Canon introduced the Arizona 2300 Series of UV-LED flatbed inkjet printers for mid- to high-volume of wide-format graphics in the fall of 2020. Earlier this year, they announced a innovative upgrade to its material handling capabilities. Background The Arizona 2300 printers are designed to help print-service providers speed up production, operate more efficiently, and fuel … Read more
UV-LED printing technology has become so versatile that UV-inkjet printers are now available in a remarkable range of roll-to-roll, flatbed, and hybrid models for sign and display graphics, packaging, and industrial applications. At the 2024 FESPA Global Print Expo in March, Agfa unveiled its enhanced, rebranded portfolio of mid-market and high-end hybrid, flatbed, and roll-to-roll … Read more
Advances in UV-LED curing have helped improve the energy efficiency of curing the durable inks and coatings used in many analog and digital printing processes. For the flexographic printing process (used for mass-produced labels, shrink sleeves, and flexible packages), Excelitas Technologies® Corp. has expanded its Phoseon® Nexus ONE™ UV LED curing platform. UV LED curing … Read more
The robust Roland EU-1000MF high-volume UV-LED flatbed printer can output vibrant, detailed graphics directly onto rigid and flexible substrates, including sheet sizes up to 48 x 96 in. and thicknesses up to 3.74 in. The EU-1000MF is ideal for printing signs, displays, interior décor, and specialty products. It was engineered to provide outstanding image quality … Read more
Mimaki has added a second model to its JFX600 series of UV-LED flatbed inkjet printers. Whereas the the entry-level model (JFX600-2513) has a 4 x 8 ft. bed, the new JFX600-2531 has an 8 x 10 ft. bed. The bigger size means the JFX600-2513 can accommodate two full 4 x 8 ft. sheets of signage … Read more
MUTOH has been granted a patent for its groundbreaking UV Local Dimming Control (LDC) Technology. The technology enables the precise application of CMYK, White, and Clear Varnish in a single pass on Mutoh UV-LED inkjet printers. This cutting-edge feature is made possible by a UV-LED ink-curing lamp that has six different sections. Each section can … Read more
Direct-to-Film (DTF) printing is an apparel-decorating process that uses a professional-grade inkjet printer, thermal-transfer pigment inks, inkjet-printable transfer films, a hot-melt adhesive powder, and a controllable heating mechanism. After the hot-melt adhesive power is applied to printed graphic on the film, the film is heat pressed in a manner in which the graphic fully transfers … Read more
Roland DGA’s VersaOBJECT printers can customize a huge variety of consumer products, industrial products and parts, interior décor, signage, POP displays, packaging, and more
Digital textile printing systems are making it easier for home-textile designers and entrepreneurs to order shorter runs of customized products. For example, Catalyst Fabric Solutions, a large web-to-print manufacturer of home textiles, has installed multiple Epson SureColor F10070 dye-sublimation printers to increase productivity and fulfill print-on-demand orders. Catalyst Fabric Solutions offers more than10,000 customizable home … Read more
Nanography® is the enabling science behind a breakthrough digital printing method that combines the variable-data and print-on-demand features of digital printing with the throughput speed, media versatility, and quality of offset printing. The inks used for the process were developed with nanotechnology — the science of particles that are measured in nanometers (billionths of a … Read more
