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Kodak’s decision to offload its Prosper division, at first glance at least, seems a little bizarre.

This is a second-generation model of Kodak’s original monochrome Prosper 1000 inkjet web press, and claims to be the fastest in its class.

Industrial Inkjet (IIJ) is to open a customer centre as part of an investment that could be as much as £2m to cope with a jump in demand for training for its print engines from across the world.

Xaar boss Doug Edwards has laid out ambitious plans for the inkjet manufacturer to more than double turnover by 2020.

Kodak has hoisted a ‘for sale’ sign over its Prosper inkjet business, which had previously been lauded as one of the manufacturer’s “four growth engines”.

Kodak has reduced its losses on worldwide sales that fell 15% in 2015 to slip below the $2bn mark.

Mimaki has hailed this year’s Fespa Digital as the firm’s best after selling more than 30 of the show-launched 3.2m-wide UJV55-320 LED-UV printers in the first two days.

Agfa-Gevaert has posted improved results for 2015. Growth in the graphics division was boosted by a double-digit hike in inkjet sales as well as the effects of a weaker euro.

Leach signed for a new Durst Rho 512R on the opening day of Fespa Digital – its first 5m-wide machine.