Digital Printing-Wide Format - Flatbed

At the recent Canon Summit, IPI Editor Bob Neubauer sat down with Rich Reamer, senior director of Large-Format Systems at Canon U.S.A., to discuss the advanced features of the new Canon Colorado M series along with the latest release of Canon’s free PosterArtist online design software.

Museums, art galleries, copy shops and others have a powerful new way to boost the quality of scanned artwork. The HD Apeiron/42 scanner from Contex delivers contact-free digitization of detailed and delicate originals with accuracy.

Sign fails can be hilarious at times, but they never fail to make me stop and pay attention. It's important to take a step back and look at the bigger picture sometimes. Are you paying attention?

Advances in digital printing inks and equipment are ushering in new specialty printing opportunities for wide-format graphics print businesses – particularly for surfaces used in interior design and décor.

The time is rapidly approaching for the third annual Wide-format Summit, an exclusive hosted buyer event that brings together those looking to invest in wide-format equipment with those who make and sell it. Here's what you can look forward to.

Canon launched six new models in the Arizona 1300 flatbed printer series featuring FLOW technology, a zone-free vacuum system that makes media handling easy. The company also announced the upcoming availability of PRISMAelevate XL software, an extension of the PRISMA XL Suite.

EFI held an Ignite customer event at its Global Inkjet Innovation Center in Londonderry, New Hampshire, to showcase inkjet offerings.

Xanté will launch a new 48″ roll-fed attachment and multi-use cutter for its X-55 and X-98 UV flatbed printers, allowing Xanté customers without UV roll systems to gain that flexibility.

Technology developers throughout the wide-format value chain have signed on as sponsors of the third annual Wide-format Summit, being held July 24-26 at the PGA National Resort in West Palm Beach, Florida.

It's been a busy spring. After returning from Switzerland for Hunkeler Innovationdays, I traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska, for my 26th Associa­tion of College and University Printers conference where I spent four days catching up with old and new in-plant friends.