In the recently announced Angel Awards, once again EFI has been represented, this time with an accolade for its Rastek T1000 true flatbed wide format printer. With its established range of VUTEk products now used universally by display producers and sign-makers worldwide, the company’s entry-level and mid-range Rastek machines bring to the market a reliable family of platforms suitable...
LexJet recently donated computer equipment to the Texcellence Program, a nationally-recognized computer donation program that will donate its 4,000th gently-used reconditioned system to Sarasota County students whose families could not otherwise afford this basic technology at home. LexJet donated sixty-four Dell seventeen-inch LCD monitors, eighteen USB wired keyboards, twenty-five wireless keyboards, twenty-five wireless mice, and six USB mice. “In...
Agfa Corporation and xpedx® ended their long-standing relationship on December 2, 2010, after xpedx terminated their dealer agreement. Effective on February 28, 2011, xpedx will end its distribution of Agfa-branded graphics products in the United States. Management from both companies have agreed on a transition plan and timetable to avoid disruptions of service or support to customers. Customers will...
Sean Tomlin, owner of Designer Wraps (www.designerwraps.com), recently used a Mutoh ValueJet 1614-64-inch printer to create a wrap for Rachael Ray’s tour bus. “In my opinion, for the value and quality you receive, there is no better printer on the market for vehicle wraps,” says Tomlin, who accepted the last-minute job for Rachael Ray. Thanks to the speed of...
Arlon recently held a corporate campaign to raise money for the fight against breast cancer. The campaign started October 1st and recently ended. Arlon campaigned for support internally at the company, as well as at the 2010 SGIA show in their booth. Anyone who donated to the cause received a pink bracelet. In the end, the company doubled its...
SGIA 1. SGIA has completed new Digital Equipment Evaluations of products in the specialty imaging industry. The reports provide SGIA members with objective data when they are considering wide format digital investment. “We prepare thorough evaluations of each system and then turn the findings into unbiased reports that offer a clear description of the equipment across manufacturers,” said SGIA’s...
Display power supply specialist Endicott Research Group (ERG) Inc. has announced new package configurations that offer footprint-compatibility with their existing CCFL inverter designs. ERG has used its 30+ years of experience in LCD backlight power supplies to create a series of LED driver boards that are designed in the same form factor as DC-AC inverters already in the field. ...
Condé Systems is now offering DyeTrans roll media for use with its successful line of Ricoh GX Series Printers, including the Ricoh GX e3300N and GX7000 Dye-Sub Printers. Available in 8.5"x100' and 13"x100' rolls, the paper can be easily cut to a desired length and loaded directly into the selected printer's multi-bypass tray. By creating a User Defined Paper...
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, is pleased to announce the addition of five new large format imaging solutions to its imagePROGRAF lineup with the new imagePROGRAF (iPF) MFP imaging systems. Aimed at the technical document market, these new models offer users an affordable solution providing fast and effective large format image capture-to-output. The new multifunction systems...
