The LumeJet S200 printer
LumeJet and its new ultra-high-quality print technology is set to make its UK debut at Ipex 2014, 24 – 29 March, ExCel, London.
Developed over the past 4 years, the inkless digital print head (DPH) has moved from university concept to an innovative print technology that is being acknowledged as ‘game changing’ by industry observers.
The technology has been designed from the ground up to exploit the proven, continuous tone quality of Silver Halide (AgX) media and its extended RGB colour gamut. This produces vibrant, smooth and colour accurate images. It also exploits the inherent micron-sized grain resolution of the media for ultra-sharp text and graphics.
Altaimage in the UK was the first company in the world to invest in the LumeJet S200 printer – the first to product to incorporate the DPH technology, read more here.
The LumeJet S200 takes 305 mm photographic roll paper for page sizes up to A3 landscape double-page spread, full bleed, including trim, 1000 x 305 mm maximum, ideal for lay flat books. Using the RGB colour space, it is ICC profiled and achieves amazing colour fidelity, including hard-to-print Pantone spot colours like Reflex Blue, neon, metallic and pastel, not to mention flawless solid black.
Rob King, Altaimage managing director, said, ‘The print quality is fabulous, quite unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. Fantastic photographs, eye-popping colours, sharp text and line art, all on the same page at the same time. Any agency using iPads for client presentations should get the prints made on it, it’s the hard-copy equivalent of a retina screen.’
Looking forward to Ipex, LumeJet’s commercial director, Miles Bentley, said, ‘The timing of Ipex couldn’t be better, giving us an international platform for our technology just as we have started to ramp up commercial production and are attracting a great deal of attention from companies wanting to produce premium quality pitch, presentation and photo books. The next 12 months will be a hugely exciting time for LumeJet as we grow sales of our existing machine, but also develop the technology into exciting new areas.’
