At SGIA 2006, DuPont Imaging Technologies introduced the new DuPont™ Cromaprint™ 18UV digital printing system as a technology demonstration with expected delivery early in 2007. The 18UV joins
the DuPont™ Cromaprint™ family of UV cure systems as a fully integrated entry level industrial print solution, being added to the product line which includes the mid-level to high end Cromaprint™ 22UV commercialized earlier this year. The Cromaprint™18UV packs high-performance features in an entry level priced system including: Combination flatbed/roll-to-roll printing up to 72 inches
(1.83m) wide edge-to-edge on up to 1 inch
(25mm) thick substrates, print speeds up to 680ft
2 (63.2m
2) per hour with quality production modes of 118ft
2-399ft
2 (11m2-37m2) per hour, and a safe operational design including fully covered UV lamps and direct vent capable.
"We continue to listen to our customer’s input looking for an affordable UV cure inkjet solution that has good print quality, fast speeds, and is safe to operate. In developing the Cromaprint™ 18UV, we built upon many of the quality components we have in our higher end offering, such as our proven print controllers, gamut enhanced inksets, and the DuPont™ Spectra® Galaxy256 print heads, to produce a highly versatile entry level UV cure inkjet solution with a price tag for the printer starting at only $99,900 USD," said Craig Reid, global marketing manager at DuPont Color Communication.
The complete DuPont™ Cromaprint™ 18UV system is made up of the printer, including rigid media tables, gamut enhanced four color ink set (eight heads - two Galaxy256 heads per color), DuPont™ Cromanet™ CS color control and digital workflow software suite and print server, and DuPont service and support. Designed to meet the industrial performance requirements for most wide format graphics and signage applications, the new Cromaprint™ 18UV comes standard with roll-to-roll and flatbed functionality to print directly to a wide range of rigid board and flexible substrates including: PVC, polystyrene, foam boards, corrugated, vinyl, Melinex® polyester films, Tyvek® non-woven, wood, acrylic, and many others. The Cromanet™ CS software performs PostScript™ RIP functions, spectral color management, advanced digital workflow tools, and print control functions. Cromanet™ also features flexible output control with an easy to use operator interface for choices such as resolutions (up to 1000dpi), number of passes, interlacing, and color match functions including advanced spot color rendering.
"The addition of the 18UV to our 22UV increases our ability to offer Cromaprint™ UV systems that produce color any way you want it, in a range of price performance options," said Reid. "We are excited to add new Cromaprint™ UV cure ink systems to the other wide format inkjet systems offered by DuPont Imaging Technologies which includes: DuPont™ Artistri™ direct to textile, and Cromalin® Largo large format aqueous ink systems."
DuPont Imaging Technologies (http://www.imaging-technologies.dupont.com) focuses on providing color any way you want it through fully color managed inkjet digital printing system solutions for many digital printing applications, packaging graphics solutions, and ink jet ink and fluid components.
For additional information on DuPont Color Communication’s products, please call: Craig Reid, office - 001 302-999-2589, email - craig.t.reid@usa.dupont.com or visit the web site at http://www.color-communication.dupont.com.
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