announced the incorporation of wide and grand-format digital printing in the latest version of its eponymous management information system (MIS).