Wide-Format Ink-Jet — Digital Printing Goes Flat

An optional material handling system provides automatic loading/unloading of rigid media from a pallet for continuous operation. The complete VUTEk DS system isn’t scheduled for introduction until sometime in 2009, but EFI already offers the VUTEk PV200 and QS series flatbed machines.

Gandinnovations likewise added to its line of flatbed printers in Düsseldorf with the launch of its NanoJet UV “true” flatbed digital printer that uses 24 Spectra UV ink-jet heads to print a maximum 48x96˝ format at up to 220 square feet per hour. This six-color system has a top resolution of 1,200 dpi. The company offers a range of flatbed models, capped off by the Jeti 2030 X-2 that is capable of printing a maximum 78x120˝ format and 1,510 square feet per hour.