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HP today announced that it will be showing its range of new wide format printers, on its stand (Pavilion 12·Stand 070) at VISCOM Sign España, 16 - 18 October, Feria de Madrid, IFEMA.

At the show HP will be launching its two latest printers, which address distinct market segments. Visitors to the stand can also see demonstrations of the new HP Scitex XP2300 Printer launched at VISCOM Paris, the new HP Designjet Z3200 Photo Printer launched at Photokina and for the first time in Spain, the HP Designjet L65500 Printer.

Epson, a leading manufacturer of printers, LCD projectors and other imaging products, is extending the box collection element of its Collect&Recycle initiative to include empty ink cartridges from its Large Format Printers (LFPs). The initiative starts in the second half of September and will cover all models in the range.

Roland DG UK, a leading manufacturer of wide-format technology, today confirmed the UK and European debuts of the newly released 30’’ VersaUV LEC-300, the world’s first ultra-violet (UV) printer/cutter, and the company’s latest 64’’ VersaArt RS-640 printer.

HP today announced that Euro Image 2000 Srl has purchased a five-metre HP Scitex XP5300, a three-metre HP Scitex XP2700 and installed an HP Scitex XL1500 in March to maximise productivity without compromising upon print quality.

HP today announced that it would be showing its range of new wide format printers on its stand (K062) at VISCOM Europe, 24 - 26 September, Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, Paris.

Among its other activities at VISCOM, HP will be featuring the new HP Designjet L65500 Printer that uses HP Latex Inks on its stand (K062). First shown at drupa in May, the HP Designjet L65500 Printer is the first of a new category of large format printers that enables environmentally responsible wide format printing. The HP Designjet L65500 further extends HP's broad portfolio of large, wide and super-wide format inkjet printers that serves the diverse needs of the creative and printing communities.

Colourgen has appointed Julie Mitchell as its new Internal Sales Manager. Julie will be responsible for recruiting, training and managing Colourgen’s internal sales team as well as maximising and measuring sales performance to meet the company’s sales objectives. Julie will also oversee and participate in the co-ordination of sales promotion activities.

Prior to joining Colourgen, Julie was Sales Director at Grace Electronics where she oversaw an increase in turnover from £1.2million to £5million within 5 years. Overall, Julie has more than 20 years experience of working in sales, particularly in the computer supplies market, where she has held major accounts such as Comet, Office World and Spicers.

Peter Davidson, General Manager – Print Solutions, for Colourgen, comments, “Julie has extensive experience of managing and working within fast moving and dynamic sales teams. We believe she be a real asset to our team as we look forward to an exciting period of time for Colourgen. Julie will mainly be working with our reseller accounts sales team to help them support and manage these important relationships.”

Julie Mitchell comments, “I am really looking forward to the challenge of working with Colourgen. While the company is already very well established in its marketplace, I believe I can help deliver further growth by developing new ideas and new strategies.”