02.13.19
In the autumn of 2018, Colours Factory (Piła, Poland) commissioned its third large-format inkjet printer from Agfa, a Jeti Tauro H2500 LED. The management of Colours Factory said that the new printer has quintupled its UV inkjet printing potential on various rigid and flexible media.
Over the last 10 years, Colours Factory has steadily increased its share of large-format printing.
“When we introduced the first wide-format printers in 2008 and the associated peripherals, the newly formed department hired 10 people,” Małgorzata Donder, manager for large-format digital printing, said. “Now, it employs over 80 people, and it continues to increase its contribution to the global turnover of the entire company year after year.”
The printer commissioned in September 2018 is a hybrid solution using energy-efficient UV LED technology. It can be used for printing on flexible media with a width of up to 2.5 m. For rigid substrates, the maximum format is 4 x 2.54 m, and the maximum thickness is 5 cm. The plotter prints in six colors plus white, reaching a print speed of up to 275 m2/h.
“After almost one and a half months of operation at full capacity, we can confirm that Jeti Tauro is a tremendous technological leap from the machines purchased several years ago,” said Donder. “In addition to its capacity, this solution offers a number of extra options that significantly improve and refine our large-format digital printing (also because the machine is integrated with the color management system): advanced UV LED technology, suitability for rigid media as well as rolls, and the white ink, which we frequently use (particularly to print spot colors). These are only some of the strengths of this equipment. By using UV LED lamps instead of conventional mercury bulb lamps, we can print on substrates sensitive to high temperatures.”
Over the last 10 years, Colours Factory has steadily increased its share of large-format printing.
“When we introduced the first wide-format printers in 2008 and the associated peripherals, the newly formed department hired 10 people,” Małgorzata Donder, manager for large-format digital printing, said. “Now, it employs over 80 people, and it continues to increase its contribution to the global turnover of the entire company year after year.”
The printer commissioned in September 2018 is a hybrid solution using energy-efficient UV LED technology. It can be used for printing on flexible media with a width of up to 2.5 m. For rigid substrates, the maximum format is 4 x 2.54 m, and the maximum thickness is 5 cm. The plotter prints in six colors plus white, reaching a print speed of up to 275 m2/h.
“After almost one and a half months of operation at full capacity, we can confirm that Jeti Tauro is a tremendous technological leap from the machines purchased several years ago,” said Donder. “In addition to its capacity, this solution offers a number of extra options that significantly improve and refine our large-format digital printing (also because the machine is integrated with the color management system): advanced UV LED technology, suitability for rigid media as well as rolls, and the white ink, which we frequently use (particularly to print spot colors). These are only some of the strengths of this equipment. By using UV LED lamps instead of conventional mercury bulb lamps, we can print on substrates sensitive to high temperatures.”