EFI Vutek FabriVU 520
UK-based MediaCo Group has installed an EFI Vutek FabriVU 520 dye-sublimation printer to boost capacity in its soft signage printing operation.
The display and graphics company’s choice for the printer – which uses technology from EFI Reggiani – was not too difficult, according to MediaCo Group managing director Mark Wardle. ‘After many months of extensive testing and analysing print quality, colour gamut, ink vibrancy, contrast and emerging technology, we simply could not ignore the results of the new FabriVU 520 printer,’ he said.
The aqueous ink dye-sublimation printer allows MediaCo to deliver single-piece fabric graphics up to 5m wide without seams.
‘Dye-sublimation products have previously been limited to a maximum width of 3.2m with the need for seams at larger widths, which can lead to puckering, mis-registration and unsightly lines in creative backdrops,’ explained Mr Wardle.
Initially MediaCo is working with five materials that are familiar to them while bringing their experience to bear on the larger 5m-wide designs.
‘Over the past 16 years we have been working towards this position and we are now ready to deliver to our clients the most advanced seamless fabric graphics available in the UK,’ concluded Mr Wardle.
