Inca Digital announces the launch of the Inca Onset R40LT wide-format, flatbed UV printer. The Onset R40LT’s ability to develop from a four-color, 265 sqm/hr device up to an eight-color fully specified device in the field gives users a highly flexible printer that can grow with their business, whilst protecting their investment for the long-term. The Onset R40LT is a more future-proof and accessible option for companies considering a standard mid-range digital flatbed machine, as it is a full-width array…

Seiko Instruments’s SX ink – used with ColorPainter M-64s – has been accepted in the list of materials which meet the chemical requirements of Nordic Ecolabel certification for printing companies. The Nordic Ecolabel, also kown as Nordic Swan, is a comprehensive Scandinavian ecolabel that -for more than 25 years- sets highest environmental demands for the products and services evaluated. The ecological footprint of each product is being assessed. Print products or print service providers according such a label have been…

Mimaki, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers, has attained the OEKO-TEX® accreditation for direct skin contact for its Sb300 series dye sublimation inks and Sb53 sublimation transfer inks. The OEKO-TEX® criteria catalogue provides manufacturers in the textile and clothing industry with a scientifically based standard benchmark for the evaluation of potentially harmful substances in textiles. OEKO-TEX® approved inks are suitable to finish skin-friendly clothing and other textiles for interested end users. This certificate thus constitutes an important decision-making element…

C!Print Lyon 2015: Hall 5, booth A42/B41 MTEX Solutions will be giving the 5032Pro direct-to-textile printer its first public showing in France at the C!Print show. Launched in May 2014 at FESPA, the 3.2m printer has a proven pedigree as the second generation of the popular MTEX 5032, and more than 75 installations across Europe since its launch. This high-quality direct sublimation printing solution delivers brilliant and vivid colors. There is a new integrated platform on this Pro model as…

As a pioneer for textile innovations for digital printing company Georg + Otto Friedrich is glad being able to present another new development, exclusively for UV- and Latex-printing techniques. The new blockout-material 7255KMFLW is grading up their already very successful family of GOF-blockout-materials with its white back. The crease-resistant, innovative textile is 100% lightproof, has a slight stretch and is therefore very suitable for stentering frames, aluminum frame systems and displays as well as for booth construction. The printability with…

The Epson SureColor SC-F2000 direct-to-garment and SC-F6000 dye-sublimation printers are in action at Printwear & Promotion LIVE, NEC Birmingham from 22nd –24th February 2015. The show features all the latest innovations in garment decoration, with a comprehensive seminar program, live demos and daily fashion shows. i-Sub (stand B62) and RA Smart (stand B22) are demonstrating the Epson SureColor SC-F2000 DTG printer in addition to the 44-inch Epson SureColor SC-F6000 roll-fed dye sublimation printer. Developed for the efficient production of quality…

Reflecting its continuing collaboration with HP, SA International (SAi) has introduced a new interface for large format print providers to operate the HP WallArt 3.0 custom wallcovering application. WallArt 3.0 helps large format print providers with HP Latex Printers, wallcovering manufacturers and designers to work more closely with interior decoration stores and eCommerce sites. Creation of wallpaper designs can be made from any location via the cloud-based HP WallArt application. Customers and designers can place images and patterns to create…

Packaging Innovations, Birmingham: Hall A1, booth H22   Fujifilm will be showcasing the ‘power of inkjet’ for label & packaging applications at Packaging Innovations 2015 (NEC Birmingham, 25th – 26th February 2015). The company will be showcasing how its roll-fed printer, the Acuity LED 1600, can produce packaging samples, how its inkjet solutions are starting to transform corrugated applications, and how, in partnership with FFEI, the Graphium hybrid digital label press can meet the needs of label converters looking to improve…

ColorGATE is glad to inform that the new Version 9 of Productionserver, Filmgate, Plategate and Proofgate are available. “Version 9 is a new milestone in the development of ColorGATE RIP Software solutions. All innovations and improvements have been developed in accordance with the feedback of our customers and are reflecting at the same time our aspiration that ColorGATE RIP Software provides always the suitable features for excellent results for all applications in Digital Printing”, states Thomas Kirschner CEO and Founder.…

Color-Logic has released Image-FX, a software plug-in that automatically creates a metallic ink separation for conventional printing or a white ink separation for use with metallic substrate. The Photoshop plug-in is available to Adobe Creative Cloud users and produces images particularly effectively in wide-format and UV printers. Color-Logic Chief Technical Officer Richard Ainge, commenting about the introduction, said: "The Color-Logic Image-FX plug-in analyzes photographic images and automatically calculates the required metal effect for different tonal regions. This automated tool eliminates…