Wide-format

Encyan launches fluorescent inkjet printing service

Swiss company Encyan has developed a fluorescent inkjet ink and is selling prints made using the inks under its BlackLight Truecolor brand.

EFI appoints sales manager for Vutek and Rastek ranges in MEA

EFI has increased its wide-format focus in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) markets with the appointment of an MEA sales and development manager for its Vutek and Rastek lines of printers.

Designer creates chair made of HP DesignJet-printed pages

Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister has created a chair design using paper printed on an HP DesignJet L65500.

Digital wide-format printers 'best placed throughout recession'

Printers that diversified into digital wide-format printing have found a route for survival throughout the recession, a new Canon-commissioned study has shown.

National Express chooses Andesign for signage work

National Express has installed a range of signage around its revamped Birmingham coach station, printed by Sutton Coldfield-based Andesign.

Mutoh trio to get UK debut at Sign & Digital

Mutoh will show its Zephyr hybrid 1.65m-wide UV cured printer in the UK for the first time at the Sign & Digital show in April.

Hybrid Services launches Mimaki trade-in scheme

Mimaki's UK distributor Hybrid Services has launched a trade-in scheme for customers wanting to upgrade their wide-format print capabilities.

Environmental innovator is whipping up a storm in outdoor posters sector

The developer of easy-to-install and eco-friendly ad posters is bucking a downward trend, says Barney Cox

Caldera Flow+

This French developer claims its MIS is a unique offering to the digital wide-format sector, finds Barney Cox

Fespa launches 2010 awards

Fespa has launched its 2010 awards scheme and put an exhibition of the entries at the heart of the show.