Perth's Gateway Printing has installed an Océ Arizona 480 GT flatbed as well as a Procut system.
The Procut system was installed just a couple of months after the Arizona.
Owner Richard King said that he won a largish new client based on the quality of the print from the Arizona.
Océ have had considerable success in pairing the Procut system with Arizona installations.
Up until these installations, Gateway was primarily a commercial printer but Richard King now fully expects to see a broadening of the company's offering and is excited about the potential that the new equipment will bring to the company.
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| The Arizona 480 XT |
The Océ Arizona 400 Series was only launched 12 months ago and includes six different UV flatbed printers featuring four, six or eight independent ink channels in two different flatbed sizes, offering a range of applications capabilities and capacity to suit any mid-volume print service provider. And as a provider's needs change, an upgrade path is available to ensure that the investment in an Océ Arizona 400 Series printer is protected from obsolescence.
Included in these new models, Océ VariaDot imaging technology can produce near-photographic quality with sharpness equivalent to 1440 dpi or higher. Text as small as 2 pt. is legible, even when reverse-printed (white ink on a black field). Active Pixel Placement Compensation ensures image sharpness, density and uniformity, wherever it is printed on the flatbed or on the Roll Media Option. This feature is standard on all Océ Arizona 400 Series printers.
A variable vacuum system featuring six vacuum zones on the Océ Arizona 400 Series GT models – seven on Océ Arizona 400 Series XT models – are configured to match the majority of standard-sized graphics arts media to reduce or eliminate manual masking, thereby decreasing operator intervention and increasing productivity.
A batch mode supports complex, multi-layered jobs – those requiring multiple passes for specialty applications. These jobs can now be streamlined using the new batch mode tools, eliminating operator intervention between operations. Included on all Océ Arizona 400 Series models, batch mode can also be used to produce sets of prints sequentially for easy collation and fulfillment.
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| The Océ ProCut system |
The Océ Arizona 460 GT and Océ Arizona 460 XT models include six independent ink channels with the first four configured for standard CMYK printing. Channels five and six can be configured in two ways that offer flexibility to meet the demands of various jobs:
Varnish + White: Using white ink, print service providers can produce exceptional quality prints on a variety of non-white substrates – including backlit prints that can command premium prices. Varnish can be used as a spot or flood decorative element for attention-getting results at premium prices.
Double-White: Alternatively, when not required for use in printing varnish, the sixth channel can be used as an additional white ink channel to provide double the opacity in a single printing pass for higher productivity when printing white ink jobs. This is particularly beneficial for backlit and industrial applications.
The Océ ProCut can be used to optimize basic trimming tasks for rigid substrates up to 50 mm thick such as foam board, plastic media, acrylic, X-Board and composite panel and flexible media in rolls or sheets, including paper, banner vinyl, self-adhesive vinyl and fabric. It can also be used for more complex jobs, such as contour-cutting of point-of-purchase displays, through-cutting and creasing of structural projects or kisscutting of production-quantity decals.
The Océ ProCut system is automatically driven by the fully integrated software modules that feature an intuitive best-in-class graphical user interface to reduce operator training time and significantly increase overall productivity.
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