WHAT’S NEW Colour goes far and wide


Large format specialist, CWE Solutions, is now able to offer the latest HP Designjet Z6200. To help potential users get up close and personal with the new technology, CWE hosted a series of launch events featuring live demonstrations and HP workshops highlighting how the printer can benefit delegates' business.


The Colour Wide Experience, which was held in Scotland and the Midlands, also showcased the 2.5m HP LX25500 Latex with live demonstrations and the experienced CWE team on hand to answer questions.


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Invest in cutting-edge software


The latest version of Mimaki’s plug-in cutting software is now available from Hybrid Services and is compatible with both Adobe Illustrator CS5 on Mac and PC and CorelDraw! X5 on PC. The software adds sign- making functionality to industry standard software applications and fits into standard workflows.


With performance upgrades over the previous version, it comes bundled free of charge with all Mimaki cutters and integrated printer/cutters. For existing users of previous versions of Mimaki FineCut, a free upgrade is available via Hybrid Services’ website with a downloadable 60-day licensed version also available for free of charge trials


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Wide format inkjet printer manufacturer, Mutoh, announces a new set of CMYK mild solvent inks called MS Ultra, for its Blizzard, Spitfire 65/90 Extreme and Spitfire 100 Extreme printers. This third generation of Mutoh mild solvent ink is expected to increase productivity through more efficient printing.


Cost effective contract proofing


Solutions for colour-accurate contract proofing are enhanced with the


introduction of ProofMaster Plus and ProofMaster Certify 4.1 available from Four Pees. This new version introduces support for the Epson Stylus Pro 4900 with SpectroProofer. Said to offer a cost effective contract proofing match for designers or photographers, ProofMaster Certify, in combination with the Epson Stylus Pro 4900, boasts easy set up, such that anyone can be producing industry-standard certified proofs within minutes. It comes with all the necessary colour profiles to create ISO 12647-7 compliant proofs on specific sets of quality, Fogra certified ProofMaster Media. ProofMaster Plus 4.1 also


features a revamped calibration and profiling wizard for more accurate, more productive and more economic printer profiling. It has a cleaner interface to improve legibility and to better guide the user through the steps needed.


A new ink bleeding target has also been developed, which makes ink cut off choices faster and more accurate. To facilitate the choice in ink mixing, there is now a fixed set of ink mixing presets.


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President of Mutoh’s European operations, Arthur Vanhoutte, said: “Our new inks have been tuned specifically to our Spitfire Extreme and Blizzard printer families, to offer stability and ensure uninterrupted printing for extended periods. Compared to our existing inks, the new MS Ultra inks will provide wider media compatibility and a higher performance in number of square metres printed per hour. They also have a longer shelf life of 18 months, require only weekly maintenance and last but not least, do not require daily printing, as is typically the case with mild solvent inks.”


The new MS Ultra cyclohexanone and NMP free inks are offered in 440ml ink cassettes and bulk ink bottles of one litre. Inks are suited for indoor and outdoor commercial print applications with an outdoor UV durability of up to three years without lamination. For heavy-duty applications involving mechanical stress, lamination is recommended. Ink chemistry is said to offer media compatibility across a range of self adhesives and other flexible substrates with typical production speeds of up to 16.5 m2/h for the Spitfire Extreme 65, 36 m2/h for the Blizzard 65 and 42 m2/h for the Spitfire 100 Extreme.


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