Actual News about Large Format Printing
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Distributor: CREACT, Hamburg
Published by: Neun Punkt GbR, Hamburg
2002-01-25
Dear Readers, dear friends,
these days I have sit together with some
friends and discussed the way digital printing has gone last 10 years. I
remember the day the owner of a Danish screen printing company told me that he
expected only 2 to 5 digital printing systems in Europe. Some years later other
talked about business opportunities for super wide printer. There were numbers
of 50 to maximal 100 machines world wide.
Was this realistic? At the time people said
this, yes, but todays life shows total different numbers. Why? Reason is that
new technologies develop and drive new market.
1999 Thomas Poetz introduced his ideas of
printing to textiles, digital textiles he called it, at Giga conference. People
said, this never will become true.
Wow, have a look to Heimtextil in Frankfurt,
have a look to the new developments of BASF, Sophis and others. New ideas will
create new business, but the world must be informed about this ideas.
This isthe reason why we offer our
LFP-Newsletter service to you. Everytime really actual but also with a view to
visions.
Enjoy the information we collected and be part
of the market developing community.
Wolfgang Hey
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ColorSpan by MacDermid scores yet again!
“Photo Electronic Imaging” Magazine (PEI) one of the world leading
publications dedicated exclusively to electronic imaging, photography, and
computer graphics annually hands out
the well-known Cool2 Awards, which
the DisplayMaker Mach 12 has won for
2002! Besides winning the prestigious Cool2 Award, ColorSpan has been awarded,
by the Editorial Office, the “New
Millennium Award 2002”, which is granted to those companies whose capacity
and innovation allows them to be at the forefront due to the quality of their
products and services. ColorSpan wishes to share this gratification with you by
offering, until the 29th of March 2002, product bundle prices at
intensely special rates!
More information: www.colorspan.com
Sophis shows a reliable short run digital printing machine at Heimtextil, Frankfurt
Sophis Systems N.V. based in Wevelgem, Belgium
presented at Heimtextil a machine printing high quality printed cloth at 20
square meters per hour. The Print Express has been proven at customer sites.
The printer averages consistently under production conditions, 100 linear
meters, quality printed cloth per shift of eight (8) hours. The machine is
ideal for the middle market segments where 139 cms is standard. The designs are
queued and the system runs automatically from one order to the next. If the aim
is to print for the ‘Just In Time’ delivery of orders, it is economic to start
with one Print Express and adds on extra printers to produce the number of
required printed meters per week. Whether the order is 5 meters or 1000 meters
this is an economic business model to follow. Under 1000 meters, it is not
economical to make cylinders.
More information. http://www.sophis.be
Early registration discounts available
DPI '02 - this year's Conference & Exhibit
of the Digital Printing & Imaging Association in Palm Springs, CA - is THE
opportunity to meet with the movers and shakers of the large-format digital
industry. Get all the details and take advantage of our early registration
discount by going online now to http://www.dpia.org/dpi02 . and make those housing reservations while you're there.
Neil Baker becomes VP of sales at Monaco
The LFP market will not lose one single person
especially if this person is as deep involved as Neil Baker was and still is.
Monaco Systems is proud to announce the appointment of Neil Baker to vice
president of sales and business development. Neil joins us after having served
as vice president of WebMiles and CEO of Onyx Graphics. Neil will oversee
direct sales, reseller relations, and OEM partnerships for Monaco Systems'
suite of award winning color management products. His appointment comes at a
time when Monaco Systems is experiencing revenue growth and is expanding its
sales force to support this growth. Good luck for him!
More information: www.Monacosys.com
Braille Signage
Bindopor / Recognition Express recently
introduced on the Portuguese market Braille signage, which is being very
much appreciated specially from public institutions, public buildings and other
customers (still only a few ones) which understands the importance of
installing a Sign System which can help blinds to circulated within a building.
Bindopor keeps a close contact with.the Portuguese Blind Association and
cooperates with them in order to be able to offer a Braille Sign solution which
actually works.
More information: José Costa Rodrigues,
jose.rodrigues@bindopor.pt
Sihl is coming to the PAPERWORLD 2002
Sihl, as the largest manufacturer in the vast world of digital imaging
media, shall be presenting, at the PAPERWORLD exhibition in Frankfurt, the full
range of options: inkjet media, transparent paper and estat media. A few
highlights await you on Sihl’s booth – three papers in particular. They are: IJ Galaxy Photo Paper PE 170, IJ GA Paper two-in-one spectra 150 matt,
and Instant Dry Canvas WR 350 matt.
PAPERWORLD 2002 marks our official “all-clear” for deploying all three media on
HP 5000 printing systems. To see all this new media you are cordially invite to
visit Sihl in Frankfurt at booth D 23
in hall 4.1. There you will discover product highlights – in live use on a HP
5000 printing system – and take home a digital photo-surprise of lasting
souvenir value.
More information: www.sihl.ch
Polly Price Design finds MonacoEZcolor Invaluable in Printing Fine Art Photographs
The art of printing photography is tricky and in many cases, frustrating if you don't have the
necessary tools. One of the tools a photographer needs is a quality color
management solution. Some photographers might go as far to say that if you want
to print your own photographs, color management is the best kept secret when it
comes to producing a quality product. That's what Polly Price of Polly Price
Design in Atlanta, Georgia, discovered when she tried to print her photographs
and colors she saw on her monitor didn't match the ones she printed from her
Epson printer. Price quickly realized she needed a color management solution,
and the one she selected was Monaco Systems'.
More information: www.monacosys.com
Another News from Wasatch
Wasatch ImageNET is already
revolutionizing workflows for many customers, putting SoftRIP on the screen of
every Macintosh and Windows system on users' networks. SpotOn Color Capture is
providing a quick solution to critical color-matching needs. You can read more
about these features of Version 4.4 of Wasatch SoftRIP at the Wasatch web site.
They´ve just released their January 4 update, which is the fully globalized
edition of this new version. Translations are currently underway in nine
languages. These translations will be released through the course of January.
Today's update also releases support for the Hewlett-Packard 10/20/50PS, the
ColorSpan Mach XII, and the Mimaki TX2 TextileJet. Finally, today's update
expands the list of files supported by Wasatch
SoftRIP Light to include jpeg, making our low-cost "personal"
product more useful with digital
cameras.
More information: www.wasatchinc.com
DaHe dominates far east large format market with 24 VUTEk presses
Rapidly expanding Chinese digital printer, DaHe
International Advertising Group Company, has amassed 24 VUTEk large format
printers since the company was founded in 1994. Since then it has utilized
VUTEk’s high quality, high productivity benefits, enabling it to become market
leader in the Chinese large format print industry. As China’s most progressive
digital printer, Nanjing based DaHe has a production facility of almost 40,000m²,
with over 600 members of staff. Committed to growing both its business and its
profile within the digital sector, DaHe is rapidly dominating the Chinese and
Far East markets, solely with the use of its VUTEk equipment.
More information: www.vutek.com
All
you need, Aurelon offers integrated software suit for grafik application
COCO, SCREENCHECK, DESKCHECK, SIGNALIZE!,
ICISS are the names of the members of
Aurelon’s suite. It would burst the frame of the newsletter to tell you more
about each single product. Therefore we recommend to visit Aurelon’s homepage
where you find more information and demo versions.
More information: www.aurelon.com
Scitex begins
commercial deliveries of the Scitex XLjet
Following successful
beta sites at leading customers, Scitex Vision has commenced commercial
deliveries of the Scitex XLjet. Scitex Vision installed ten new systems in the
global market during the course of 2001. In addition, they accrued a
considerable backlog of machine orders for 2002. The Scitex XLjet is
exceptionally flexible, supporting easy switching from 4 to 6 colors and
printing on a variety of substrates including textiles. Different quality
demands can be met just as easily with close-viewing applications printed in
high quality mode and the Supertext feature for extra fine text and a
long-distance viewing application printed at high production rates. In
addition, this “king of versatility” can print double-sided as well as backlit
applications. PosterShop, the Onyx RIP now is being offered with the Scitex
XLjet. Another welcome addition is a new XL Textile mode added to the 4 modes
already available on the system; this mode is used for substrates that need to
absorb a lot of ink in order to achieve a glossy look. The improved software is
based on beta site customer feedback.
More information:
www.scitex.com
DPI-TEX a new Media for solvent based ink jet printing
In cooperation with Ibena Textilwerke Beckmann GmbH, Metocolor Germany based system integrator and partner of XES, Scitex,
Rastergraphics and other well known providers of printers, software and media
developed and market DPI-TEX. DPI-TEX is a
family of special coated textiles for solvent ink printing.
More information: www.metocolor.de
BASF presents
extended Helizarin pigment ink range at Heimtextil
According to the Ludwigshafen chemical company,
"a very high standard of fastness is achieved with the two new colorants
for digital inkjet printing on textiles, Brilliant Violet and Gold
Yellow." Like the other pigment inks of the Helizarin range, the two new
products hold their own with conventional printing colorants. The inks have
very good running properties. Downtime and cleaning effort were able to be
significantly reduced again, says BASF. With a total of ten different hues made
by BASF, the user can print an even greater range of shades than before. The
BASF range of performance chemicals for textiles includes standard products and
specialities for weaving and pretreatment, fluorescent brighteners, dyeing and
printing auxiliaries, coating products and finishing agents. BASF's distinctive
approach to integration in research, development and production – known in
German as "Verbund" – is also one of its particular strengths in
performance chemicals for textiles. Its leading position in providing solutions
to technical problems gives BASF and its customers a unique competitive
advantage.
More
information: www.basf.com/textile
Northstar drives up grand format quality with VUTEk UltraVu™ 5300
Start-up grand format digital printer Northstar
Imaging Solutions LLC, is enjoying success with its VUTEk UltraVu™ 5300.
Utilizing the UltraVu’s high quality print, Northstar beased in Detroit is
producing some of the cities most creative large format applications, including
building wraps and parade floats for this year’s nationally televised
‘America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade’. Working with the official Parade Studio,
Northstar has wrapped floats for companies including MTV/Nickolodean, Paramount
Pictures, Comcast Cable and Marshall Fields. In addition to this, Northstar has
also wrapped its own float, featuring a dance party theme hosted by a DJ from local radio station
‘Club WDRQ’.
More information: www.vutek.com
Fisher Textiles
introduces Mural Artist's Canvas for use In InkJet Printing
Fisher Textiles, providers of fabrics to the
textile industry for over 30 years, has introduced their new mural Artist
Canvas for use with grand format printers 80" to 126" in width. This
coated canvas can be printed using solvent ink to produce artist reproductions,
murals, signs, and banners. Style GF4308 is a 10oz 100% polyester canvas with a
primed acrylic ground canvas with Acid- Free sizing. Rolls are on 3" I.D.
cores and rolled with coating facing in.
More Information http://www.fishertextiles.com
Stiefel puts NUR Fresco HiQ 3200 on Map in Germany
Stiefel GmbH in Lenting, near Ingolstadt in
Germany, has put the NUR Fresco™ HiQ 3200 firmly on the map in the German large
format market, as the third company in the country to install the NUR Fresco
3.2 metre wide format digital production printer from NUR Macroprinters.
Celebrating its 21st anniversary this year, Stiefel has built a successful
international business on the production of printed wall maps. Through this
niche specialisation, the family business has established a strong network of
clients who now turn to Stiefel for a wide variety of advertising, promotional
and point-of-sale materials. From its origins in the education market,
Stiefel`s customer base has diversified and is now strongly rooted in the
advertising sector, even including major local retailers such as Mediamarkt,
Saturn and Bayva.
More information: www.nur.com
Service Bureaus lead the revenue picture
In their 2001 Wide-Format telephone survey,
Lyra gathered data from 100 photo labs, 100 sign shops, and 100 service bureaus
throughout the United States. They found that of the shops that answered the
revenue-related questions, 24 percent reported
revenue in excess of $1 million, while another 23 percent of the shops reported
revenue between $500,000 and $1 million. Thirty-five percent had revenue
between $100,000 and $500,000, and 18 percent had revenue less than $100,000.
Not surprisingly, those shops with more than
one wide-format printer were more likely to have higher annual revenues.
Three-quarters (75 percent) of shops with three or more wide-format printers
had revenue in excess of $500,000. It is an interesting correlation that the
shops with more wide-format printers are also the ones with greater revenues.
As a group, service bureaus reported the highest shop revenue. The median
revenue for service bureaus is $500,000 compared to $350,000 for sign shops and
$300,000 for photo labs. This is a median value, not an average. In each
category, there were a handful of shops with multimillion dollar annual
revenue. You can help and win by joining the survey!
More information: www.lyra.com and http://www.rresults.com/1680001/
SEAL Brands material handling device makes for light
SEAL Graphics are launching a range of Material
Handling Devices (MHD) ideal for use with their superwide liquid laminators.
The MHD’s are high speed industrial rewinders, that re-spool printed
or coated media from a printer or laminator’s take up roller onto a removable
aluminum core, leaving a professional, tightly wound roll of media which can
the easily transported to any desired location. Available
in three widths - 2.6m, 3.4m and 5m – capable of handling media from 2.6m to 5m
and up to 250lbs (113 kg), the AquaSEAL MHD perfectly compliment the widths of
the 3 AquaSEAL Superwide Liquid Laminators making them an ideal compatible
addition to the range.
More information: www.sealbrands.com
New Wide Format Barcode Printer offers lifetime warranty and low price
Extra-wide 8.6” printing, lifetime warranty and
low price characterize the new Pronto 843 barcode printer introduced by
QuickLabel Systems. The printer is engineered to print labels from 3” wide to
full 8.6” document-size for shipping, receiving, and compliance with AIAG,
ODETTE, and major retailer label format requirements.
Pronto 843 offers 40% greater print width, 50%
greater printhead resolution and price savings up to 50% or more over leading
brands. And, the QuickLabel Systems Pronto! Printer Family offers the only
lifetime warranty in the barcode printer industry.
With 300 dpi printhead resolution, the 843
exceeds the industry standard 203 dpi resolution, and prints small size fonts,
dense barcodes, and graphic-rich designs with amazing clarity. The 843 prints
labels from 3" wide to full 8.6” document-size width, exceeding the 6”
print width of standard “wide” barcode printers by more than 40%. On-demand
printing applications for the Pronto 843 include extra-large retail product
labels, warning and OSHA labels, warehouse management, pallet labels, paper and
film roll labels, and simultaneous multiple-up printing across the 8.6 inch
printhead.
More information: www.quicklabelsystems.com
In-store advertising cleans up with increased Sales in laundry category
In-store advertising propelled significant
sales growth in the laundry detergent category, according to results from the
supermarket phase of the POPAI study, “In-Store Advertising becomes a Measured Medium,” undertaken with the
Advertising Research Foundation.
Figures concerning proof of placement of
in-store ads show they were found on seven percent of product displays, and
almost 12 percent of the weekly brand placements at the main shelf. Consistent with other product categories
audited, the laundry sector saw tie-ins between in-store advertising at both
the product display and main shelf 26 percent of the time.
The study was conducted jointly with the
Advertising Research Foundation in a national sample of 250 supermarket
outlets. Data collection was done by
IRI; sponsors included: Anheuser-Busch, Frito-Lay, Procter & Gamble,
Pfizer/Warner-Lambert, Pepsi and Ralston-Purina.
More information:
http://www.popai.com
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