Lenticular Leader Big3D.com Signs for a new MAN Roland 500 Six-color Press

FRESNO, CA—11/07/06—Big3D.com Worldwide of has ordered a six-color ROLAND 500 press with inline coating and an extended delivery from MAN Roland Inc. The privately held company is the industry leader in lenticular and three-dimensional printing processes.

The versatility of the ROLAND 500, which can handle the widest range of substrates in the industry and stock thicknesses from onionskin to 40 pt board, will be put to good use on lenticular jobs at Big3D.com. The technique involves placing special lenses over a two dimensional print, allowing the eye to simultaneously view alternating sections of multiple images.

“Today’s lenticular 3D graphics are a vast improvement over the cheesy novelty items of the 1950s,” notes Bradley Fitzhenry, Marketing Director, Big3D.com Worldwide. “Lenticular 3D images do not require any special equipment to view, and are adaptable to many types of installations and uses.”