EFI’s new direct-to-fabric and soft-signage printer with inline sublimation – the EFI Vutek FabriVU 340i – is an advanced aqueous dispersed dye-sublimation printer featuring a new platen and extraction system that enables inline heat press sublimation directly from the printer. EFI added that customers will gain greater convenience and value with this new printer, as … Read more →
The new Acuity LED 1600R is the latest addition to Fujifilm’s popular Acuity Series, offering customers a flexible, lower-cost alternative to the successful Acuity LED 1600 II hybrid press that recently achieved its 1,000th global installation. Featuring Q-Class printheads from Fujifilm Dimatix, the Acuity LED 1600R is a 64-inch dedicated roll-to-roll press offering four colour … Read more →
Denmark-based Tresu has introduced its new FlexiPrint Reservoir SAVEink Chamber Doctor Blade – a light, fast-change inking system for narrow-web UV and water-based flexo applications that can be used without an ink pump. Chambers are air-tight and prevent leakage because of the OEM’s patented seals, and can be installed or removed safely in five seconds … Read more →
Epson America’s new WorkForce Pro WF-C5000 Series, powered by the OEM’s PrecisionCore printing technology, features Epson’s Replaceable Ink Pack System technology “in a new compact form for a more streamlined and efficient workstation.” With print speeds of 24 ISO pages per minute (black and colour) and a fast first-page-out with no warm-up time, the WF-C5000 Series “can save … Read more →
UK-based GEW has launched “a major innovation for UV curing installations.” Its Multi-Point UV Monitor, or mUVm, is a set of one or up to five UV sensors that give continuous monitoring of UV output on a printing press. UV monitoring consists of calibrated sensors positioned along the length of the lamp to continuously measure … Read more →
Roland DGA (Irvine, California), a leading provider of wide-format inkjet printers, 3D milling machines, and other digital devices, has announced the launch of the world’s first laser foil decorator – the DGSHAPE LD-80. Engineered to enhance a vast array of items with text, logos and graphics using a variety of metallized and holographic foils, the … Read more →
Mutoh Industries, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers, has unveiled its new PerformanceJet 2508UF, Mutoh’s first true 4-foot-by-8-foot UV-LED flatbed printer that will soon be released to the industrial printing market. Prior to the formal launch, it was exhibited at the ISA (International Sign Association) Sign Expo 2018 in Orlando, Florida, March 22 – … Read more →
Mark Andy has announced a suite of enhancements to its Digital Series platform. The production-class digital solution has been “reimagined to bring greater levels of productivity and profitability to the modern converter,” said the OEM. “Building off the platform’s successes, the latest true hybrid offering will take on the name Digital Series HD and combines … Read more →
Available this Spring, the new press builds on the success of the award-winning Kodak Nexpress Platform and “is set to become the most versatile sheetfed digital press on the market,” said the OEM. “The platform’s low running costs, higher speed and dynamic imaging will change how printers evaluate what can be run on digital. The … Read more →
Varioman the name given to a newly conceived packaging printing press from German OEM Manroland Web Systems. The new press combines the benefits of varied technologies and processes while specifically avoiding the weak points inherent in other technologies while simultaneously providing exceptional customer benefits, said the OEM. The pilot press is an offset gravure hybrid … Read more →
Riso (Burlington, MA) has announced the North American release of its latest advance in digital duplicating – the MF9450 Digital Duplicator. The OEM’s newest model is a fully automatic cut-sheet digital duplicator, producing two-colour documents in a single pass at up to 150 pages per minute. “With the MF9450, speed, colour, versatility and reliability are … Read more →
Durst, a leading global manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, has launched a new printing platform – the P5 series. The first member of the new family is its large-format “flagship” printer, the P5 250 HS. Shipping is scheduled to start in April of 2018. The P5 250 HS (High Speed) is targeted … Read more →