Digital

Commercial printer Parker and Collinson has diversified and launched book publishing company Weathervane Press after experiencing an increase in demand for short-run work.

Digital printer PS2 has said an increase in the use of its internet ordering service has led to an investment in new finishing kit from Duplo.

Sun Chemical will boost its range of wide- and super-wide-format digital inks with the launch of ESL (EcoSol Light) and Ultima at Fespa Digital Europe next week.

Canon has introduced four new imagePrograf large-format printers designed for applications in the Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Geographic Information System (GIS) markets.

Kodak's Graphics Communications Group (GCG) has performed the best of all the company's divisions in the group's first-quarter results for 2009, despite drops in sales across the board.

Oc is developing its ColorWave 600 wide-format printer for the graphics market.

Keyboard Graphics is targeting the display graphics market after signing for the UK's first HP Scitex FB950.

Spenaprint, the company that emerged from the collapse of NSL, has set its sights on developing its product offering and growing its client base after investing in two HP digital machines.

HP's wide-format Designjet L65500 machine has been named Environmental Digital Printer 2009 by the European Digital Press Association (EDP).