Sign & Graphics | Bi Monthly Publication of Signage Industry in India

Canon India launches high-quality
image projectors suitable for digital signage

Redefining the Indian projector market, Canon India recently launched a series of XEED projectors, designed for uses in corporate houses, classrooms, medical labs (hospitals) and digital signage. In his address at the recent launch event in New Delhi, Kazutada Kobayashi, president & CEO, Canon India Pvt Ltd said that people are using high-end Canon projectors to watch movies, playing video games and, of course, digital signage. “These new XEED Canon projectors are equipped with high quality optics to cater to such needs for high definition applications,” he mentioned.

Yusuhiko Hoshino, senior general manager, Canon Inc referred the XEED projectors being equipped with worldclass technology and user-friendly features suitable for the Indian market, in terms of optimum results delivered at minimum cost. In a similar note, Parveen Sahni, director-projection products, Office Imaging Solutions Centre, Canon India explained that they have also introduced proprietary LCOS (liquid crustal on silicon) technology, featured in XEED projectors, which make possible projections that are free of ‘lattice effect’, a phenomenon in which a faint grid pattern appears over the projected image.

3M adds 18 new colours to its car wrap film series

xpanding its popular Car Wrap Film Series 1080, 3M has added 18 trendy new colours bringing the total number of finishes now available to 73 and enabling a much wider choice of options for vehicle customisation and personalisation. The new colours comprise 12 gloss metallic and six satin formats, with sparkling names such as Atlantis Blue, Fierce Fuchsia and Dragon Fire Red in gloss metallic and Ocean Shimmer, Mystique Blue and Canyon Copper in satin. 3M 1080 is a long-term removable duallayer premium cast film that has been designed with sufficient rigidity to enable easy handling. The films incorporate a combination of 3M’s unique repositionable Controltac Adhesive with Comply Version 3 Air Release Technologies that enable the applicator to reposition the film until ideal registration has been achieved and ensuring ultimate adhesion.

Canon announces new ink for Arizona series

Canon announces the introduction of a new ink for its Arizona series. The newly introduced ink will be shown to the general public at FESPA 2015 in Cologne, Germany and is customarily designed for Océ Arizona 300, 400 and 600 series printers with promises for strong adhesion to a wide range of indoor and outdoor rigid and flexible media. Using the Océ Arizona 480GT UV flatbed printer, Canon will show the satin/matt finish, the extensive colour gamut and outstanding adhesion qualities of the new ink. The new ink will be priced in that same range as the company’s existing inks.

Two new Durst Rhotex printers introduced

Durst released two of its high-end industrial printers, comprising dye sublimation ‘soft signage’ printer, a 72-inch Rhotex 180 TR and P10 250HS. Main approach of the company with the introduction of Rhotex 180 TR is to provide highquality graphic prints on sportswear, home textiles, POP displays and a variety of other fabric/textile output for which a width up to six feet is sufficient.

Rhotex 180 TR is the third and latest component of our leading Rhotex softsignage platform, and it is the company’s first foray into transfer printing. The second printer, Rho P10 250HS UV inkjet digital flatbed printer is the most versatile and productive 10-picoliter hybrid printer on the market. It features Durst’s Quadro Array 10M Variodrop printheads with a very high nozzle count. They produce an unrivalled ‘fine art’ print quality at a resolution of up to 1,000 dpi from a printer capable of running at output speeds of more than 4,000 sq ft /hr.

GMG releases OpenColor 2.0 with
new user interface and added features

GMG announces the release of its multichannel profiling software GMG OpenColor 2.0. Numerous new and optimised features have been embedded into a powerful new interface designed to make profiling more effortless and easy. Simplicity is a challenge in a printing industry that is so incredibly challenging itself: the sheer variety of printing technologies, spot colours, substrates and many other activities. GMG OpenColor 2.0 comes with a completely redesigned user-centrict interface. A projectbased view allows more flexibility in handling measurement data and creating profiles, while at the same time providing more safety in terms of data control and transparency.

XAAR launches ‘larger drop’
1002 GS12U printhead for UV printing

XAAR announces the launch of XAAR 1002 GS12U printhead, its first larger drop printhead for UV applications. This new printhead extends the XAAR 1002 family of printheads, and gives the UV inkjet printing market a choice of printheads to suit specific applications. The greyscale XAAR 1002 GS12U jets drop volumes from 12-84 pico litre, enabling a range of drop sizes to be printed with a single printhead.

The large-drop capability of this flexible printhead, combined with XAAR’s patented TF Technology ink recirculation, makes it ideal for printing high-build spot varnishes and extraopaque whites onto labels and direct-to-shape packaging (in both horizontal and vertical printing modes). This newly introduced XAAR printhead for UV application is attributed with high level of opacity and production reliability achieved in a single pass without resorting to multiple print bars. It complements the XAAR 1002 GS6 (6-42pL) variant for UV applications, launched last year.

Aslan introduces new selfadhesive glass decoration films

Designed to provide fresh and modern appearance, Aslan introduces new Illustra range of glass films. The transparent films are printed in three attractive white designs ‘Linen’, ‘Dot’ and ‘Snow’. If applied in private or public buildings, the Illustra films create decorative sight protections and modern solutions for dividing rooms without reducing the light transparency. They are ideal for applications in offices, stores, seminar rooms, medical centres, banks, hotels, restaurants, airports, etc. All attributes in the films are made out of the state-of-the-art Aslan-Dryapply technology. The films are printable with solvent, eco solvent, latex and UV-curable inks as well as screen printing ink.

Mutoh launches new textileprinter
for T-shirt, hats, workout apparels

Mutoh has introduced a new T-shirt printer—ValueJet 405GT. Users are now spoilt for choice with several OEMs producing digital T-shirt printers and now Mutoh has joined that group of OEMs. What is important to the user is the orginal price, running costs, production speed and reliability. Mutoh claims to have all these buttoned up. T-shirts, hats, workout apparel and more can be printed in both CMYK at 1200 dpi as well as white ink for printing on black and colored T-shirts on Value Jet 405GT. Its small footprint, large easy-to-use 7 inch digital control panel, expanded print area and fast print speeds are only a few of the features that make the ValueJet 405GT a valuable addition to any print or screen shop.

HP introduces new set of ultrafast PageWide printers

Introduced under its PageWide sub-brand, HP has unveiled a new portfolio of HP PageWide XL printers, offering the fastest large-format production printing available in colour and B&W. The new printers will enable reprographic houses, PSPs, enterprise central reprographic departments (CRDs) and print corners to produce computer-aided design (CAD) drawings and will open new business opportunities with geographic information system (GIS) maps, POS applications and posters. The newly launched models are: HP PageWide XL 8000, HP PageWide XL 5000 and HP PageWide XL 4500 respectively. These PageWide XL Printers are engineered in a perfect manner to meet the changing customer demands for opportunities to address the print needs of new markets, including advertising and communication.

Epson launches new SureColor
S-Series 64-inch printers

Adding a new standard to the existing market of inkjet printing, Epson launches enhanced line of SureColor S-Series of 64-inch solvent inkjet printers—SureColor S30675, S50675 and S70675. Equipped with a new Epson PrecisionCore TFP printhead and incorporating the latest technological advancements, the new Epson SureColor S-Series printers provide outstanding levels of reliability, durability and image quality to the signage, vehicle graphics, fine art, and packaging markets. Designed and manufactured by Epson from the ground up, SureColor S30675 and 50675 feature Epson UltraChrome GS2 ink with a newly formulated Cyan ink for outstanding durability and performance, while the SureColor S70675 leverages the Epson UltraChrome GSX ink set with newly formulated Cyan and Light Cyan, plus an all-new Orange Plus ink to produce vivid output with an expansive colour gamut.

Avery Dennison ads CNMYK
ink functionality to its Trafficjet1638

For enhanced flexibility, Avery Dennison has added CMYK ink printing capabilities to its TrafficJet 1638 printer, delivering an even greater range of functionalities to the printing of traffic and work zone applications. TrafficJet 1638 is now capable of printing CMYK inks and TrafficJet spot inks at the same time. This enhancement will allow the addition of custom graphics or logos to traffic signs and the ability to create commercial signs on both reflective and vinyl graphics media.

“Continuous improvement is key to staying ahead of the curve. The addition of CMYK functionality to the TrafficJet 1638 printer provides significant value to what is already the reflective industry’s most cost-effective traffic sign printing system,” said John Peck, global technical product manager at Avery Dennison. “We are excited about the ongoing evolution in our industry already underway with digital printing, and we’re proud to remain at the forefront with additions like this that continue to enhance the technology,” he added. This newly-added Mutoh Eco Ultra CMYK inks with overlay will provide a life expectancy similar to that already available in the graphics industry.