Print-Leeds managing director Rod Fisher
Print-Leeds has advanced its technological capabilities with the arrival of a Screen Truepress Jet W3200UV ST wide format flat bed printer installed for possible POS applications.
The new machine replaces the Screen Truepress Jet 1600UV printer that the company installed in 2010 to meet increasing demand for high-quality short-run and one-off work. ‘Since then not only have runs got shorter and deadlines tighter,’ said managing director Rod Fisher, ‘but clients are much more aware of the potential of digital for POS applications. So it’s time to upgrade.’
The W3200UV prints CMYK plus light cyan and light magenta for photo-quality reproduction of wide format graphics. The company also specified a white ink capability to ensure colour saturation whatever the substrate being printed, including coloured and transparent media. Like its predecessor, the Truepress Jet W3200UV outputs a wide variety of backlit graphics, wide format posters, POP displays and signage and can handle media up to 50 mm thick.
Productivity is significantly greater, thanks to advanced UV curing and high-precision flat printhead transfer systems that give the Truepress Jet 3200UV ST the ability to print at 85 sqm/hr – ten times faster than the Truepress Jet 1600UV.
Mr Fisher, said, ‘Because we also wanted to up our productivity, the faster output speed was a big factor, plus other features that improve throughput, for example, the retractable lay pins, which guarantee accurate, repeatable substrate registration, and the zoned vacuum bed, which reduces masking.’
The new printer also incorporates Screen’s versatile multilayer print capability, which enables printing of up to eight superimposed layers to create high-impact products. For example, lower layers can be built up in high-speed mode before printing the top layer in high-quality mode to produce embossed products with striking 3D effects.
