Digital Printing-Wide Format - Flatbed

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.

Roland DGA has launched its new VersaOBJECT CO Series inkjet printers which include advanced flatbed and belt-driven UV printers. The new presses, which are the first in an innovative line of UV-LED devices, print directly on a vast array of substrates and three-dimensional items.

Mesa Public Schools Printing & Design recently upgraded its operation with Canon imagePRESS C10010VP and C910 digital color presses, a Canon VarioPRINT 130, and flatbed and roll-fed wide-format printers. Supervisor Joseph Barz discusses the benefits of this new technology.