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EYE ON DISPLAY KEEPING AN EYE ON LARGE FORMAT PRINTING

It’s been another busy month in the world of large format printing. Following on from the Sign and Digital show, many companies have turned their attention to FESPA, with plenty of new products and initiative to shout about. Eye on Display’s editor, Jack Gocher offers his monthly report on what quick print pros should be keeping their eye on. FESPA opens as we go to print and we anticipate there will be…

NEW PRINTERS – NEW DISPLAYS

Many companies who have invested in new machines and technology so they can grow their businesses, move into new sectors and adopt more sustainable practices will be on show. Verve Display has a brand new Epson SureColor SC-R5000 resin printer to help them achieve their objective of delivering more sustainable operations. MD Simon Perkes said, “In 2019 we began looking at how we could minimise our operational impact with more sustainable materials, less PVC and more capable and environmental machines. The R5000 will help us better support our clients looking for more sustainable options cost effectively.”

There will also be lots of news about new materials. We have already interviewed Ross Campbell of Novograf in Glasgow who recently created eye-catching installations with Soyang Bild floorgraphics materials, including a tiled and wooden floor display at the Surface Design Show. Check out the full interview on our YouTube channel.

Landor Phototex self-adhesive fabric will show its sustainability strengths in a story detailing how Vinyl Impression transformed the commercial offices of Hilson Moran. One of the company’s biggest concerns prior to starting the project was ensuring that any printed decorations were made of sustainable and recyclable materials. These concerns were met positively by Phototex and Vinyl Impressions, with an installation that looks great and meets their sustainability need.

One more application story that made us smile was Turner Signs tasty brick wall graphics at a new Mexican restaurant in Wakefield called ICO. They used Drytac Polar Street outdoor PVC-free aluminium print media, supplied by Signmaster Systems, to create a striking graphic on an external brick wall. “The customer was absolutely blown away with the final result,” said Curt Turner, Director at Turner Signs.

TALKING TO EXPERTS

Eye on Display has launched a new feature called Expert View. We talk to a range of experts in the field of large format printing to bring our readers technical and business advice that we hope will help manage your operations and workflows more efficiently, productively and profitably. This month we talked to Gareth Newman, Academy Manager at Drytac about how to add an extra dimension to graphics using a clear varnish. We also talked to Ricoh’s Director of Commercial Print Sales, Sander Sondaal who offered three key tips for how to grow profits in wide format printing.

In an exclusive interview, we spoke with Color Concepts, a Rotterdam based company, which is also the world’s largest independent profiling and testing lab for the LFP industry. Technical Manager, Teunis Roos provided some great advice on how to get better colour management and ink usage by improving how you set your ink restrictions.

Color Concepts works with many of the leading hardware and media providers in the market and this month they announced a collaboration with Italian self-adhesive media supplier, Fedrigoni. As part of this relationship, Color Concepts will conduct rigorous performance tests, certifications for HP Latex printers, and create accurate printer profiles for Fedrigoni’s popular self-adhesives print materials. We interviewed both Roeland den Hertog, Global Sales Manager of Color Concepts and Paula Cerchiai, Business Development Manager Graphics at Fedrigoni.

WARMING UP

As we move into the summer months and with lots more outdoor events happening, we are looking forward to bringing you more great stories. As ever, please do get in touch with your own news and comments or if you have any questions you would like us to put to our expert advisers. Thanks for reading and hope to see you on www.eyeondisplay.co.uk and across social media.