Actual News about Large Format Printing
A free of charge information service
Distributor: CREACT, Hamburg
Published by: Neun Punkt GbR, Hamburg
2002-03-01
Dear Readers, dear friends,
Short month but due to up coming shows all over
the world, there are a lot of information available. Some make it worth to
spend some more words, so my intro is a bit shorter today.
Nevertheless we were not able to take each and
publish it for you, even we have spent lots of hours “scanning” the internet
pages. Dear suppliers, users, readers, everybody its on you to make the life
for us a bit easier by sending the news direct to our email address. Keep in
mind, there is DPI, CeBIT, IPEX, etc., etc.
If you don’t find the time to visit all shows,
we do our best to collect all the news for you and link you to the concerning
companies and web pages.
Enjoy the information!
Wolfgang Hey
1.) Colorspan offers special bundle until end of March!!
Buy a bundle and save money now ! Our performance bundle starting at
12'499 Euros come complete with an award-winning DisplayMaker 8- or 12. color
printer or a Mach 12, a full set of EnduraChrome Inks, two full width rolls of
our NEW 9mil glossy photobase and a hardware or software RIP. With a fast
return on investment and enough ink to produce 8'600 square meter of
high-quality output, you'll be making a saving for holidays in no time !
More information: http://www.Colorspan.com
2) Smart Paper production will start in Ann Arbor
Gyricon Media to Transfer Headquarters and Open New Manufacturing Plant
Gyricon Media, Inc., a provider of SmartPaper(tm) innovations and signage
solutions, has announced that they will transfer their headquarters and open a
manufacturing plant in AnnArbor, Michigan to capture the significant interest
from the marketplace in electronic paper and signage solutions. Gyricon Media
Inc. was founded in 2000, after being spun off from Xerox. This shift to Ann
Arbor signifies the next phase of Gyricon's business plan and will be
accompanied by a new management team to handle the business in Michigan, as
well as the company's existing Palo Alto and Boston offices. The manufacturing
plant will be home to the production of patented SmartPaper and signs for
commercialisation across various industries, including the retail marketplace,
which has been highly receptive to Gyricon's product line. The plant, opening
in May 2002, is expected to create more than 500 jobs by 2004.
More information: http://www.gyriconmedia.com
3) Arkwright stays ahead with new developments for inkjet Paper and
Films
On CeBIT Arkwright will show the latest Paper and Film technology, that
is suitable for all important printers and inks. Waterresistant, Laminability,
Color stability and Gamut, Flexibillity. Those important parameters for
productivity have made enormous progress. Further also cost has been reduced
considerably, and our microporous and resin coated photopapers are now more
economical as ever. Arkwright is the most important producer of digital inkjet
papers and films in USA, and has its own offices and distribution in Europe for
quick customer service and short delivery times. Of course you are interested
now to learn more about those products and Arkwright. Visiting the Arkwright booth C27, hall 23 at CeBIT, 13-20 March 2002, is a
must.
More
information: sales@Arkwright-eur.com
4) ONYX Graphics release version 5.6 of Postershop
Several years ago when the company still was
owned by Chuck Edwards, Onyx Graphics introduced Postershop. First there was
only one version but due to changing demands of the market, Onyx added a server
as well as a light version. Introducing release 5.6 Onyx now redesigned the
entire product family. For more information visit Onyx’s homepage shown below.
Onyx also introduced the driver pack for Mimaki JV4. The printer driver can be
downloaded from ftp.onyxgfx.com/P/Mimaki/V5_6/Mimaki_JV4.exe. The driver can be
used only if license ($495) fee is paid. Driver includes profile for Synthetic
Paper, Backlit Film, Pet Gloss and Photo Paper. 90 profiles and the related
driver is available now for the Encad 880 series for 5.6 Workflow products too.
Ask local dealer for more details.
More Information: www.onyxgfx.com
5) GBC introduced a new series of laminators, the Falcon 60/80
GBC Films Group Europe, introduced a new family
of heat activated Low-Melt Films (Octiva) accompanied by a new range of wide
format laminators, the Falcon 60/80+. Main
advantage of the low temperature films will be seen when ink jet prints are
laminated. Due to fact hat the new films only need 75°C the water based inks
will not be boiled. So no bubbles will come up. The films are available with
different surfaces like Octiva HA Light Crystal, Octiva
HA Crystal matt, Octiva HA Light Barrier, Octiva HA Grey Barrier as well as a
new line of Octiva HA UV Lo-Melt films. The
Falcon 80+ DH is the newest version of GBC’s successful range of wide format
laminators. It offers a lot of new features and therefore a lot of new
opportunities for finishing departments.
More information: www.gbcfilm.com
6)
PRO SIGN, International Trade Fair for Advertising Techniques and Digital
Printing
The success of a trade fair depends in no small
part on attracting the right visitors. The results of the latest AUMA (German
exhibition and trade fair committee) survey show that trade fairs are extending
their scope and are increasingly functioning as jobs markets. Pupils, students
and trainees constitute nine percent of the visitors to trade fairs on average.
Encouraged by the experience at VisCom 2001, PRO SIGN - the international trade
fair for advertising techniques and digital printing - will be featuring an
expanded Education Pavilion of 186 m² in Hall 1.1 of the Frankfurt Exhibition
Centre from 14 - 16 November 2002. Admission to this pavilion is free of charge
and it is aimed at all initial and further training institutions and colleges
offering courses in signmaking, media design and design. The purpose of the
Education Pavilion is to provide a forum which offers graduates an ideal
opportunity to present themselves and make contacts. A further aim is to
encourage the industry to take on more young trainees once again. At the same
time the exhibitors and visitors find out just what innovative potential and qualities
the new generation of designers has to offer. In addition to this event,
several speeches and presentation concerning new technologies, basic knowledge
etc. will be held in a special area. For those companies being interested to
use this tool are invited to mail Wolfgang.Hey@creact.com.
Further information will be available with next release of our newsletter. The
show will take place in Halls 1.1. and 1.2 of Frankfurt Exhibition Centre,
Germany.
More
information: www.prosign-messe.de
7) Top Coating – a New innovation from Multi-fix – Business Unit Digital
Printing
This Top Coated Film – Multi-jet 1500 – can be
printed with pigment as well as with dye based inks. The special Top Coat has
an absorption of inks up to 295% and allows the immediate drying of the inks on
the surface. Multi-jet is compatible with a numerous of printers such as Epson,
Encad, HP, Canon, Roland, Lexmark, Mutoh …Furthermore, the intensive white
finish allows the colours appear very brilliant and intensive. The film has a
good resistance against fingerprints, scratches and moisture. It can be stabilised and UV protected. It is
developed specially for the indoor and outdoor use without special over
lamination. If an overlamination is necessary, Multi-jet can be used for hot-
or cold lamination. There is a various range of applications. Multi-jet can be
used for example for sign making, POS-advertisements, Posters and exhibition
posters or Pop up displays.
More information: www.multi-fix.com
8) Scitex Vision America Opens New Subsidiary in Mexico
Scitex Vision announced the opening of a brand
new subsidiary in Mexico. Over recent years, Scitex Vision has conducted its
operations and sales in Mexico through a local distributor. From now on, Scitex
Vision Mexico (SVM) will be responsible for all local operations, functioning
as a daughter company of Scitex Vision America (SVA). Gal Bachar has been
appointed as General Manager of Scitex Vision Mexico. During November, Scitex
Vision Mexico had the opportunity of displaying its colors at the Image World
exhibition in Mexico City’s World Trade Center. Scitex Vision demonstrated multi-roll printing with the inovative
Scitex XLjet 3 and printed hundreds of Mexican flags with the Scitex Grandjet
S2, in honor of the upcoming World Cup playoffs between Mexico and Honduras.
More
information: www.scitexvision.com
9) Sihl to introduce “digital imaging product
sheets”
There are a lot of good media available but if you need special media
with guaranteed features you should use well documented media. To meet this
demand Sihl offers 1 professional photo paper range, 3 lines, 8 products. All
media are well described in the Digital Imaging Product Sheet, were you find
weight, thickness, opacity gloss level, media color, etc. Using these
information, you are on the safety side, every time.
More information: www.sihl.ch
10) Mutoh unveils Toucan high-end outdoor printer series
MUTOH Europe N.V. announces its new NX-Pro
Toucan large-format colour production inkjet printers for outdoor applications.
This new MUTOH printer product will be an addition to the existing Mutoh
PJ-1304NX 54” sized Albatros solvent-based inkjet printer, of which more than
600 units have been sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in three years
time. Using the very latest developments in drop-on-demand piezo inkjet
technology, Mutoh’s Toucan series printers will consist of two models : Toucan
64” (1626 mm) and Toucan 87” (2210 mm). The Toucan 64” is equipped with four
colour channels (C, M, Y, K) with a maximum print width of 1600 mm and a top
printing speed of 37,1 m² per hour. The Toucan 87” offers four/six colour
channels (C, M, Y, K, Lc, Lm), with a print width of 2159 mm and a top speed of
79.1 m² per hour. The machines offer multiple print modes, i.e. a high speed
print mode (360 x 180 dpi), a production print mode (360 x 360 dpi) and a high
quality print mode (360 x 720 dpi). Using extremely durable and reliable
piezo-electric drop-on-demand inkjet heads and specifically developed
high-quality double-density solvent-based inks, Toucan printers create signage
for long-term outdoor application. The MUTOH Toucan solvent-based inks allow
users to print directly onto a wide selection of low-cost uncoated materials,
such as scrim vinyl, PVC adhesive film, banner, backlit, mesh ... Because
Toucan inks are waterproof and highly abrasion and UV–resistant, printed images
can last outdoors for up to three years, without lamination…even on
inexpensive, uncoated materials. Inks are moreover supplied in bulk ink tanks,
which are refillable on the fly and contain two liters per colour, allowing for
large autonomy and unattended printing. See the printers at CeBIT Hannover, Hall 23, Booth B22.
More
information: www.mutoh.be
11) SCP Software at CeBIT 2002
SCP
Software, the German specialist for digital large-format copy and print
solutions, will show the new generation of their RIP software - DaylightRIP II
- at CeBIT 2002 in Hannover, Germany. The new software has a completely renewed
color engine which fully supports L*a*b color space. In addition to SCP's own
closed-loop calibration method, the new DaylightRIP II offers the possibility
of color calibration with a spectro-photometer for best results. The profiles,
which come with the software, and which may also be obtained via SCP's website,
were produced with this high-end calibration method. The software also has a
new RIP-server, which supports multiple queues in order to enhance flexibility
and to boost productivity. New is also a Client which, functioning as a
convenient local front-end that controls the server from the user's
workstation, offers an alternative to a PPD driver. Additionally, SCP is going
to show a new flavor of their scan-to-print solution Colorado. This software
will be marketed in relation to new scanner hardware. Both the new scanner hardware
and the software will be publicly shown at CeBIT for the first time. At CeBIT 2002, SCP will exhibit in hall 23, booth A51 Additionally, SCP solutions
will be demonstrated at the following partner booths: Canon, hall 1, booth 5b2,
Dr.Doc, hall 1, booth 2d16, Hewlett Packard, hall 23, booth A10, and Seiko,
hall 23, booth B45.
More
information: www.scp.de
12) NUR Macroprinters
ships FabriGraph for textile dye sublimation applications
NUR Macroprinters announced that first customer
shipments of the NUR FabriGraph(tm) series of production wide format inkjet
printers for textile dye sublimation applications, introduced in November 2001,
have commenced following successful Beta testing. Both the NUR FabriGraph
DS1500 (5 feet or 1,5 meters wide) and the DS3200 (10,5 feet or 3,2 meters
wide) models are available now for commercial shipment. Beta testing of the NUR
FabriGraph 3200 was recently completed at Fabric Images of Elgin, Illinois. Elgin
found that NUR FabriGraph's wide format is critical because it's reduced the
finishing time by 30%. This is a key factor for cost-effective fabric banner
production. NUR FabriGraph(tm) is a series of production-level wide format
inkjet printers designed specifically for textile applications. NUR
Macroprinters believes that its NUR FabriGraph line offers the highest
productivity levels of any digital dye sublimation device in the market today.
Adapted for dye sublimation inks, and based on NUR Macroprinters' market
leading wide-format digital printing technology, the product line includes the
NUR FabriGraph DS3200 10.5 ft. (3,5m) wide machine and the NUR FabriGraph
DS1500 5 ft. (1,5 meters) wide machine.
More information: www.NUR.com
13) Plakativ dominates Austrian large format market with new VUTEk
UltraVu™ 3360 EC
Austrian
large format specialist Plakativ Xlarge Printing, has installed a VUTEk
UltraVu™ 3360 EC. Purchased specifically to serve the Austrian indoor large
format market, Plakativ’s new 3m press has printed stage backgrounds for the
Salzburg Music Festival and its many high quality productions. As one of
Plakativ’s fastest growing markets, the backgrounds produced for the Salzburg Music
Festival were a good example of its new capability. Using its high quality and
reliability benefits, the UltraVu 3360 EC produced backgrounds for one of the
festivals more famous productions, Macbeth. The Macbeth background’s were
designed to look like traditional hand painted theatre scenes – but with all
the financial and time advantages of a more modern production method, digital
inkjet.
More
information: www.vutek.com
14) Scitex Printer’s World Launches New Promo-Fleet Graphic Media
Promo-fleet graphics for buses, trucks, taxis,
trains and trams is a booming trend. Many companies are seeking to promote
their business on mass transit fleets with eye-catching and smart graphics.
Scitex Printer’s World (SPW) new promo-fleet graphic media now allows customers
to print fleet graphics digitally and seamlessly. SPW (Scitex Printer’s World)
has developed a new 100-micron film with excellent ink adhesion, yet removable,
high quality and high durability. A special paper liner facilitates easy
handling and maximum efficiency, with no need for application tape, and no
waste when loading or printing. The film’s high opacity results in the vibrant
and striking images which never fail to capture public attention. In addition,
the adhesive film can be removed from the surface very easily within six months
of installation. The new promo-fleet graphic film is especially suited to a
range of Scitex Vision printing systems, including the Scitex Pressjet, Idanit
Novo, Scitex Grandjet and the Scitex XLjet.
More
information: www.scitexvision.com
15) IDEAL.com Introduces a "Scan-to-CAD" Version 5.0
Scan-to-CAD is a system for scanning,
organizing, network viewing, and editing large format scanned drawings. This
"Scan-to-CAD" system is targeted to Architects, Engineers, and
Construction industries and includes more functionality to leverage drawing
images and data enterprise wide. It consists of an IDEAL 40" wide
monochrome scanner with scanning, indexing, intelligent raster editing, and
network viewing software. Users can scan and index in one step for easy
retrieval. Once the drawings are scanned, users can edit these raster images
with the same ease that they edit vector images. The search and replace
capabilities recognize arbitrary raster symbols and match them against
predefined templates. The new "Scan-to-CAD" Scanning System allows
immediate network viewing of the scanned images using a standard web-browser.
This new "Scan-to-CAD" system has little impact on network traffic.
More information: www.ideal.com or email Kathy
Magenheim at kmagenheim@ideal.com
16)
Pictographics Releases iCorrect EditLab Color Editing Software
Pictographics International Corporation, has released
iCorrect EditLab, a color correction and color editing plug-in for Adobe
Photoshop and Jasc Paint Shop Pro. "With iCorrect EditLab, Pictographics
has taken the break through technology of its award-winning iCorrect
Professional to a whole new level. iCorrect EditLab begins by making the color
right, and ends with making the color even better", according to Wayne
Huelskoetter, president. iCorrect EditLab brings very sophisticated color
editing tools to digital imaging enthusiasts of all levels. Because it treats color in more familiar
terms such as hue, saturation, brightness and contrast, iCorrect EditLab is
very intuitive and easy-to-use. Working in Auto mode, iCorrect EditLab
automatically analyzes an image and sequentially sets each of its four color
control areas to an optimum starting point.
All that's left is the much simpler job of making small refinements.
More
information: www.picto.com
17)
Find all about BASF textile solution, Focused solutions for customers
BASF has been the
textile industry's expert partner in the field of textile chemicals for many
decades. Our concepts for sizing, pretreatment, fluorescent brighteners, dyeing
auxiliaries, finishing and textile printing offer high-quality chemicals for
textile processing. We are one of the world's top international companies. With
our Ultraphor® brand for polyester and its blends with cellulosic
fibres we lead the world in fluorescent brighteners. Innovative solutions to
problems are our speciality - a decided competitive advantage for our
customers. A few examples: ink-jet inks for digital textile printing,
eco-efficient sizes, and product packages for shorter pretreatment and dyeing
processes. As a competitive partner to the textile industry, we have marketing
companies in most countries of the world. In addition, you will find our
technical service centres and production sites across the globe.
More information:
http://www.basf.de/en/produkte/farbmittel/farben/textil/
18) Lectra Announces Launch of First Cutting System Designed
Specifically for the Furniture and Furnishings Market
This news is a bit beside our traditional area
but as long as services come together very fast and very closely, also a look
to the special textile industry will be allowed, maybe it’s worth for you:
Lectra has announced the launch of the new VectorFurniture
range at the Hickory Furniture Suppliers Show. The VectorFurniture is Lectra’s
first cutting solution developed to meet the precise requirements of the
furniture and furnishings industry. Solutions specifically developed for
integrating the global process of furniture and furnishings professionals,
Lectra has built upon the success of its Vector cutting system with enhanced
technology that meets the specific demands of the furniture and furnishings
industry. The VectorFurniture is pre-configured and optimized for furniture
applications to help reduce manufacturing costs, improve quality and increase
production. The VectorFurniture range offers enhanced technological innovations
that include. 
VectorFurniture is capable of cutting plies that range from single-ply
to 2.7 inches high of compressed materials, and is available in three versions:
VectorFurniture2500 – customized for the furniture and upholstery industries
and dedicated to just-in-time production for small to medium runs;
VectorFurniture5000 – tailored for large spreads and harder fabrics;
VectorFurniture7000 – designed for high-volume production needs. The
VectorFurniture range is fully compatible with Lectra’s Mosaic fabric matching
options, which include auto adjustment for bow and skew, repeat variations and
fully automated motif recognition.
More
information: www.lectra.com
19) Kodak Finalizes Encad Acquisition, Forming Encad, Inc. - A Kodak
Company
ROCHESTER, N.Y., and SAN DIEGO, CA., (January
23, 2002) -- Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) announced today that it has
finalized the acquisition of Encad, Inc., forming Encad, Inc., A Kodak Company.
The entity is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kodak that is focused exclusively on
the wide-format inkjet printing industry. The purchase price was approximately
$25 million, paid with Kodak stock. The acquisition makes Encad, Inc. one of the
largest sellers of wide-format inkjet products, a $2.4 + billion output market
growing at approximately 15% annually. The new company is a complete
wide-format inkjet resource and provides customers with a full set of
offerings, including inkjet printers, inks, media, software, and service. By
combining Kodak's leading-edge printer technology, heritage in ink, media,
imaging and color science with Encad's pioneering wide-format expertise and
industry relationships, Encad, Inc. offers a portfolio of solutions unmatched
within the wide-format inkjet industry.
More information: www.KODAK.com
20) News from INCA
Inca Digital will be exhibiting at Ipex 2002 and you can find Inca in Hall 5 - Stand (5-494). They will be showing their
latest developments in hardware and components, so if you would like to arrange
a meeting with Inca, please let them know. The first Eagle 44 is now up and
running at Cable Imaging in Minneapolis, with the next few machines already on
their way to their new US homes. Tech Service International (TSI) are providing
US support alongside Inca engineers.
More
information: www.incadigital.com
21) Gyricon Media releases Maestroware™ v1.0
Gyricon Media, Inc., announced today the
release of Maestroware™ v1.0, an innovative, scalable client-server technology
for the design, wireless transmission and real-time management of dynamic
screen display and advertising content. It is a technology that will
revolutionize the display landscape of single retail stores and entire retail
chains. MaestroWare v1.0 supports the easy content management of every sign or
other display, including TV monitors and touch-screens, in its network. It
seamlessly accesses product descriptions and prices from an existing retail
database and supports the scheduling of display content, network-wide, from
minutes to years in advance, based on retail requirements such as promotional
plans, sales, events and price changes. MaestroWare v1.0 supports the
MaestroSign™ family, which includes SmartPaper media and S.A.M.™, the Shopper's
Answer Machine. Stores using S.A.M. provide their customers with instant
answers to questions about products in a store.
More information: www.gyriconmedia.com
22) IT Strategies investigated the
textile markets
The tradition textile market produced over $43
billion in WW billings last year, apparel textiles made up the largest portion
of that amount at almost 90% of the total, also included in this number are
automotive trimmings and carpets. As little as 15 years ago digital printing of
textiles, compared with paper for the relatively benign office environment, no doubt
looked impossible. The demands of the textile application are extreme. In the
face of such odds, digital textile printing is happening. The traditional valve
jet machines are digital and have been around a long time, but they are
appropriate primarily for large-volume, centralized manufacturing. The newer
digital printing technologies open things up for a wide variety of incremental
applications. Tremendous progress has been made, but there are still many
challenges. However, the opportunities for high-value digital printer
applications are so large that many hardware and chemistry vendors are
investing heavily in textile and textile-related products and systems. I.T.
Strategies defines the present markets of digital textile printing to include
sampling, strike-off, and mass customization. The sampling application requires
printing on both paper and fabrics, close attention to accuracy, and conformity
to the conventional screen printing that will be used for production. Digital
printing can dramatically reduce turnaround time for sampling from six to eight
weeks with traditional technology to perhaps just a few days.
Read the full story at : www.it-strategies.com/individual/03.html
23) New Industry Research Measures Economic Value of Billboards
iMapData, Inc., a political economic analysis
firm located in Washington, DC has spent the last year conducting comprehensive
research for the OAAA to measure the economic impact of outdoor advertising.
iMapData is a leading practitioner in geo-economics, a new field melding the
traditional disciplines of economics and geography with the relatively new
field of computer science. Three major studies were completed concerning the
economic value of billboards to the local economy, property valuation research,
and tourism impacts from the sign ban in Vermont and Maine . Five different U.
S. jurisdictions ( San Francisco , San Antonio , Buffalo , Tampa and the entire
state of Delaware ) were studied to measure three interrelated elements vital
to the economic impact of outdoor advertising.
More information: http://www.imapdata.com
24) X2-TECH Color Inkjet now available with Industry Standard AccXES
Controller
Xerox Engineering Systems (XES) announced that
its X2-TECH color inkjet printer is now available with the industry standard,
AccXES Controller. A new release of XES' AccXES Controller software (v7.5),
combined with the Synergix Scan System, brings increased power to the X2-TECH.
The X2-TECH now delivers the fastest processing time in the industry for both
monochrome and color prints, and has new scan to file capability which enables
two step color copying. The AccXES Controller leads the industry in RIP speed
with a processing engine unmatched by traditional host- or PC-based systems.
AccXES was specifically designed to render complex technical documents with
speed and precision. Unlike other controllers, AccXES does not rely on heavy
operating systems that are costly and system resource intensive. By adding
AccXES v7.5 to the X2-TECH, XES has created an extremely robust solution for
the CAD and engineering/scientific communities— without changing the
established workflow. Regardless of the application (GIS, mechanical CAD, LSI
design), the AccXES Controller handles a larger array of complex files than
competitors. These include the popular file formats: HP-GL, HP-GL/2, HP-RTL, VCGL,
CGM, JPEG, TIFF, and optional Adobe PostScript Level 3 certified for color and
monochrome .pdf file support, and other not-so-common formats. Additionally,
optimized AutoCAD drivers deliver complete color functionality while maximizing
system performance.
More
information: www.XES.com
25) Visit Wasatch at these upcoming tradeshows for live demonstrations
Wasatch is going to demonstrate Wasatch SoftRIP
Version 4.4. at: Digital Printing and Imaging
Association, March 6 - March 9, Palm Springs, California, Wasatch Booth Number 331 as well as at International Sign Association, April 4 - April 6,
Orlando, Florida, Wasatch Booth Number 2258.
More information: http://www.signexpo.org, www.dpia.org, www.wasatchinc.com
26)
Tip of the month from Monaco: Using Profiler for Wide and Super-Wide Formats
This month's tip of the month comes from the
newest employee, Marc Levine, technical manager / sales division Monaco
Systems. Marc joins Monaco from Nur-Macroprinters, where he served as the color
specialist. In large-scale graphics, viewing distances are increased, making
higher print resolution unnecessary and often inappropriate as it can slow the
production cycle considerably. Managing this type of output using ICC workflow
can be difficult. Most spectrophotometers use measuring aperture approximately
3-4mm wide. When using medium- to low-resolution printing devices, dot
structures are very large, making it extremely difficult to capture the correct
data with a small measuring device. Averaging multiple sets of readings can
help overcome this issue. Averaging refers to the process of adding multiple
measurements of the same color together and dividing the sum by the number of
measurements. For example, to average five sets of Lab values together, each
component (L, a, b) of each measurement would be added to the corresponding
component of the other measurements. Each of these component sums would then be
divided by five to produce an average Lab value. This may seem like a lot of
work, but spreadsheet applications should be able to handle the task with ease
with the proper configuration.
More information: www.monacosys.com
27) ColorSpan Introduces New 9-mil Photobase Media
MacDermid ColorSpan, Inc., announces the
immediate availability of two new premium resin-coated photobase papers for use
with its DisplayMaker® line of wide-format printers; Satin Photobase PXS 9-mil
and Glossy Photobase PXG 9-mil.The new media are constructed from a high-grade
resin-coated 225 g/m2 photobase paper. Its heavier gauge gives it the look and
touch of a real photograph while making it easy to handle, mount or laminate.
The new media have been optimized for superior quality using ColorSpan's
EnduraChrome® dye inks and DisplayMaker 8- and 12-color printers, however, both
are universally compatible with most dye-based wide-format printers. The 9-mil
satin and glossy photobase papers are available in 100-foot rolls with widths
of 24, 36, 42, 50, 60 and 72-inches.
More information: www.colorspan.com
28) VUTEk's PressVu UV successfully demonstrated in Brussels
In December 2001, VUTEk demonstrated a fully
operational model of its revolutionary PressVu UV 180 EC super-wide format
digital printer first time in Brussels. Customers from all over Europe were
invited to scrutinize this latest piece of leading-edge technology from VUTEk,
which they overwhelmingly applauded. Offering the ultimate in super-wide
flexibility, the PressVu UV printed UV curable inks directly onto a range of
rigid and flexible substrates even unusual surfaces like metal or glass - for
the customers to inspect. Minimising the variation in output appearance, the
PressVu UV is capable of printing eight colors, switchable to fast four mode
and can attain a true 600 dpi resolution (apparent 1200 dpi resolution). One
customer said it was 'a totally innovative and ingenious way to introduce the
machine'. The customers felt that the event was very well presented, very
impressive and very professional. Michael Ayerst from VGL, said, “The show went
very well and was interesting. It was a worthwhile event and I would definitely
attend another.”
More information: www.vutek.com
29) Scitex Corporation Ltd. names Dov Ofer as president and CEO of
Scitex Vision
Dov Ofer, Scitex Vision’s Executive Vice President
of Sales, Marketing and Business Development, will succeed David Reis as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Scitex Vision. After completing six
successful years as President and CEO of Scitex Vision, David Reis has decided
to leave the company and join ImageID Ltd., as President and CEO.
Prior to joining Scitex Vision, Dov managed Matan
Digital Printing, one of the pioneering companies in the super-wide format
printing industry, whose super-wide format technology and operations were
bought by Scitex Vision in 1998. The lfp-newsletter team sends best wishes and
good luck to Dov Ofer for his new position.
More
information: www.scitexvision.com
30) NUR Macroprinters: Alon Avnon becomes VP of Sales
Alon
Avnon has been appointed to the newly created position of Corporate Vice
President of Sales, in addition to his current role as VP Business Development.
The new appointment is key to the company's program to develop an aggressive
centralized and structured sales infrastructure to serve customers worldwide.
In this new role at NUR Macroprinters, Alon Avnon will be responsible for the
company's sales activities worldwide. His objective is to further build and
reinforce the company's direct and indirect sales channels to respond to
rapidly changing conditions in the wide-format printing marketplace in which
NUR Macroprinters operates.
More
information: www.NUR.com
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