Roland DGA. has announced the launch of a new UV Direct-to-Film (DTF) Transfer System, featuring enhanced media designed to improve ease of use, productivity, colour vibrancy and versatility over previous UV DTF products. Roland DGA claims that the improved adhesion ‘is up to two times better than competitive systems’.
Philip Chu, Roland DGA’s UV Printer Product Manager, says: “UV DTF printing is an ideal solution for retail operations, small businesses, and print providers who want to increase the value and appeal of just about anything by adding eye-catching graphics.”
“The introduction of our new print sheets and transfer film further improve the overall performance of the Roland DGA UV DTF System, allowing for faster production, the customisation of a wider range of substrates, and even greater adhesion.”
“What’s more, the new process is easy enough for print providers to either apply the UV DTF-printed graphics for their clients, or supply customers with the pre-printed graphics on transfer sheets so that they can perform the manual application themselves. This means that virtually anyone - even those with no prior printing experience - can apply a wide variety of colourful, detailed, and durable pre-printed UV graphics, manually transferring them to a vast array of three-dimensional objects, including oversized and irregularly shaped items.’
The new UV DTF Transfer System consists of UV-DTFA Print Sheets and UV-DTFB Transfer Film designed to work with Roland DG VersaOBJECT MO Series benchtop, VersaOBJECT CO-i Series large-format, and VersaSTUDIO BD Series desktop UV flatbed printers. When used together, the UV-DTFA and UV-DTFB media provide greater dimensional stability and eliminate adhesive residue deposits, while allowing improved adhesion that Roland DGA claims ‘is up to two times better than competitive systems’. In addition, the UV-DTFB film features new layered technology that increases workflow efficiency, resulting in a much improved DTF transfer process.
VersaSTUDIO BD-8 and BD-12 desktop UV printer users can also unlock the potential of the UV DTF Transfer System when paired with Roland DG’s ECO-UV 5 inks. The UV-DTFA Print Sheets are offered in a box of 25 A3 (11.7” x 16.5”) sheets, while the UV-DTFB Transfer Film is available in 12.2” x 82” rolls.
