Durst’s 5m game-changer installed at Dutch firm
Earlier this month, industrial inkjet specialist Durst unveiled the world’s first 5m dye-sublimation printer, the Rhotex 500, which is now up and running at the production facility of visual branding firm Van Straaten in the Netherlands.
Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 15:26 GMT
Durst’s Rhotex 500 is now in production at Van Straaten in the Netherlands
Van Straaten and Durst spent a number of months working together on the development of the machine, formulated for the production of large-format soft signage. The Rhotex 500 can reach speeds of up to 310sq m/h in its highest speed mode, 125sq m/h in production mode, and 100sq m/h in high quality mode.
Managing director Niels van Straaten comments: “The progression to 5m wide sublimation printing is a logical one. There's ever growing demand for ‘bigger and better’ and visual media is no exception in this respect.
There's ever growing demand for ‘bigger and better’ and visual media is no exception in this respect”
“This new sublimation printer also gels nicely with our policies on sustainability. We're currently the first company to offer 5 m sublimation printing, but it will soon become the norm.”
Demand for large-scale soft signage continues to rise, and prior to the development of this technology, the widest sublimation printers of this nature could accommodate was 3.2m, so the machine is sure to be a game-changer in the increasingly popular textile sector.
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