Digital Printing-Wide Format - Hybrid

The recent Wide-format Summit explored challenges impacting wide-format printers and offered tips for bringing automation into your wide-format operation.

As demand for rigid and flexible wide-format applications grows, hybrid printing equipment allows users to swiftly meet the needs of their customers. By implementing this technology, commercial printers, in-plants, and sign and display specialists can maximize the growing opportunities in wide-format printing.

For the second year, the Wide-format Summit is slated to be an exciting networking and learning opportunity for printers from across the country. The agenda is packed with educational sessions and inspiring keynote speakers.

The new MUTOH ValueJet 1628MH hybrid printer combines upgraded features and new technologies designed to produce vibrant output with smoother gradations and a wide color gamut using MUTOH’s own VerteLith RIP software.

Roland DGA, a provider of large-format inkjet printers and printer/cutters, has launched its redesigned online store. The e-commerce portal has received a total makeover, resulting in a new look, more intuitive navigation, and a faster, simpler purchasing and check-out process.

With new categories such as social distancing signage, the wide-format sector has evolved throughout the pandemic and is expected to grow with even more applications. At drupa 2024, the key manufacturers will showcase a multitude of applications.

In a live-streamed product launch, Roland DGA showcased its new Texart XT-640S multi-station direct-to-garment printer and the VersaUV LEC2 S-Series UV flatbed printers.

Considerations of print speed, print quality, and flexibility factor strongly in wide-format equipment purchases. A strategy involving all three is essential.

In a new video, IPI Editor Bob Neubauer chats with two university in-plant managers about how wide-format printing became a “lifesaver” during the pandemic. They talk about the benefits of latex and UV-curable systems, the challenges of finding space for the equipment, and the huge profit margins of wide-format printing.

This interactive webinar will help you identify what’s next for your business no matter what your specialty is.