However, it will continue to sell, manufacture and support the range, and expects some existing users will choose to add additional units. Sales will be restricted to territories where it has installed machines.

Public relations manager Paul Adriaensen said "nothing changes and future support is guaranteed" for M-Press customers.

"Not everyone wanted the features of the M-Press, notably the quality and performance, and therefore chose lower-priced alternatives," he said.

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Agfa has installed 40 of the high-end machines worldwide. Those machines are a mixture of the original Tiger version, a fully automated machine that could be integrated with inline screen-print units either before or after the digital print unit, and the more recent Leopard, which is purely a digital press.

The M-Press was originally developed as a joint venture with screen-print press manufacturer Thieme. It was launched in 2005 as part of Agfa's push into wide-format production alongside the original Anapurna.

Agfa said it would focus its inkjet R&D efforts on a "global technology platform suitable for a wider range of applications" that will incorporate elements from both the M-Press and the Dotrix.

The firm announced last year that it had ceased to sell the Dotrix and cancelled further development of a replacement roll-to-roll UV-cured press platform.

It will continue to develop its Jeti midrange products and Anapurna entry-level UV printers.

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