DISPLAY GRAPHICS & SIGNAGE TECHNOLOGY OUTLOOK—Wide-Format Product Updates

This section provides a brief overview of the latest technologies from wide-format equipment manufacturers. Space prevents us from making this a completely comprehensive catalog of new product releases, and doesn’t include units released after our print deadline or subject to embargo after this issue’s street date. Our live coverage from PRINTING United will update this list where necessary.

Last spring, Agfa launched two new wide-format printers. The latest in the Jeti Tauro line—the H3300 XUHS—is 130-in. hybrid machine capable of print speeds up to 1,280 sq.m/hr., Agfa’s fastest yet.

Agfa also launched the new Anapurna Ciervo H2050 and, at the ISA Sign Expo in April, introduced the Anapurna Ciervo H2500 to North America. The 98-in. Ciervo H2500 and 80-in. Ciervo H2050 provide smaller options to the 126-in. Anapurna Ciervo H3200. All three units are hybrid machines that print CMYKcm + white. Agfa touts them as well-suited for sign and display applications, as well as corrugated materials.

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About Richard Romano

Richard Romano is Managing Editor of WhatTheyThink. He curates the Wide Format section on WhatTheyThink.com. He has been writing about the graphic communications industry for more than 25 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than half a dozen books on printing technology and business. His most recent book is “Beyond Paper: An Interactive Guide to Wide-Format and Specialty Printing.

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