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CREACT KG, Linau; editor in chief: Susanne Aschoff Tuesday,
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Dear readers, here
you will find something about interesting innovations and news about Large
Format Printing. 1) EuroShop 2008 on course for success
More information: www.euroshop.de 2) FESPA: Program for Digital Textile Conference in GenevaFESPA has announced the conference program for its first-ever Digital Textile Conference (31st March to 1st April 2008). Entitled Digital Printing for Commercial Success, the conference will focus on both commercial and technical topics, examining market opportunities in the sector. Visitors will have the opportunity to hear a number of digital textile printing authorities, including Gerrit Koele, Mike Willis, Patti Williams and Stewart Partridge, examine a variety of issues, providing valuable insight into the sector. Delivered in partnership with industry publication Digital Textile e-Broadcast, the two-day conference brings together for the first time a significant number of speakers who are practicing textile printers. Digital pioneers from each of the main textile market areas, the speakers will discuss their businesses, assess the current stage of the industry’s development including commercial opportunities in this expanding market, as well as discussing future prospects. Visitors to the Digital Textile Conference (31st March to 1st April), taking place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, will be able to easily combine this valuable event with a visit to the FESPA DIGITAL PRINTING EUROPE 2008 exhibition (1st to 3rd April) held at the Palexpo exhibition centre, immediately adjacent to the hotel. Further program and booking details are available on the FESPA Digital web site at www.fespadigital.com, where delegates can book now. More information:
www.fespadigital.com Sincerely
Yours Susanne
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1) EuroShop 2008 on course for
success 2) FESPA: Program for Digital Textile Conference in
Geneva 3) GCC: StellarJET 183UV curable inkjet printer 4) Roland DG: Upgraded version of the XC-540
printer/cutter 5) EFI: Fiery XF printing solution released 6) Mimaki: New versions of RasterLink Pro and Profile
Master 7) Wasatch: COLORIP Upgrade released 8) SCP: reprocontrol.net 4.3 – A new milestone 9) ColorGATE PRODUCTIONSERVER –“Certified for HP
Z6100” 10) Gandinnovations: New range of Jeti Premium
UV-curable Inks 11) Megaink: BioMG Inks for Mutoh ValueJet Line
introduced 12) DuPont: Artistri inks are now available through OEM
partners 13) Sihl: New banner, poster, and photo papers 14) ILFORD: Galerie Gold Fibre Silk at Focus on Imaging
2008 15) Hexis: The third generation cast vinyl films 16) Sachsen Fahnen at EuroShop 17) Continental Grafix: Solution for new printing
technologies 18) CYTACK: Confident appearance with CYTACK
Floorgraphics 19) Spandex: Four new banner display systems 20) RATIO launches New Corporate Website 21) Xaar and Nazdar forge global Ink partnership 22) INTERGEO East: 19 to 20 February in Belgrade 23) Caldera: New sales managers, new support staffs 24) SA International: Mrs. Sarit Tichon new Senior Vice
President 25) BARBIERI appoints Mr. Wolfgang Passler 26) Lüscher: The extended management team Alphabetical index: BARBIERI (25), Caldera (23), ColorGATE (9), Continental Grafix (17), CYTACK (18), DuPont (12), EFI (5), EuroShop (1), FESPA (2), Gandinnovations (10), GCC (3), Hexis (15), ILFORD (14), INTERGEO East (22), Lüscher (26), Megaink (11), Mimaki (6), RATIO (20), Roland (4), Sachsen Fahnen (16), SA International (24), SCP (8), Sihl (13), Spandex (19), Wasatch (7), Xaar / Nazdar (21) |
3) GCC: StellarJET 183UV curable inkjet printerGCC, a global forefront equipment-manufacturing provider in the visual-tech industry, is proud to introduce a new addition to the StellarJET family – the StellarJET 183UV curable inkjet printer. GCC StellarJET 183UV is a top-performance UV curable inkjet printer designed to output high-resolution images, capable of printing directly on both rigid and flexible substrates up to 1830 mm (72 inches) width, and 25.4 mm (1 inch) thickness, giving printing speed up to 60 square meters per hour. It has a hybrid media handling system which includes a light built-in flatbed and a heavy duty auto roll-fed which prints on either long banners or adhesive vinyl. Furthermore, an additional extension table and a roll-to-roll take up system are also available to meet customers’ needs. Equipped with Konica Minolta Piezo printheads of drop-on-demand technology, the StellarJET 183UV achieves resolutions of 720x720 dpi and 1440 dpi with Lc (Light Cyan) and Lm (Light Magenta). This new model comes with 4 standard colors CMYK and added optional choices: White Solution, Varnish Solution, and Lc and Lm Solution to provide customers with extra versatilities. The StellarJET 183UV fulfills in a wide variety of Sign, POP and PFP applications, such as trade show exhibitions, signage, outdoor/indoor advertisements, decorative coating, packaging, and personalized gifts. More information:
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Roland
DG: Upgraded version of the XC-540 printer/cutter
Roland DG has introduced a powerful new version of its SOLJET PRO III XC-540 printer/cutter. The upgraded XC-540 features the new, revolutionary Roland Intelligent Pass Control technology and additional enhancements that deliver even higher levels of speed, print quality, and versatility. The SOLJET PRO III XC-540 printer/cutter is widely recognized for a wide vanity of applications, including partial and full vehicle wraps and graphics, signs, POP displays, banners, labels, decals and more. The new XC-540 features the company’s new Roland Intelligent Pass Control technology. This new tool doubles the XC-540’s productivity in Standard print mode on vinyl 1 for finished graphics that reflect the highest levels of print quality. Roland Intelligent Pass Control also enhances the print quality through even smoother gradation und flawless solid colors. More information:
www.rolanddg.be 5) EFI: Fiery XF printing solution releasedEFI, one of the leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, has announced the release of the production printing solution Fiery XF, providing leading-edge technology for the wide and superwide format printing market for both production and proofing requirements. Designed for print service providers, especially manufacturers of signs, displays and decor for indoor and outdoor use, Fiery XF delivers high-speed processing, exceptional color quality and increased productivity, as well as seamless connectivity to the broad EFI product portfolio. Fiery XF customers profit from current and future integration with other EFI products to streamline production workflows and increase productivity. Based on EFI’s proofing solution ColorProof XF and Bestcolor Technology, Fiery XF advantages EFI’s proofing competence for perfect colors. EFI Fiery XF offers intelligent Clean Color and Full Gamut Technology for brilliant print results for both production and proofing purposes in a complete cross-platform application. Clean Color directly addresses the specific color needs of the display graphics market for vivid, saturated color with pleasant modulation and clean appearance. More information:
www.efi.com 6) Mimaki: New versions of RasterLink Pro and Profile MasterMimaki Engineering announces the availability of Raster Link Pro III and Profile Master II. These greatly enhanced versions help printers to easily attend to everyday tasks such as advanced ICC profiling and printer equalization. Another new feature in RasterLink Pro III is smooth 16-bit rendering. Especially rapid gradations of tone values tended to show tone jumps in the past. This is now eliminated, as the new 16-bit rendering outputs smooth gradations. RasterLink Pro III also automatically converts users existing 8 bit profiles into new 16 bit profiles, suitable for both 8 bit and, of course, 16 bit rendering. Despite the additional RIP processing required for 16-bit rendering overall RIP thoughput is maintained or even improved. Mimaki’s White Layer Print functionality has also been enhanced. Prints on transparent materials are printed simultaneously with white either underneath or over the image to create very vivid and beautiful prints. Within Mimaki Profile Master II the new calibration and equalization functions offer printers a new threshold of printing accuracy and consistency. Traditionally print head replacement results in slight color variations. Profile Master II takes care of this and calibrates your printer in such a way that these differences are detected and adjusted, so that every print looks the same – even after print head changes. RasterLink ProIII is in the box with every purchase of JV33 series (JV33-130/JV33-160) and JV5 series (JV5-130/JV5-160/JV5-320) printers. More information:
www.mimakieurope.com 7) Wasatch: COLORIP Upgrade releasedWasatch Computer Technology has released the Wasatch COLORIP Upgrade, offering additional capabilities and compatibility to thousands of Roland owners around the world. With it, COLORIP users gain support of the latest file formats and operating systems, third party media profiles and premium features including 16-bit color, direct to layout workflows, and pre-RIP nesting. Previous releases of COLORIP they based it on 8-bit rendering. Wasatch’s new 16-bit color pipeline maintains color data to produce output that is truly faithful to the original source image. With the Wasatch COLORIP Upgrade, you can use the traditional COLORIP workflow or streamline your production with the new Wasatch layout designer. The SoftRIP Direct-to-Layout Workflow uses the full width of the media as a digital canvas. SoftRIP’s Smart Nesting tools create efficient layouts automatically, whether you prepare your images directly in the layout window or hold single jobs to arrange later. Smart Nesting with auto-rotation change image orientation to effortlessly maximize media savings. More information:
www.wasatch.com 8) SCP: reprocontrol.net 4.3 – A new milestoneThe new version of SCP’s signature product, reprocontrol.net 4.3, has just been released to praise from all quarters, and presents numerous innovations which will particularly interest service-providers and companies searching for the perfect workflow solution. Version 4.3 will become a benchmark for the industry. This new release also signifies a singular advance in the worldwide reputation of reprocontrol.net as a top all-round performer. Version 4.3 has been successfully certified for the HP DesignJet Z 6100. A particularly notable advance is the further development of the inbuilt spectrometer support, saving the user vast amounts of time in color calibration. reprocontrol.net 4.3 offers optional extras such an integrated Windows printer-driver for direct printing from all Windows applications, and an uncomplicated scanner connection through windows client enabling the sending of copy jobs within a print set. They have developed a customizable transmittal sheet, which allows the user to integrate their own business logo. More information:
www.reprocontrol.net and www.scp.de 9) ColorGATE PRODUCTIONSERVER –“Certified for HP Z6100”Three stars six times over, which means the best marks in all disciplines. It was ColorGATE PRODUKTIONSERVER (explicitly in combination with the Profiler-Module) that accomplished this amazing feat. Now the ColorGATE flagship bears the “Certified for HP Z6100” seal as the best offer currently available on the market. The compatibility criteria for the unique HP certification program covers printing performance, the use of the integrated spectro photometer, support of HP media for printing quality, reports on printer status, printing job registration and printing job termination. Based on the results of the latest HP Designjet compatibility test for PRODUCTIONSERVER 5.x (explicitly in combination with the Profiler-Module), it looks like this mission has been accomplished: Fully automatic ICC profiling in less than 20 minutes to achieve optimal color reproduction and consistency. The ColorGATE driver for the spectro photometer permanently integrated into the HP system makes it possible. It is also ideal for perfect film production or proofing applications, when ColorGATE uses the integrated measuring tool for DeviceLink optimization for automatic media-wedge evaluation. More information:
www.colorgate.com 10) Gandinnovations: New range of Jeti Premium UV-curable InksGandinnovations has launched a new range of Jeti Premium UV-curable Inks. These specially formulated inks have been developed and manufactured by Gandinnovations, in collaboration with its OEM partners worldwide, for use in their famous Jeti Flatbed Series Printers. The new UV-curable inks exhibit excellent flexibility and superior adhesion to polymeric substrates like acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), coroplast, polycarbonate, polystyrene, different grades of PVC, polyolefins, polyesters and many others. These new UV inks will guarantee the customer’s finished printed product, whether it is on roll stock or rigid substrate, does not peel, flake or chip when cut on automated dye cutter or router machine. These new Premium UV-curable inks are a unique 100% solvent-free formulation using only the safest radiation curable raw materials that does not result in the emission of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This makes them both safe to use and environmentally friendly reducing worker exposure to hazardous substances and environmental pollution. The Jeti Premium UV-curable Inks are manufactured using only the most lightfast pigments such as those used in the automotive industry, which make the inks suitable for use on outdoor displays such as billboards, automotive decorations and vehicle wraps. These new Premium UV-curable Inks sets also yield a wider color gamut which includes white and clear for unique applications. More information:
www.gandinnovations.com 11) Megaink: BioMG Inks for Mutoh ValueJet Line introducedMegaink has announced in these days the latest product in its arsenal of hard-hitting innovations, BioMG inks for the Mutoh line of ValueJet printers. The inks come in cyan, magenta, yellow and black. This new development is particularly significant for smaller shops that are likely to use one of the ValueJet printers. Launched just a few months ago, Megaink’s BioMG digital printing and high performance inks have been developed from renewable resources rather than traditional chemical solvents, using Bio Solvent based pigmented digital printing fluid. BioMG 440 ml ink cartridges are available for the Mutoh ValueJet 1204/48”, ValueJet 1604/64”, and the ValueJet 2606/100” as well as for Mimaki and Roland printers. More information:
www.megaink.biz 12) DuPont: Artistri inks are now available through OEM partnersDuPont Digital Printing has displayed its full line of DuPont Artistri inks for digital direct-to-textile printing at the Imprinted Sportswear Show (ISS) in January in Long Beach, California. As announced in October 2007, Artistri digital ink technology, previously available only as part of the DuPont Artistri digital printing for textiles system, will now be available broadly through select OEM partners and others. “We were very excited to have presented our total ink portfolio to visitors at ISS and to showcased how these well-proven inks have demonstrated commercial success, day after day, in multiple textile applications,” said Michael Lazzara, business manager, Artistri. “Our Artistri P5000 ink sets for direct-to-garment printing is particularly well suited to the ISS audience due to the outstanding white ink and process colors that deliver rich long-lasting color.” DuPont has leveraged a long history in textiles together with its core competencies in ink, polymer and color technologies. DuPont designed Artistri inks especially for direct-to-garment and roll-to-roll digital printing on a wide variety of fabric types for printers using piezo-electric print heads. More information:
www.dupont.com 13) Sihl: New banner, poster, and photo papers
More information: www.sihlgroup.com 14) ILFORD: Galerie Gold Fibre Silk at Focus on Imaging 2008ILFORD
announced a few days ago its presence at Focus on Imaging (24th - 27th
February, Birmingham N.E.C) where the company will showcase its Galerie range
including the award winning GALERIE Gold media. ILFORD will be present on the
stand of their exclusive Distributor for the More information:
www.ilford.com and www.johnsons-photopia.co.uk 15) Hexis: The third generation cast vinyl filmsHexis, manufacturer of self-adhesive vinyl with headquarters in France, announced the launch of their third generation of high performance cast vinyl films for cutting plotters. The HX10000 carries enhanced 50 µm cast vinyl film and now comes with the proven structured PE-coated liner with Hex’Press adhesive technology. Because of this extreme flexibility and conformability, this cast vinyl ensures fast and risk free transfers and is particularly recommended for long-term applications on complex and compound curved surfaces such as full vehicle wraps. The adhesive compound facilitates air egress and makes the product repositionable during application while allowing convenient elimination of any folds or air bubbles. The product provides an exceptional outdoor durability of up to ten years and is thus the ideal high-end solution for difficult curved substrates and rivets and all substrates with long life cycles. The new HX10000 replaces the previous KG10000 series and is available in 60 high-gloss colors. The roll size is 30 m long and 1230 mm wide. More information:
www.hexisgroup.com 16) Sachsen Fahnen at EuroShopSachsen Fahnen will be presenting some new products at EuroShop: Used as decorative design elements at the POS, Dekoflag L indoor banners perfectly present the advertising message and create a convenient atmosphere at the same time. You can create interesting 3D effects by combination with other materials. Contour Displays are the new XXL solution for Shopping Centers and Fairs. With Easy Display, Roll Up and X-Display the advertising become customer oriented, professional and presented in a modern design. These displays convince with easy handling and flexible use. Table displays and Bowflag® T are the perfect way for mobile advertising on tables, bars and counters. They are perfect for the presentation of frequently changing offers. Sachsen Fahnen is world wide one of the biggest and most modern printers of promotional textiles with a production site of more than 16.000 square meters. The product range comprises advertising flags and banners, large format prints and numerous accessories. Depending on size and quantity, prints are realized in chemical screen dye or digital printing delivering highest quality. EuroShop: hall 3, booth F 63 More information:
www.sachsenfahnen.com 17) Continental Grafix: Solution for new printing technologiesContinental Grafix, European manufacturer of high quality “one way vision” products, evidences once again its reactivity and presence in this market. The users of self-adhesive window films have experienced the same problem when printing them with UV curing inks. The holes were clogged in most cases and the printed image has become useless. Continental Grafix offers an alternative with polyester liner for this problem. Nearly all window films on the European market are provided with a paper liner on the reverse side. The depth of the hole features in those cases exactly the thickness of the film. Continental Grafix though already has figured out the solution for this problem. For the majority of qualities and perforations the company can offer alternatives with polyester or laminated liner. Herewith it solved this problem. These both alternatives have the great advantage that there is an extra perforated backing material on the self-adhesive film before laminating it with a polyester liner or with a “hot melt paper”. The deepness of the hole gets bigger due to that additional process. As this window films show a thickness between 120 and 145 microns, it results with 160 to 185 microns holes where the ink can settle in before curing. There is no more bridging problem and no more clogged holes. EuroShop: hall 5, booth A 47 More information:
www.continentalgrafix.com 18) CYTACK: Confident appearance with CYTACK FloorgraphicsThe Floorgraphics laminates Cypreme starlight and Cybase starlight assure a confident appearance of CYTACK up to now. Cypreme starlight is an 80µm sand-structured and scratch-resistant laminate fitted with a permanent dispersion adhesive and reached the quality class R10 concerning anti-slip property. The 100µm soft-PVC based laminate Cybase starlight with a sand-structured surface and also with a scratch-resistant surface reached the quality class R9. The certificate has been issued by the BGIA (professional association for occupational health and safety). This year Cytack will present all further innovation on the FESPA Digital Printing Europe 2008. More information:
www.cytack.com 19) Spandex: Four new banner display systemsSpandex has announced the introduction of four innovative banner display systems to complement its extensive sign system portfolio. The easy-to-use and highly transportable products are designed for use in various exhibition and retail environments and comprise of the Banner-Fix Display, Stand-Up Display, Roll-Up Display and Motorized Scrolling Display systems. Each of the new display solutions has been tested to ensure complete compatibility with a number of high performance materials from Spandex’s ImagePerfect Digital media range, as well as with other major material suppliers. Print profiles for all of these materials are available from Spandex to ensure suitability for use with many wide-format digital inkjet printers. More information:
www.spandex.com 20) RATIO launches New Corporate WebsiteThe Germany-based software developer RATIO highlights its increased capabilities and proficiency in Large Format with a newly designed website. A user-friendly homepage offers clear and transparent navigation to all visitors. New customers and dealers have the opportunity to find lots of information on all RATIO products. Detailed information on the plot-management solutions PLOTBASE|PM, PLOTBASE|3 and CAD|STATION are available as well as a comprehensive description of ARCBASE|5, the Large Format archiving solution. Also, all RATIO products can now be activated via www.ratio.de. New on www.ratio.de is the extensive OEM-area where RATIO presents its longstanding know-how as a successful OEM partner for hardware manufacturers. With its core competence in developing hard- and software innovations to make Large Format Printing more efficient, RATIO is your partner for all steps from defining initial requirements up to logistics and after-sales maintenance. More information:
www.ratio.de 21) Xaar and Nazdar forge global Ink partnershipNazdar is the latest ink manufacturer to become a Xaar Approved Ink Partner and supports Xaar's strategy to give end users the freedom to select from a wide range of approved inks. "We are delighted to be working with Nazdar", says Jill Woods, Ink Product Manager at Xaar. "We feel Nazdar's strategies are a good strategic fit with our own policies. We are both very dedicated to delivering high-quality inks to the market." Xaar is also pleased to announce that Nazdar has achieved Xaar 'Approved' status for its range of high-performance Nazdar Lyson 7150F UV and 7340F UV Curable Flexible Series Digital Imaging Inks for use with Xaar 500/40 printheads. Nazdar's inks sold to OEM's, and those also sold under the Lyson digital ink brand, incorporate premium grade pigments and resins to ensure superior outdoor durability, plus superior pigment dispersion technology to allow optimum printing performance. Actual and accelerated weather testing has demonstrated that Nazdar inkjet inks withstand two years exterior exposure without a significant change in density or colour variance. In keeping with its commitment to provide quality products to the graphic communications industry, Nazdar offers two separate limited warranties to provide customer assurance that the inks will perform reliably during the printing process and on finished graphics. More information:
www.nazdar.com and www.xaar.com 22) INTERGEO East: 19 to 20 February in BelgradeINTERGEO East will take place from 19 to 20 February in
the Serbian capital, Belgrade, and is attracting representatives from across
the land management geoinformation and building industries. More than 80
exhibitors will converge on a display area of around 1,500 sqm. The products
and solutions offered by these international companies will factor in the
trend towards the development and usage of increasingly expert data. INTERGEO
East is the industry’s largest trade fair and congress in More information:
www.intergeo-east.com 23) Caldera: New sales managers, new support staffs
More information: www.caldera.eu 24) SA International: Mrs. Sarit Tichon new Senior Vice PresidentSA International (SAi), leading provider of Software
Solutions for the Professional Sign Making, Digital Printing, Proofing and
CAD/CAM for CNC Manufacturing industries, has announced the appointment of
Mrs. Sarit Tichon to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Before this
position, Mrs. Tichon held the position of General Manager of SA
International Europe (SAE), SA International’s European subsidiary that was
established in January 2001 to manage More information:
www.saintl.biz 25) BARBIERI appoints Mr. Wolfgang PasslerBARBIERI electronic announces the appointment of Mr. Wolfgang Passler as International Marketing and Sales Manager. "Wolfgang Passler during the past 4 years has been responsible for international marketing and worked side by side with Marco Foglietti, the former Sales Manager who now went in retirement. Wolfgang has shown good capabilities in communication and has an innovative approach in international business relations. He is now fully prepared to take over the responsibility as Marketing and Sales Manager. I wish Wolfgang a good start in the new position and I am sure he will give an excellent support to our valuable representative, customer and partners”, says Mr. Stefan Barbieri, General Manager of BARBIERI electronic. BARBIERI electronic was founded in 1983 as a manufacturer of densitometers for quality control in photographic processing. In the year 1997 BARBIERI electronic expand their product range with spectrophotometers and software for color management in the digital imaging. Since some years BARBIERI electronic produce special solutions for the large format, wide format and flatbed printing market. Products are sold all over the world either through distributors to the end-user or directly to OEM-customers. More information:
www.barbierielectronic.com 26) Lüscher: The extended management team
More information: www.luescher.com Good bye Yours
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