LFP - Large-Format-Printing

FUJIFILM INCORPORATES WIDE FORMAT INK JET UNIT INTO FUJIFILM U.S.A.

Wednesday 26. March 2008 - Retailers and Pro Labs will have a Single Ordering Point for all of their Fujifilm Imaging Supplies

FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc. today announced that the Wide Format Inkjet business unit of FUJIFILM Hunt Chemicals U.S.A., Inc. will become part of Fujifilm U.S.A.’s Imaging Division as of April 1, 2008. Moving forward, retailers and professional labs will benefit from the convenience of a single point of order for all imaging hardware and supplies, including wide format inkjet products.

“Many of our customers are currently expanding their Frontier solutions to generate revenue from a wide range of products beyond traditional 4″x 6″ prints,” said John Placko, senior product manager, Wide Format Inkjet Products, Imaging Division, FUJIFILM U.S.A. “Today’s announcement underlines our commitment to meeting the varied needs of these customers in today’s changing imaging marketplace. Our new, simplified ordering process saves valuable time and directly enables retailers and professional labs to focus on providing their customers with stunning, Frontier-quality prints in a wide range of sizes.”

Fujifilm’s Wide Format Inkjet product line consists of more than 250 products such as inks, papers and printer hardware from Epson as well as Fujifilm branded media. Included in the product line is the Epson/Fujifilm Stylus Pro 7880 wide format inkjet printer, which can be integrated with any Fujifilm Frontier system to create poster prints and other large format products.