Wide format

HP plans family of PageWide large-format printers
HP is readying a family of high-speed large-format printers around its new PageWide single-pass printing technology.

Mimaki targets package prototyping with new cutter
Mimaki’s new low-cost flatbed cutter had a positive reception at Sign & Digital.

Xaar sees future potential in sheetfed inkjet
Fresh Xaar chief executive Doug Edwards is aiming to expand the use of the firm’s technology in commercial print, and has inkjet replacements for today’s mid-range electrophotographic (EPS) digital...

Potts buys second firm in four months
Potts Print (UK) has hit the M&A trail for the second time this year and added wide-format to its in-house product offering with a deal for a local print firm, part of an investment strategy fuelled...

Esko upgrades Kongsberg control software
Esko has launched an integrated front end for its Kongsberg cutting tables i-cut Production Console.

I-Sub Digital to launch Agfa Anapurna M2500i in UK
Wide-format equipment supplier I-Sub Digital will distribute the new Agfa Anapurna M2500i in the UK from January 2015, following its worldwide launch at SGIA Expo in Las Vegas this week (22-24...

B-Print & Display combats increased demand with HP Scitex FB10000 buy
Retail display specialists B-Print & Display Group has invested in an HP Scitex FB10000 and aims to order a second in the next few weeks.

Secretary of State visits British Legion sign operation
Secretary of State for Transport, The Rt. Hon. Patrick McLoughlin MP, has visited the expanded road and rail signs printing division of Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI).

Hollanders ramps up production to keep up with demand
Hollanders Printing Systems has ramped up production of its Fespa Digital-launched ColorBooster CB250 textile printer after it received an “an unprecedented number of orders” for the entry-level...

Mimaki expands portfolio and launches flagship printer-cutter
Mimaki has unveiled a cutting version of its Fespa launched JV300 flagship printer and unveiled a new silver metallic eco-solvent ink.

Delta in £1m Durst double investment
The Delta Group has installed two new Durst wide-format machines, significantly boosting it’s roll-to-roll capacity and enabling it to bring soft-signage production inhouse for the first time.

Ink & Print becomes main UK Vegra distributor
Ink & Print has become the UK’s main distributor of Vegra products.