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S-Launch Software Standardizes Order Data for Automated Print Workflows

S-Launch logo and Significans logo

Significans Automation, a leader in customized workflow automation and integration solutions, has unveiled S-Launch software. This user-friendly, fully customizable “Form Builder” can help print businesses standardize incoming order data so it can automatically trigger the next critical step in a workflow. Described as “the ultimate submission portal to get data into your print business,” the S-Launch Form Builder allows businesses …

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Agfa Unveils Newest Additions to Its Hybrid and Flatbed Product Lines

At the 2025 FESPA Global Print Expo in Berlin, Agfa showed the four newest additions to their Jeti Tauro, Onset, and Ciervo families of hybrid and flatbed wide-format inkjet printers. Plus, to honor the 20th anniversary of the announcement of their first Anapuna inkjet printer, Agfa unveiled a limited-edition version of the Anapurna Ciervo. Here’s a quick rundown of the recent …

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SPI 2025: Where Screen Printing Meets the Future

Logo for Screen Print Innovations

Screen printing has evolved well beyond graphics printing. With its precision, durability, and design freedom, screen printing is redefining what is possible in manufactured products. The European Specialist Printing Manufacturers Association (ESMA) describes screen printing as an innovation driver for industrial manufacturing worldwide. To show how screen printing is powering innovation, ESMA will host Screen Print Innovations, a new conference …

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Sign Expo Surprises

At ISA International Sign Expo 2025, I looked forward to seeing the latest advances in printing and finishing equipment. But one of the joys of attending trade shows is discovering under-the-radar surprises. Here are a few things that caught my attention. PVC-Free Adhesive Materials A few days before ISA Sign Expo opened, I submitted an article to Wide-Format Impressions about …

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Plaskolite Adds PVC Sheet with Optimal White Point for True-Color Graphics

At ISA Sign Expo 2025, Plaskolite announced CELTEC White, the newest addition to their CELTEC family of PVC sheet products for signs and displays. The new product is just one of several rigid-media substrates that Plaskolite has developed for the growing number of sign and display companies equipped with flatbed and hybrid wide-format inkjet printers. CELTEC Expanded PVC CELTEC White …

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HP Shows Latest Innovations in Latex Printers at ISA Sign Expo 2025

HP Latex R530 all-in-one rigid-flexible printer in small shop

At the ISA Sign Expo 2025 in April, HP showcased their newest innovations in HP Latex printers. They introduced the HP Latex 730 and Latex 830 series of wide-format printers for flexible materials and demonstrated their compact, HP Latex R520 all-in-one printer for both rigid and flexible materials. Oscar Vidal, Global Director of Product & Strategy, HP Large Format Print, …

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Printers to Watch at 2025 ISA Sign Expo

ISA Sign Expo 2025 is not really a printing show. Most attendees are involved in designing, fabricating, installing, and repairing interior and exterior, permanent and temporary signs for stores, offices, hotels, stadiums, theatres, airports, universities, hospitals, communities, and out-of-home advertising agencies. Although printing is just one element of sign-making, leading manufacturers of digital printing systems showcase the latest models they …

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Summa V Series of Digital Flatbed Cutters for Packaging, Sign Making, and Apparel

Summa V-series digital cutter tools

The versatility and variety of digital printing equipment has made it possible for many types and sizes of businesses to print images and text on a wider range of papers, films, and rigid materials. Versatile digital cutters are key to converting a wide range of printed materials into useful, sellable products. Summa’s new V Series of sheet-feed digital flatbed cutters …

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Roland Introduces TY-300 Direct-to-Film Printer for Customizing Apparel

Roland DG-TY 300 Direct-to-Film Printer

The Roland TY-300 direct-to-film (DTF) printer is engineered to quickly and cost-effectively produce vibrant, detailed transfer graphics for customizing apparel on a wide range of materials, including cotton, polyester, cotton-polyester, denim, nylon and rayon. It can print on rolls of transfer film ranging from 7 in. to 30 in. wide. “More and more businesses involved in apparel decoration are integrating …

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Epson SureColor S9170 Solvent Printer Uses Advanced 11-Color Ink Set

Epson SureColor S9170 wide-format solvent inkjet printer

The Epson SureColor S9170 roll-to-roll inkjet printer was engineered to deliver consistent high-quality output and improved productivity in small to medium-sized sign shops, print franchises, and e-commerce, print-on-demand fulfillment companies. It handles rolls of self-adhesive vinyl, banner materials, and other eco-solvent ink-compatible inkjet media up to 64 in. wide. The SureColor S9170 uses 11 colors of Epson GS UltraChrome® GS3 …

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