The variety of ink configurations that Mimaki offers across its UV range is a huge strength”
A true hybrid machine is one that can move between roll-to-roll and flatbed without having to do any lengthy changeover of tables, attachments and calibration. This terminology also applies to those machines that can print both roll-to-roll and flatbed with equal strength, as mentioned previously this overcomes the oft sighted criticism of hybrid technology—that it is a jack of all trades and master of none.
Today’s users of wide-format printing machines increasingly need the versatility from a single platform, which is designed to work efficiently with rigid and flexible materials”
Verbeist continues: “Any company wanting to increase its throughput using a wide-format UV-curable system will benefit from EFI’s design and construction parameters incorporated into its true combination wide-format and VUTEk solutions.
Although it has the appearance of a low-volume entry-level unit, put it in production and give it a run for its money, and it will pay dividends”
“Although it has the appearance of a low-volume entry-level unit, put it in production and give it a run for its money, and it will pay dividends. If you look at the demographic, I don’t see it going into the really small shops, I see it going into companies that know how to produce value added print and have sales staff that are going out actively promoting their print capabilities.
The Mimaki UJV-160 is described by exclusive UK and Ireland
distributor, Hybrid Services, as a ‘true hybrid’, and a ‘stepping
stone’ into direct-to-substrate UV printing
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Another factor is that productivity can be optimised on a true combination printer, with time-saving features and fast set-up times in a single machine”
“EFI’s VUTEk GS3250LX has also led the way with our ‘cool cure’ LED curing lamps, broadening the range of flexible materials that can now be printed on a quality combination machine. This 3.2m solution achieves high speed, faultless production on rigid substrates, including continuous boards, yet also is ideal with heat sensitive films thanks to the low temperature curing. So, the technology’s future can only be a bright one.”