The swissQprint Impala LED printer at Fine Cut
Fine Cut is the first UK print service provider to invest in the new swissQprint Impala LED printer, supplied and installed by Spandex.
The 2.5 × 2m printer, configured for six colours (CMYK, LC, LM plus white, primer and varnish), is already in operation at the company’s production site in West Sussex. It is used to produce a broad range of precision industrial applications for clients in the medical, automotive, marine and agricultural sectors, as well as more conventional signage and graphics work.
The opportunity to transition to LED curing was the primary driver in the decision to upgrade to the next generation printer.
‘While the original Impala exceeded all our expectations of digital output quality, UV curing still presented limitations for high precision work on more challenging substrates, due to the media distortion caused by the high temperature curing process,’ explained digital print manager Simon Tourle. ‘The new printer has delivered a noticeable step up in speed, thanks to acceleration of the printing process itself and the LED curing, which removes the need for warm-up and cool-down cycles between jobs.’
The new printer enables Fine Print to achieve photographic quality prints on virtually any substrate, including many that were previously screen printed, opening up many potential new avenues.
‘We like to say that we can print anything on anything and with the Impala, we certainly can,’ concluded Mr Tourle.
