New Year predictions - Roland DG's Brett Newman:
What trend do you think 2012 will remembered for?
I think it will be the year when digital printing in all its forms truly cames of age. There was no better representation of this than at Drupa 2012. Digital was everywhere - it was where the buzz was and where the innovation was. I think it was a major milestone in the evolution of digital printing, and digital - whether wide format or cut-sheet - really dominated the show. Across the wide format sector, we saw printers really start to embrace the broad range of applications wide format printers can offer. We also witnessed a strong drive from printers towards purchasing a complete solution sourced from a single, trusted provider as printers sought to have the edge in terms of quality, consistency and continuity with their wide format machines...