The new Jeti Mira LED now relies on UV LED curing technology to offer mid- to high-end sign and display printers its signature print quality. The engine now also integrates with PrintSphere, through Asanti. An enhanced varnish option results in 3D prints with some serious stopping power.
The Jeti Mira is a moving-gantry flatbed printer specially designed to offer optimal flexibility. It features up to 2.69m-wide prints, print and prepare functionality, a dockable roll-to-roll option, two table versions, speed (up to 231sqm/hr), six colour, white colour standard, highly-pigmented UV inks and two rows of fast-firing Ricoh inkjet print heads. The latest printer upgrade also includes UV LED curing technology, which involves significant advantages.
'Equipped with UV LED lamps for the curing process, the Jeti Mira comes with a number of economical, ecological and business-generating benefits,' explained Reinhilde Alaert, Marketing Product Manager, Sign and Display High-End, Agfa Graphics. 'LEDs have minimal heat output, for example, which allows for a broader scope of print applications. They also ensure very stable bi-directional calibration, high productivity, significant power savings and consistent output over the life-time of the system. This all leads to a greater ROI.'
Relying on LED technology, Agfa Graphics’ specially-formulated UV LED inks can print on heat-sensitive substrates such as thin slides, self-adhesive sheets and stretchable PVC materials. They are both customised and versatile, developed with a view to the many different media they are intended for. Agfa-made UV inks also boast a wide colour gamut and high colour vibrancy in both indoor and outdoor applications, while their high pigment load and Asanti’s colour management optimization ensure low ink consumption.
The Jeti Mira is driven by Agfa Graphics’ wide-format workflow software Asanti, which controls the entire printing process from prepress to production and finishing. New to Asanti is the optional integration with PrintSphere – Agfa’s cloud-based service for production automation, easy file sharing and safe data storage. PrintSphere offers a standardised way for print service providers to automate their workflows and facilitate data exchange with customers, colleagues, freelancers, other departments and other Agfa solutions.
The Jeti Mira can add a dramatic touch to many different applications, including POP displays, packaging, decorative prints and trade show graphics, thanks to 3D lens printing technology. Using a combination of printed lenses composed of UV-curable varnish and image manipulations, the Jeti Mira knows no limits. It adds depth to print results by tuning the size of varnish lenses and the array in which they are printed. 'With this new potential to generate stunning 3D effects, the Jeti Mira is truly a versatile printing revelation,' added Alaert.
Agfa Graphics
www.agfagraphics.com.au
