The major outward change to the design of the presses involves the giant three-metre wide touchscreen control panel that featured on the models shown at Drupa. This has been ditched in favour of a wraparound ‘cockpit’ at the delivery end of the press that is more akin to a conventional litho press control console. The cockpit features several smaller touchscreens and retains the ability for the operator to monitor the press from a remote, hand-held tablet. Landa Digital Printing (LDP) founder and chairman Benny Landa said that after Drupa the LDP team had visited more than 120 customers in 10 countries “to really understand their needs”, and the huge touchscreen had been given the thumbs-down. “We goofed,” Landa admitted. “They said it’s a fantastic thing, but it’s in the wrong place. The operator will be running back and forth and that’s not practical.” The addition of the cockpit means the original compact design has considerably increased in size. The B1-format S10FC simplex press for folding cartons, which will be the first model to ship, has also had a conventional coating unit added to its configuration, again as a result of customer feedback. This, plus the cockpit, means the S10FC now has an overall length of 17m. Previously the press was 8.65m long (pictured below is the Drupa version of the S10 with touchscreen). Other changes include improvements to the formulation of the special NanoInk used, and a revamp of the press range’s internal design. LDP has changed the position of the printheads to make it easier for operators to carry out maintenance without needing to crouch down. LDP is now using 1,200dpi printheads, understood to be from Kyocera although the company will not confirm this, for its ink ejectors and the latest print samples show a level of quality that has vastly improved since Drupa. The samples included small Kanji text and fine linework, as well as flat tints, onto a range of substrates including high-gloss coated paper. LDP also has new samples showing conventional AM screening at 175lpi, as well as the stochastic screening that is typical of inkjet output. Over the past few weeks Landa founder and chairman Benny Landa and his team have been briefing customers who have paid deposits or signed letters of intent for presses about the shipping delay, as well as the latest quality developments. “No-one has cancelled due to the delay,” Landa stated. “We have 430 LOIs. Some people cancelled after Drupa but fewer cancelled than new orders we received.” Landa said that based on the firm’s print quality ‘s-curve’, it is now “80% to 85%” of the way to offset quality. He said he would not ship the presses until that...

The major outward change to the design of the presses involves the giant three-metre wide touchscreen control panel that featured on the models shown at Drupa. This has been ditched in favour of a wraparound ‘cockpit’ at the delivery end of the press that is more akin to a conventional litho press control console. The cockpit features several smaller touchscreens and retains the ability for the operator to monitor the press from a remote, hand-held tablet. Landa Digital Printing (LDP) founder and chairman Benny Landa said that after Drupa the LDP team had visited more than 120 customers in 10 countries “to really understand their needs”, and the huge touchscreen had been given the thumbs-down. “We goofed,” Landa admitted. “They said it’s a fantastic thing, but it’s in the wrong place. The operator will be running back and forth and that’s not practical.” The addition of the cockpit means the original compact design has considerably increased in size. The B1-format S10FC simplex press for folding cartons, which will be the first model to ship, has also had a conventional coating unit added to its configuration, again as a result of customer feedback. This, plus the cockpit, means the S10FC now has an overall length of 17m. Previously the press was 8.65m long (pictured below is the Drupa version of the S10 with touchscreen). Other changes include improvements to the formulation of the special NanoInk used, and a revamp of the press range’s internal design. LDP has changed the position of the printheads to make it easier for operators to carry out maintenance without needing to crouch down. LDP is now using 1,200dpi printheads, understood to be from Kyocera although the company will not confirm this, for its ink ejectors and the latest print samples show a level of quality that has vastly improved since Drupa. The samples included small Kanji text and fine linework, as well as flat tints, onto a range of substrates including high-gloss coated paper. LDP also has new samples showing conventional AM screening at 175lpi, as well as the stochastic screening that is typical of inkjet output. Over the past few weeks Landa founder and chairman Benny Landa and his team have been briefing customers who have paid deposits or signed letters of intent for presses about the shipping delay, as well as the latest quality developments. “No-one has cancelled due to the delay,” Landa stated. “We have 430 LOIs. Some people cancelled after Drupa but fewer cancelled than new orders we received.” Landa said that based on the firm’s print quality ‘s-curve’, it is now “80% to 85%” of the way to offset quality. He said he would not ship the presses until that...

The ColorBooster 250 2.5m wide-format machine, to be launched in the US at next month’s SGIA expo in Orlando, Florida, will be available in the UK in the first quarter of next year, said chief executive Kees van der Looij. The ColorBooster 250 is designed to bring digital textile printing to a wider audience with low investment cost, he said. Three models include a Starter edition with four printheads costing around €100,000 (£85,000); a Productivity edition with six printheads for just under €125,000 (£105,000) and an Ultimate model at under €150,000 (£126,000). “The kit focuses on customers stepping into textile printing or those who already print on PVC and want to switch to soft signage,” he said. “It is a green product with water-based inks. Textiles are more environment-friendly than PVC and this offers a greener alternative to PVC.” The devices range in speed from 14sqm per hour to 64sqm per hour. The Productivity and Ultimate machines include on-board air conditioning and humidifiers to ensure a consistent print finish, according to the manufacturer. Managing director Peter Hollanders said: “Research and enquiries have demonstrated there is a strong market for a cost-effective solution that suits businesses entering the textile sector for the first time and want a modestly priced machine.”...

The ColorBooster 250 2.5m wide-format machine, to be launched in the US at next month’s SGIA expo in Orlando, Florida, will be available in the UK in the first quarter of next year, said chief executive Kees van der Looij. The ColorBooster 250 is designed to bring digital textile printing to a wider audience with low investment cost, he said. Three models include a Starter edition with four printheads costing around €100,000 (£85,000); a Productivity edition with six printheads for just under €125,000 (£105,000) and an Ultimate model at under €150,000 (£126,000). “The kit focuses on customers stepping into textile printing or those who already print on PVC and want to switch to soft signage,” he said. “It is a green product with water-based inks. Textiles are more environment-friendly than PVC and this offers a greener alternative to PVC.” The devices range in speed from 14sqm per hour to 64sqm per hour. The Productivity and Ultimate machines include on-board air conditioning and humidifiers to ensure a consistent print finish, according to the manufacturer. Managing director Peter Hollanders said: “Research and enquiries have demonstrated there is a strong market for a cost-effective solution that suits businesses entering the textile sector for the first time and want a modestly priced machine.”...

It follows a members’ meeting, which took place yesterday (19 September), where it was agreed to place NGS into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. Carl James Bowles and John Anthony Dickinson of accountancy firm Carter Backer Winter were appointed as joint liquidators. In July NGS Print Finishing closed the doors of its Perivale, West London site and moved into the Wembley facility of Purfect Binding Company, taking all NGS staff with it. NGS managing director Neil Sharp was appointed managing director of the new entity, while PBC’s co-directors Reginald Walwyk and Yat Ng positions were terminated on the same day, according to Companies House. Sharp was unavailable to comment on NGS’ liquidation. In a letter to clients, dated 11 July, Sharp explained that the amalgamated companies would trade immediately as PBC, with a rebrand to be scheduled during the new entity’s first quarter of trading. He stated that the new business would take on NGS’ equipment as well as PBC’s 16-station Wohlenberg Master E perfect binder and a six-station Muller Martini binder with cover feeder and stacker, replacing NGS’ older four-station model. Sharp formed NGS Finishing Solutions in February 2011, which he then used to buy his previous company, NGS Print Finishers, out of administration the following month....