TOTOWA, NJ, October 10, 2006 - Pitman Company, the leading independent North American graphic arts supplier, together with its recently acquired Charrette Division, will present the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of wide-format and inkjet products, media and services at Graph Expo 2006, in Booth #4873 of the Wide Format Pavilion in South Hall of Chicago's McCormick Place. Joe Demharter, president of Pitman Company, said, "With the added resources of Charrette, Pitman today is clearly the national leader in imaging solutions from design to print. We offer the graphic arts market the synergy of our combined knowledge and experience in color management and workflow, as well as access to the industry's most extensive choices of advanced equipment, media and ink for both wide format printing and proofing applications." Visitors to the Pitman booth will have the opportunity to see live demonstrations of several powerful and highly productive wide-format output devices and front-end systems from the industry's leading digital printing equipment manufacturers. The devices span UV, solvent and aqueous technologies. A large team of digital technology and color management experts will be on hand at the Pitman booth throughout the show to provide equipment demonstrations and offer consultations on the best solutions for specific applications. Major equipment demonstrations at the Pitman booth will feature: - DuPont Cromaprint 22UV combination flatbed/roll-to-roll UV-curable inkjet digital printing system - Epson Stylus Pro 7800 wide format printer - HP's new Designjet 10000 and Z Series printer - MacDermid ColorSpan flatbed UV-curable inkjet printer - Mimaki UJF-605c UV-curable flatbed inkjet printer - Front end systems from EFI, GMG, and Onyx In the digital media and finishing area, Pitman represents solutions for wide-format imaging applications with products from 3M, Avery, Ultraflex, Alcan, Kommerling (SP), Intelicoat, Sentinel, Seal and numerous other manufacturers.