Slated for success: wide-format flatbed triumphs
Romford-based print provider, Graphic Station, has reportedly gone to great lengths to challenge the claims Mimaki has made about is latest LED UV printer by throwing a huge variety of substrates at the machine.
Wednesday, 13 Aug 2014 11:03 GMT
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Images printed onto reclaimed Welsh slate by the Mimaki JFX200-2513 were commissioned by Roy’s People
Working alongside artists, and local and national businesses, Graphic Station has produced a number of beautiful prints on substrates such as reclaimed Welsh black slate and wood, using its newly purchased Mimaki JFX200-2513 LED UV wide-format printer.
"We’ve done so many different things. We’re working with an artist to print onto Welsh black slate, we’ve printed onto wood, MDF, acrylic and Dibond, produced promotional work for Arriva's London headquarters, working on branded cupboards for a national cake shop chain, taxi-cab signs—we've tried a whole range of materials and designs, with brilliant results,” enthuses Paul Fox, director at Graphic Station.
Graphic Station demonstrates the creative potential of printing directly to acrylic
Printing on substrates up to 50mm thick, the machine is a 2.4 x 1.2m flatbed and uses CMYK UV ink. According to Mimaki, it is capable of maintaining high-quality output at a top speed of 25sq m/h on all kinds of substrates including, it seems, slate from the Welsh hills.
The company bought the machine from Sign and Digital UK 2014 in April with help from i-Sub Digital, a Mimaki reseller in the UK.
Mimaki's exclusive UK and Ireland distributor, Hybrid Services, created this mini-documentary of the benefits of UV LED printing and the JFX200-2531
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