Hardware sales are strong for all three bands of large-format digital inkjet systems, largely at the expense of conventional process and practice. The United Kingdom market sustains approximately 5,500 wide-format systems with two-thirds being lower band – a 62% market share in solvent printers up to 2.5 million and they anticipate selling another 780-plus systems in 2008.

Research shows that 93% of commercial printers outsource wide-format. Epson hardware is engineered so that only its own inks are compatible. B&P Lightbrigade sells in excess of 300 large-format systems per year, ranking as Agfa’s top pan-European re-seller. It represents a number of leading brands as well as marketing its own Uniform range. The cost of hardware and ink is dropping. The difference is, that ink continues to sell throughout the life of the machine. The ongoing supply fuel is what makes it profitable.

The future for the large-format sector suggests onward development across all aspects.

Tags: inkjet printer, large format

Trackback from your own site.