Roland DG has added the the wide-format IU-1000F to its range of UV-LED printers.
The new machine has been designed to meet the needs of printers operating in the sign and display industry, where Roland believes life cycles for signage, decoration and advertising are becoming shorter and PSPs are having to offer ‘one-stop shop’ solutions.
Capable of printing at 116sqm/hr, the printer supports white, gloss and primer in addition to CMYUK UV inks. It is equipped with 12 high-performance printheads and can print up to 635 x 1800dpi using variable droplet technology which can simultaneously fire three sizes of droplets at high speed. Printing time for a typical 1220 x 2440mm rigid board averages 15 boards per hour in the ‘Standard’ print mode, and 10 per hour in the ‘Quality’ print mode.
‘It is a powerful solution for the sign and display or print production business that seeks more efficient and faster turnaround production capability,’ said Kohei Tanabe, president of Roland’s Digital Printing Business Division. ‘By offering increased productivity, material compatibility, image quality, ease of use, and all the other aspects of this product, I am confident that the IU-1000F will achieve in-creased profitability for printing businesses.’
The printer, which was unveiled at Viscom in Italy on 10 October, employs UV-LED flatbed printing technology to print directly onto the media. Its UV inks cure ‘immediately’, enabling the IU-1000F to print on substrates including acrylic, PETG, PVC board, foam board, PC, wood, corrugated polypropylene board, aluminum composite plate, metal and glass. It also features a number of new functions including an ionizer that removes static electricity, a versatile print bed that can handle materials of various sizes, and media alignment pins.
