SGIA Expo 2009 Showstoppers

INX Digital International Co. - Booth #2131

Now Available from INX Digital International: 440ml mild solvent and solvent ink cartridges designed for use in Roland Soljet series printers, Mimaki JV5 and Mimaki JV33 printers. Triangle is answering the market with their high quality inks in smaller packaging for those printers who are not ready to make the switch to bulk inks. Cartridges will be available in four or six colors dependant on the printer series, and offer the same high quality formulation, performance, and color gamut as our regular bulk inks.

Neschen Americas - Booth #2143

Neschen Americas is launching several new products including Neschen Pure Color Apollo Flag. This full-bleed polyester flag weighs only 3.2 ounce/yard and provides brilliant color reproduction. After extensive research and testing Neschen Americas can provide users with color profiles, printer set-up tips, and application support. It is designed to deliver optimum color vibrancy and sharp detail when printed with wide-format solvent, eco-solvent, or UV printers.

Durst Image Technology US LLC - Booth # 2201

Durst is introducing three new additions to the Rho family of UV inkjet printers.

The Rho 500R is a five-meter roll UV printer that provides a print output of 4300 sqft/hour. It combines 600 dpi six-color print quality with high output. It also has the capability of printing three 1.6m/62-inch rolls together, with three independent print queues.

The Rho 800HS provides even faster print output than the Rho 800, increasing production by 80 percent. Other developments, particularly the Quadro Array technology along with workflow, have set a new standard in high-speed production.

The Rho 1000, a continuous UV printer, can be integrated into existing manufacturing processes. It can be loaded and unloaded using screen printing methods and systems and guarantees a maximum output of over 200 4x8 foot boards per hour while ensuring optimum quality and reliability for 24/7 production.

Agfa - Booth #2223

Agfa Graphics is demonstrating the :Anapurna M² and :Anapurna Mw and showing presentations of the :M-Press TIGER and a newly-configured :Dotrix Modular.

The :Anapurna M² is a heavy-duty industrial UV inkjet printer, designed to produce output on a wide range of rigid and roll-to-roll media. It can produce high-quality poster output at 23 sqm/hr. The :Anapurna Mw adds single pass pre-white and multi-pass post-white to the :Anapurna M series, creating new possibilities for printing on transparent material and backlit applications or printing white as a spot color.

Agfa’s :Dotrix Modular uses high quality, economical and eco-friendly UV-curable inks which don’t contain VOCs.

The :M-Press TIGER is a high-speed flatbed inkjet press that, when combined with an inline screen printing unit, provides flexibility to screen print varnish, spot colors, gold, silver and opaque white without any loss in productivity. The :M-Press TIGER is capable of printing at 1,583 sqm an hour.

Roland DGA - Booth #2231

At SGIA, Roland will feature the new VersaUV LEC-330 30-inch LED-UV inkjet printer/cutter. It prints on a wide range of substrates including metallic surfaces for labels, decals, POP displays and posters and semi-rigid sheet stocks such as card stocks for folding cartons and thicker polycarbonate sheets for membrane switch applications. It also prints on offset paper stock, BOPP, PE and PET film for highly accurate proofs, prototypes and comps.

Roland will also feature the VersaCAMM SP-i inkjet printer/cutters featuring Roland print/cut technology which combines precision printing and contour cutting all in one device. The VersaCAMM SP-i series includes the 30-inch SP-300i and the 54-inch SP-540i.

ONYX Graphics, Inc. - Booth #2250

ONYX Graphics will be demonstrating ONYX PrepEdge Pro software, a professional job preparation tool designed specifically for wide-format workflows.

ONYX PrepEdge Pro software addresses all job preparation issues prior to print processing. It includes features specific to wide-format job preparation such as one-click grommet placement; size, crop and positioning tools; bleed and fold tools; complex tiling and template tools; fast contour cut path generation; and a raster image to vector tool.

ONYX PrepEdge Pro software gives users the ability to view color-accurate, on-screen proofs, and quickly check and fix file anomalies. The built-in color correction and management tools include controls to correct hue, saturation, brightness, contrast and color balance. It includes a simple and accurate spot color matching function with the ability to create and save spot color libraries.