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FastEditor’s Logo Editor for Grauf joins
Antigro

promotional products Bobby Grauf has joined

fast-expanding software
company Antigro Designer
Software developer in for Woocommerce and as its new head of business
FastEditor has unveiled a are working on a Shopify development for EMEA.
new program, Logo Editor, App,” added Molenaar. Antigro Designer is head-
“But [Logo Editor] is easy
to help print clients easily to integrate in any software, quartered in Poland. Its easy-
build their own merchan- and often takes less than to-use customisation and
dise for printing. Launched four weeks for full integra- personalisation tools creates
print-ready files for printers
in late September following tion.” and e-commerce specialists.
beta testing earlier in the FastEditor claims the new The system uses AI tech-
summer, the Logo Editor editor can give printers a sig- niques for tasks such as creat-
program is now available for nificant advantage in closing ing cut-outs.
early adoption by four print sales, when clients are able Bobby Grauf was
to play around with their
partners; FastEditor expects Logo Editor connects directly to e-commerce platforms designs and see them on the European managing director
to be able to work with up to and in 2024 we prefer this to colour options and printing merchandise. Results from of Inkcups until June, and
100 more in 2025. do well for four partners, techniques, and approve the firm’s first test partners prior to that spent more than
Rick Molenaar, rather than less well for, say, their designs. have shown a 20% increase 20 years at Agfa. Grauf said
FastEditor’s commercial 10.” Once clients are happy in online conversion, and a that Antigro Designer had “a
director, told Printweek: The editor, hosted on a with the design, Logo Editor 25% increase in basket value real wow factor”, and he had
been blown away by its
“We’ll try to stick to four print partner’s website, delivers print-ready files for – the latter thanks in large potential when he first saw it
part to FastEditor’s Cross
partners until the end of the allows clients to visualise the printer’s workflow, Sell Module, which shows at Fespa 2024 in Amsterdam,
year, to provide the best pos- their logo on printers’ full whether in PNG, PDF, or the uploaded logo on com- where the Antigro team inte-
SVG formats. The program
sible service. “For our part- range of products, with cli- can also add a mock-up with plementary products, grated it with an Inkcups sys-
ners, we brand the editor ents able to place the logo on the logo file. encouraging customers to tem to produce personalised
and set up their products, products, switch between “We have a standard plug- buy more. bottles in just 20 minutes.
Kavalan materials granted Canon upgrades

protective patent ImagePrograf TZ

Canon has further
TAYA Canvas (Shanghai) expanded its ImagePrograf
has been granted a protec- range with upgrades to its
tive patent for its Kavalan TZ and TX models of com-
PVC-free range of banner pact poster and technical
materials. Kavalan is drawing printers. Unveiled
described in the patent as “a at Printing United in Las
multilayered digital print Vegas on 10 September, the
material that can be used TZ-32000 and TX42000/ The ImagePrograf TZ32000
outdoors, composed on a TX32000 five-colour print-
non-PVC substrate with ers have been upgraded and TX3200, span 1.12m
multiple coating layers giv- CMYUK is the exclusive distributor of Kavalan in the UK and Ireland from previous models for and 910mm respectively,
ing it fire retardant, water- other ways to differentiate of Kavalan these brands can higher print quality and printing at up to 3.3 A1
proof, and ink adhesion their products. confidently specify Kavalan speed, while making it eas- pages per minute.
properties but also a unique “This could lead to more ier for unskilled operators Both TZ and TX models
adhesion promoting struc- innovative approaches to sus- knowing that it meets strin- to use them.
tural layer technology that tainable materials, benefiting gent environmental and per- The TZ-32000, designed have been built with dual-
enable the product to be suc- the industry and the environ- formance standards. to print large volumes of roll loading for automatic
cessfully welded”. ment as a whole. “This underscores TAYA’s computer-aided design media switchovers and
Vincent Lin, VP of TAYA “Global brands are increas- role in driving commercial (CAD) drawings, has longer periods of uninter-
Canvas, said: “With Kavalan ingly prioritising the environ- become the fastest printer
holding a strong patent-pro- mental impact of their solutions that align with mar- in the series with a speed of rupted printing, and feature
tected position in the mar- advertising materials. With ket demands and environ- four A1 pages per minute. upgraded colour calibration
ket, competitors must find the patent and certification mental sensitivity.” Its sister models, TX4200 and line quality.

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