Dainippon Screen printing equipment has the sought after reputation of being some of best made equipment in the world, therefore it came as no surprise when the UK's Best Digital installed the world’s first Truepress Jet W1632UV flatbed inkjet printer and a Screen Truepress Jet 2500UV hybrid wide-format printer.
Managing director Geoff Rawlings describes Best’s market position as 'in the niche between small digital companies with ‘print and mount’ facilities and the major POS suppliers'. Under the strap line ‘Large format, direct to almost everything’, Best focuses on delivering high-quality work on time and at a competitive price, backed up by a total support package from concept and design through to production and installation.
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| Geoff Rawlings and his new Screen Truepress Jet W1632UV |
'It’s been a very successful formula so far,' said Rawlings, 'but competition is increasingly fierce and customers are more and more demanding. To grow the business we need to maintain margins, and to do this we need to develop added-value products that set us apart from the competition. The new Screen machines are vital to this strategy—armed with them we can attack markets like retail with products such as quality double-sided window graphics.'
Best operates a variety of digital printers, including solvent- and dye-based machines. 'The quality of the work coming off the Combis was fine, but we needed to produce it faster, so we started looking to increase our firepower.'
The Truepress Jet W1632UV prints at 94sqm top speed per hour on media up to 1600 mm x 3200 mm with a maximum thickness of 48 mm. Its 12-picolitre micro-droplet printheads render crisp text, fine definition and smooth vignettes, while a maximum apparent resolution of 1200 dpi ensures photographic quality on printed images. The machine features Screen's proprietary Truepress inks and comes with six colours (CMYKLcLm) as standard. 'The Truepress Jet W1632UV is a true flatbed, and the quality it produces at speed is amazing,' said Rawlings.
The Truepress Jet 2500UV proved the perfect partner for the Truepress Jet W1632UV. 'The combination gives us enormous versatility as well as a trebling in capacity compared to the Zund Combis. The Truepress Jet 2500UV is also fast and produces high quality work, has the unique ability to print seven layers and features a roll-to-roll option. Because both machines use the same inks, so we can keep colour consistent when we split jobs between the two.
'These machines take us into the next generation of large-format digital printing. Without sacrificing valuable floorspace, we can produce more print, in more sophisticated formats and longer runs,' said Rawlings.
'We’re delighted to welcome Best Digital as a new Screen customer, and we couldn’t ask for a better home for the world’s first Truepress Jet W1632UV. What Best is doing—picking the best of technology to go after new markets—is a great example to forward-looking digital printers everywhere. We look forward to helping them grow and prosper in the future,' said Kees Mulder, president of Screen Europe.
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