Epson has announced its latest wide format printer designed for the display graphics and fine art photography markets—the high-production forty-four-inch SureColor® P10000. Ideal for commercial and production print shops managing indoor display graphics applications and large photographic and fine art fulfillment needs, the SureColor P10000 leverages an impressive 8,000 nozzle PrecisionCore® MicroTFP® print head, innovative media feeding system, and...
GableSigns has rebranded and will begin operating under the name Gable, a visual solutions company. Its original name, GableSigns, no longer best represents the company Gable is today. As clients’ needs have changed and new technologies have emerged, Gable has become a digital technology company. The Gilman Brothers Company has hired Rocky Schwalge as business development leader. He will...
City Neon went back to school on a recent project for West Virginia University (WVU) in Morgantown, West Virginia. City Neon has a long relationship with the university as the shop has done work for them in the past; even the owner, as well as some employees, are alumni. The last time Sign Builder Illustrated covered...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a QR or “Quick Reference” code could be worth a million. That’s because it provides the viewer with a doorway from a printed medium to unlimited interactive online content. Applications include incorporating the QR codes in traditional print ads as well as direct mail advertising. Other applications include...
EPtronics Inc. is pleased to announce the recent listing of more than twenty of its popular LED driver models inside UL's Sign Components Manual (SAM), demonstrating product safety compliance with the new UL 879 (Electric Sign Components) standard, which has superseded UL 48 (Electric Signs). In order to expedite UL certifications, sign manufacturers are encouraged to choose from drivers...
Roland DGA announced today that the keynote speaker for the company’s upcoming inkjet user conference, imagiNATION 2016, will be Dr. Chip Bell, a renowned motivational speaker, best-selling author, and expert on customer loyalty and service innovation. Dr. Bell will share his unique insights and strategies with attendees at imagiNATION 2016, an action packed day of inspiration,...
Digital Printing
Kornit Digital to Unveil New Industrial-grade Direct-to-garment Printing systems at FESPA Amsterdam
Kornit Digital, a worldwide market leader in digital textile printing technology, is to announce a new industrial-grade direct-to-garment printing system at FESPA Textile. Taking place from March 8 to 11, Europe’s leading tradeshow dedicated to textile printing innovation will be held at Amsterdam’s RAI exhibition center. Kornit Digital has been a long-standing sponsoring partner of FESPA...
OKI Data Americas announces availability of the latest EFI® Fiery® C9 Server exclusively for use with its C900 Series of professional printing devices. Among many benefits, the C9 Server optimizes the five-color and envelope printing functionality of the C931/C941/C942 Series devices1, further increasing output quality, productivity and profitability. Built upon EFI’s robust Fiery FS150 Pro system,...
Single-pass inkjet presses can now achieve significantly better print quality, thanks to a technology breakthrough to be unveiled by Global Graphics Software at drupa (drupa innovation parc 70B21C20). Global Graphics Software is a leading developer of software platforms for digital printing, including the Harlequin RIP®. The Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ varies the amount of ink...
A major new release of the Harlequin RIP®, the software engine that drives the printing industry’s highest performing digital presses, is launched today. Reputed for the quality of its output as well as its speed, the Harlequin RIP transforms design and pre-press data into a format that can be printed and feeds those pages to the...