Wide-format

HP WallArt suite to remain free following one-year trial
HP will continue to offer its cloud-based digital wallcovering design and production tool, HP WallArt, as a free service to users of its HP Latex printers following the completion of a one-year trial.

Cyber security expert to deliver keynote at EFI Connect
A cyber security expert hailed as the "inventor of the modern Firewall" will be the keynote speaker at the 14th annual EFI Connect users conference.

Avon Graphic Technologies leaves £1.8m debt
Avon Graphic Technologies owed creditors a total of £1.8m at the time of its September collapse, according to the administrators' report, including more than £800,000 to trade creditors.

Screen specialist Thieme unveils its first wide-format digital device
Screen-print press manufacturer Thieme has announced the upcoming launch of the Thieme 3000 D, its first digital device to have been developed completely in-house.

Colorgate upgrades to APPE 3 with latest RIP
Colorgate has announced the launch of Colorgate 8 - the latest version of its RIP for the wide-format, commercial, packaging and industrial printing sectors.

Mimaki slashes UJF-3042FX price by a quarter
Mimaki has cut the price of its UJF-3042FX A3 flatbed UV printer by more than 25% to £16,995 +VAT.

Print and packaging firms named among 1,000 most inspirational businesses in Britain
Printers, print managers and print and packaging equipment manufacturers have been named in a new report, 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain.

First UK order for Truepress Jet W3200UV following successful beta testing
Screen has received its first UK order for the Truepress Jet W3200UV flatbed printer, following its commercial launch on Tuesday (10 December).

Vivid expands with new USA dealers
Vivid Laminating Technologies aims to grow its international sales reach after appointing its first resellers in the USA.

Canon imagePrograf range picks up raft of BLI awards
The Canon imagePrograf series has scooped the Buyer’s Laboratory’s (BLI) 2014 Wide-format Graphics Art Printer Line of the Year.