Wide Format Online (WFOL) attended Visual Impact 2017 at its new home Sydney’s ICC (International Convention Centre). Darling Harbour, was a stunning backdrop for Australia’s largest digital print, sign, display, engraving and graphics trade show.
Visual Impact did not disappoint, as you would expect from the Wide Format Industry the displays and stands were colourful, vivid and impressive. It lived up to its name and provided a real Visual Impact.
The show provided a platform for several new product launches both here in Australia and in some cases the world. Jetmark’s Visual Impact 2017 stand, saw the world premiere of the remarkable new 5m UV LED Vulcan.
Stephen Cummings, Marketing Manager at Jetmark introduced WFOL to the Vulcan. On display for the first time anywhere in the world, the Vulcan is a giant 5m, multi-layer technology printer. It allows for pre-white, post-white or sandwich white options and its advanced long-life LED lamps are designed to provide for less down-time and lower running costs, along with environmental benefits from the removal of mercury and ozone gases.
All specifications and stats aside, the Vulcan is an impressive machine, capable of printing up to 3 jobs across its 5m span at any one time, at up to 2400 dpi.
No less impressive, was the launch of Mimaki’s world first, 1.6m LED UV printer and cutter, the UCJV300-160. Brad Creighton, National Marketing Manager at Mimaki presented this versatile inkjet printer, with its combined printing and cutting functions, mounted with UV-curable ink.As presented to WFOL, this innovative printer combined solutions of its 4 layers print and the inside lighting of graphic enabling an amazing image-change process named [Day & Night Printing].
Or one graphic two images, when the printed media is lighted from the back. It is a particular sign method with an appeared image switching between daytime and nighttime, double face print of front and reverse image by multi layers print.
Scott Donkin, Product Manager at Mutoh, was delighted to showcase for WFOL, its new VJ1948-WX 74-inch inkjet, dye-sublimation printer. With its 4 DX7 print heads, set in a 2 x 2 array, it is ideal for jerseys and yardage. Its new set up enables the continuation of the quality output, but with enhanced speed for efficient and cost-effective print solutions.
All the stands were impressive and WFOL thanks all those who were able to squeeze us into their hectic schedules. Thanks, in particular go to the teams at Starleaton, Jetmark, Mimaki, Mutoh, Roland DG, Kiwo, Orafol, Impression Technology, Pozitive and Real Time Media Solutions.
The trade show looked right at home in its new home at Darling Harbour, presenting a Visual Impact both inside and outside the trade show.
There was plenty of video shot by the WFOL team, and much of this can be seen by following the link below to WFOL’s videos.
Wide Format online youtube videos, can be found at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/WideFormatOnline/videos
