Over the past two years, HP has revamped its line-up of HP Latex large-format printers. The refinements enable print-service providers to start with lower-cost, lighter-duty HP Latex printers. As their business grows, they can upgrade to faster, wider, more efficient industrial-duty printers that are designed to last years without being replaced. At Sign Expo 2025, HP launched the 64-in. HP …
The newest iteration of Mimaki’s UJF line of UV flatbed printers is engineered for use in decorating promotional products or industrial components that that have diverse shapes, including curved or uneven surfaces. The Mimaki UJF-7151 plusII e extends Mimaki’s direct surface-imaging technology by increasing the depth of ink layering and improving ink jetting accuracy. Users of the Mimaki UJF-7151 plusII …
Fujifilm’s Acuity TR™ revolutionary new 64-inch roll-fed printer uses the company’s proprietary AQUAFUZE™ water-based UV-curable ink. The innovative ink technology combines the benefits and characteristics of water-based and UV inks. Aquafuze was developed by the Fujifilm Ink Solutions Group, a global manufacturer of high-performance inkjet inks and pigment dispersions. About Fujifilm Aquafuze Ink Technology Aquafuze ink uses a photopolymer dispersion …
Durst’s P5 SMP™ (Super Multi-Pass) system is a hybrid UV-LED Multi-Pass Inkjet system with the versatility and production speeds to serve high-volume producers of signs, corrugated packaging and displays, and decor materials. The printer was announced at drupa 2024 and officially launched at a November 2025 event at its production site in Lienz, Austria. With a maximum print width of …
Over the past 25 years, wide-format printing equipment has become wider, sturdier, faster, more versatile, more automated and capable of using specialty inks on specific materials. These advances have laid the groundwork for building custom digital printing systems for industrial manufacturing. The evolution of Agfa’s wide-format printing technology is a good example. Since Agfa announced their Anapurna 100 UV inkjet …
Experts in framing systems for SEG (silicone-edge graphic) fabrics, printable textiles, and fabric inkjet printing will explain the potential for using SEG-framed fabrics for outdoor advertising in a live webinar on January 27, 2026. But using SEG fabric frames for outdoor display conditions requires a different approach than the multiple SEG frames used for indoor displays in stores, museums, and …
The creative technologists behind Color-Logic metallic print embellishment software are collaborating with Unifoil to offer limited-edition prints of Greg Horn’s iconic comic-book artwork at the 2025 PRINTING United Expo from October 22-24 in Orlando. This limited series highlights the remarkable capabilities of Color-Logic design software and demonstrates how metallic effects can elevate print designs to new heights. This will be …
Entrepreneurial creators who want to launch or grow an apparel business may want to check out the Epson SureColor® F1070 Business Edition. With this affordable, compact hybrid printer, users can launch businesses with two popular garment-decorating methods: direct-to-garment (DTG) or direct-to-film (DTF). The DTG method prints graphics primarily on pretreated cotton and cotton/poly garments that are manually loaded onto the printer. The …
Thousands of engineers, chemists, materials experts, and software developers create innovations that improve the versatility, sustainability and efficiency of digital printing systems every year. The PRINTING United Alliance highlights some of these advances by presenting Pinnacle Product Awards in three main categories: Output, Non-Output, and Technology. The awards honors the variety of digital printing devices that enable all types and …
DTF printing is a futuristic technology. It prints garments with minimal fuss and maximum impact. Until recently, most short runs of customized garments were produced either with screen printing or digital direct-to-garment (DTG) printers. Now, more and more custom garments are produced with DTF (direct-to-film) printing. DTF printing is a revolution in custom apparel designing because the process works on …