We have over 217 FLAAR Reports already available for 2009:
UV, solvent, giclee, photo, RIP + color management, cutters, trimmers, laminators, scanners

On this FLAAR Reports Home Page we list primarily the UV-curable flatbed printers that we know best, from inspecting them in printshops (to learn how they function in the real world), from inspecting them in their factory (to see if they are well made), from testing them in their main demo room (to see if they have an acceptable color gamut and lack banding defects). Elsewhere in this web site we cover solvent printers (eco-, mild-, lite-, bio-solvent).

reviews evaluation, large format printers

More than 45 manufacturers produced more than 101 different models of UV printers between 1999 and today (2009). FLAAR covers all of these brands and models with special reports that list literally every wide-format UV-curing printer from 2004 through the new models coming out in 2009.

We cover the top 15 brands and the most popular 40+ printer models on this home page (and all the other brands and models in FLAAR Reports which you can easily order on-line).

We hope that the situation at Gandinnovations can improve for the many hardworking managers, distributors and owners of these printers. Continuity of tech support and spare parts is essential . A healthy Gandinnovations is in the general good interest of the industry and for end-users as well. One current issue is a lack of understanding of the situation with the venture capital investment company. Hopefully this will all be resolved over the summer. Summer is usually a quite period in the industry anyway. Then things get started again during the hectic Autumn trade show season.

NUR was in a similar situation in 2007, and FLAAR was brought twice, two days each time, to write an evaluation of the evolving status quo of the overall company plus cover the printer technology in each classification (roll to roll, flatbed, etc). In less than five months HP bought NUR.

Basic introduction to the major structural sizes and shapes of UV printers

There are 45 brands and over 101 different models (listed in FLAAR Reports). But here is a brief synopsis with samples given for each different kind: hybrid, combo, flatbed, etc.

UV high-end: combo (moving transport belt) flatbed + roll-to-roll
Durst Rho 700, Durst Rho 800, Shark (brand new), WP Digital (former Spuhl) Virtu RS 25, RS35. The new Rho 1000 was clearly the most impressive new production machine at FESPA Digital Europe in mid-May 2009.

UV-High-end dedicated roll-to-roll
Durst Rho 3501R, Durst Rho 320R, Matan Barak 3, Barak 5, HS, NUR Expedio 5000, Revolution (HP Scitex XP 5300), plus the new WP Digital RR50 former new Spuhl Virtu 5-meter roll to roll at top resolution quality). Nicholas was the VIP guest at the launch of this new roll to roll UV printer in Switzerland, two months ago in February 2009.

UV high-end: dedicated flatbed (see also entry-level flatbeds below)
Oce Arizona 350 GT, NUR Tempo Q which is now HP Scitex FB6100 (was a great idea, six years ago but is old-technology today), Inca Digital (Columbia, Spyder 320, Spyder 150, etc). The WP Digital RS35 also has a dedicated flatbed mode

UV mid-range
Grapo Manta, GCC StellarJet 260, GCC StellarJet K100, Dilli Neo Venus, IP&I Cube 260, Oce Arizona 250 GT, Mimaki JF-1631(and Mimaki JF-1610, both flawed), VUTEk QS3200).

Entry-level dedicated flatbed printers
Raster Printers Daytona T600 (now the Rastek T660), Gerber Solara ion X, newer ion V, and newest ion Z (cationic ink chemistry now functions), InkTec Jetrix, etc.

UV-entry level hybrid or combo
Grapo Octopus II, Rastek H700 ( formerly Raster Printers Daytona H700), GCC 183, I&I 1606, Sun Neo LED Evolution, Dilli Neo Titan, Mimaki UJV-160, Roland LEC-300, DEC Legend H72UV from LexJet, and many more to be released during 2009-2010.

Our experience also provides knowledge on which entry-level printers had a great intention, but which in the real world still have a few issues that cause owners headaches: ColorSpan 5440uv (HP DesignJet H35500 and 45500).

(last, but definitely not least): Major UV Printing Presses
Inca Onset (production model), VUTEk DS (still only a prototype), HP Scitex FB7500 (prototype only), Agfa M Press (Thieme).

Industrial UV Printers for factories: a new category we will cover in 2009, such as the ITW Trans Tech InDecs 620UV, one of a new breed of industrial UV printers.

As a consultant FLAAR also works with printing companies who notice that there is no printer available to match their needs. One company came to us this year and uses FLAAR as access to printhead, ink, and component manufacturers.

We cover water-based printers (Canon, Epson, HP) on three entire web sites:
Printing Processes:
Applications:
Decor
FLAAR Reports:
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New FLAAR Report for January 2009 based on research during 2008

Trends towards UV flatbeds for architectural décor and interior design

At FESPA both WP Digital, GRAPO, and GCC were featuring printing on glass and other architectural materials. Since the background of FLAAR is in architecture (just Google Hellmuth architect and you will see why, even Nicholas studied architecture at the university). So for this year we are preparing a special exhibit to showcase an entire faux room printed on wide-format UV-curable flatbed or combo flatbed printers. We have not yet selected a potential sponsor, but this will come later this summer or in the autumn; the exhibit is in February or March 2010, in New York (the prestigious ArtExpo, managed by Art Business News).

Trend to skip tank-like UV printers and get a more practical size to start with

The new Raster Printers T600uv (now Rastek T660) by Rak Kumar is "Made in the USA " for franchise sign shops that don't have space (or budget) for a huge UV flatbed. The 4x8' version, the Rastek T1000, is now being prepared as well.

• Which ink will replace all forms of solvent ink?
• Which ink will replace latex ink?
• Which ink will replace UV-cured ink?
• Which ink will replace water-based ink that we know today?

These new-ink chemistries are the subjects that Nicholas and FLAAR are working on this summer. There are four ink contenders (unfortunately none of them are Staedtler Lumocolor ink; that impressive ink failed utterly in the world of wide-format reality for reasons other than its ink chemistry).

FLAAR was at the main office and demo room of one of the four inks already this year. FLAAR has an appointment May 18+19 with the other leading contender: a remarkable ink.

Two more inks remain for us to inspect. If it is not realistic to visit these other ink companies after FESPA this summer, then we will skip them and concentrate on the inks we know best from being able to inspect the others in-person.

Since the FLAAR Reports are read by over one million people a year in 127 countries, and are read by many printhead manufacturers and printer manufacturers, we understand why the ink companies invite us to inspect their inks (under NDA in most cases).

There are 45 manufacturers of printers featuring UV-cured ink. Already three of them are checking out one or more of these four new inks. So 2009-2010 will be an exciting year. FLAAR is firmly committed to UV-cured inks (FLAAR Reports are the de facto yardstick that measures pros and cons of each brand). But we are also looking forward, now, already, to DRUPA 2012. There will be as many printers with non-UV ink at DRUPA 2012 as there were UV printers at DRUPA 2000.

I just visited a printshop in Germany with over a million dollars worth of Thieme screen printers. They said that instead of buying a giant tank-like UV printer for $320,000, they decided to buy one Grapo Manta for flatbed and one Grapo Octopus II for roll-to-roll. They got both together for less cost than one Mack Truck type UV printer for $320,000!

Then recently (January 2009), I visited a different screen printing and offset printing company elsewhere in Germany. They were installing a million dollar offset press the day I was there to inspect their UV-curable hybrid. But instead of buying any million-dollar UV printer, they were content with their purchase of the GCC StellarJET 183UVK.

Same story at another screen and offset printing company I visited in Chicago: they had millions of dollars of screen and also web or sheet-fed offset printing machines downstairs. And a Gerber Solara ion UV flatbed upstairs. As a result of learning this trend (that million dollar companies are often preferring UV printers under $100,000), FLAAR is now adding coverage of screen printing shops per se, offset press commercial printers, and even flexo (since they will need the UV printers that can do packaging prototyping and short-run packaging production).

Yet other companies are indeed preferring the $250,000 to $450,000 UV printers, still today, even in a rough economy. Durst Rho continues to be popular and Spuhl Virtu is being reborn in Switzerland as the WP Digital brand. I have been to the Durst world headquarters demo room three times in past months and was at Spuhl for the second time in late February (2009). The precision of the Durst and of the Virtu printers is remarkable and makes it worthwhile to consider this class of solution.

ISA '09 and FESPA ‘09 are the watershed for some brands because many small sleek multi-purpose printers are now available. It is sad that the ColorSpan 5440uv concept (a UV printer that is easy to use and available for everyone) failed even with their second model (currently the HP 35500). I had hoped this printer would set sales records, but if the components and printheads were not strong enough it's tough to compete with Korean quality. A slew of minor issues also caused the Mimaki JF-1631 to be overtaken in sales by Oce and GRAPO.

The message is clear: there are 45 manufacturers and over 101 models (over 60 of which are current). Out-moded printers with antique features (HP Scitex FB6100 and Mimaki JF-1631 are pertinent examples) simply can't compete against all the faster, better, less expensive options. Korea leads the new generation of printers, with IP&I and Dilli being the two best examples.

Our goal is to have full evaluations on 75% of the entry-level printers and 50% of mid-range and high-end printers by the end of 2009. Our university in past years insisted that all such work be covered by sponsored research funding so this is the policy since it took 400,000 km in 2007, about 300,000 km in 2008, and we estimate 350,000 km of travel in 2009 to reach factories, demo rooms, R&D facilities and site-visit case studies. Plus FLAAR has a staff of 12 people to handle the volume of evaluations, reviews, and publications around the world.

New site-visit case studies of UV-cured ink flatbed printers in 2009

The most reliable way to learn the truth about a UV-cured printer is to visit a sign shop that actually has one. So Nicholas has done site-visit case studies in Italy, Guatemala, Germany, Greece, Turkey, all across the US, Canada, etc. FLAAR checks out screen printing companies, franchise sign shops (Sign-a-Rama, FastSigns), Mom & Pop sign shops, as well as photo labs, giclee ateliers, beginners, mid-size, and huge printshops (our recent visits have been to the largest digital printing company in Slovenia and a second printshop near Ljubljana: both had Durst Rho printers; one had an Oce Arizona 250GT, with printhead issues in the past).

FLAAR now has over 83 reports on UV printers. Since we are a non-profit institute, our Reports ordering system has a few quirks. If you get lost, or have questions, please contact CustomerService@FLAAR.org. If that fails, telephone 1 419 823-9218, and explain what reports you wish to order. But usually you get quick response from the e-mail address. This phone is NOT a way to get any consulting. Hellmuth is not available at that number (since he is probably 17,000 miles away inspecting a UV printer factory, or a demo room or a printshop). If you wish professional consulting, you will be provided Dr Hellmuth's private telephone number. All contacts to FLAAR should be by e-mail only, not by telephone. Telephone is only if you wish to purchase FLAAR Reports and have a glitch on the ordering system, or if you wish to reserve a time and place to meet Dr Hellmuth in person for consulting.

Markets and Applications

Every year this large-format digital inkjet printer web site advances in readership and coverage. This year we are adding new pages to assist screen printing companies, offset printing companies, franchise shops, in-plant and in-house printing departments, printing companies for packaging (prototyping and production), reprographic printshops, quick print shops, photo labs, graphic arts, giclee and décor (interior decoration, textiles, wallpaper, etc).

These new pages are being added because so far every printshop that I have inspected in the last seven months has been either a sign franchise or a screen printing company or had offset presses in the room next to their new UV printer. So clearly the thousand franchise sign shops, the many thousands of offset press commercial printers, and the tens of thousands of screen printing companies around the world are asking for assistance in learning which new wide-format inkjet printer to select.

But we also have readers from all the other markets, applications, and printer technologies. So we will add coverage for each group.

If you have been reading the FLAAR Reports for many years you will notice that in 2008 we increased our coverage of textile printers. This will increase during 2009. You will find many of our textile printer reports on our sister site, www.wide-format-printers.org.

We have pending research sponsorship programs being discussed with other manufacturers and distributors relative to inkjet media, substrates, inks, laminators, RIP software, XY cutters and upright trimmers. So even though there is an obvious economic recession, everyone realizes that printshop owners and managers turn to the Internet to obtain helpful information on products. In a recession a printshop owner can't afford to buy the wrong printer.

So far, every month this year (2009) has been busier with more projects than last year, with a result of increased readership. Trade magazines around the world are asking for articles from FLAAR and trade shows are asking Dr Hellmuth to speak. So clearly people want something more substantive than hollow PR releases that promise everything but fail to admit any downside or deficiency.

Meet Nicholas Hellmuth at Shanghai '09, Print '09, SGIA or VISCOM

A convenient time to meet Dr Hellmuth is before, during or immediately after a trade show. Two Chinese companies have already asked for consulting with FLAAR before, during, and after the Shanghai signage trade show in July 2009. All consulting is under NDA (non-disclosure agreement).

We are now studying the completely new flatbed technologies. RIT Professor Frank Romano has asked FLAAR to give a 3-hour summary overview of TRENDS in the world of inkjet printers for 2009 into the future. This presentation will be in September 13 th in Chicago, to give us time to gather documentation from around the world on the new flatbeds and new inks that you will see at FESPA Digital '09, SGIA '09 and every year after this. The gist is that by DRUPA 2012 there will be new technologies and new ink chemistries that are as exciting tomorrow as UV was a breakthrough at DRUPA 2000 and DRUPA 2004.

However since today is 2009, and your clients need signage and décor and packaging and textiles today (not in 2012 !), this web site concentrates on the here and now, which is UV-curable, eco-solvent and mild-solvent, and water-based, and latex ink also. But several leading printshops have asked us to be consultants on retainer to guide them into the future, and printer manufacturers are asking for our overview of Trends as well. Indeed FLAAR now has an entire new series on Trends, starting in 2008 and continuing now into 2009 and beyond.

If you wish to discuss any of this with Nicholas, he will be at SGIA and Print '09 (GraphExpo '09) and some of the VISCOM fairs. But a meeting requires an advance appointment (FrontDesk@FLAAR.org) and a consulting relationship.

The advantage of consulting with FLAAR at a trade show is that you can also discuss each and every printer in detail, in person, with both the printer pros and cons and Dr Nicholas Hellmuth all together at one time and place.

Dr Hellmuth is considering initiating evaluations of substrates and printable materials. We intend to expand coverage of lamination equipment also. Last month FLAAR was in Istanbul (UV, dye sublimation textile and solvent printers). During the summer and autumn Nicholas will be inspecting the three new Durst Rho printers because there is a desire to get new evaluations before SGIA and VISCOM begin.

Dr. Hellmuth's relationship with Wide Format Printers

Nicholas is considered the Johnny Appleseed of wide format printers. His goal is to help newcomers, pro-sumers, as well as corporate in-house work groups, departments, and seasoned pros from government and educational institutions, prepress, graphic design, sign shops, quick print shops, offset printers, screen printing companies and other commercial enterprises learn which model of wide format inkjet printer would best meet their specific needs. 

Dr Hellmuth has also the "Ann Landers" or "Dear Abby" to end-users. He helps print shop owners, managers, and printer operators overcome the lack of adequate information about pros and cons of large format digital imaging. When you marry the wrong printer, when you have a one-night stand with inappropriate ink or media, when your relationship with a cheapo Internet source of low-bid equipment has gone sour, then "Ask Dr. Nicholas" and his staff. They will do their best to make reports available to assist and resolve your problems. 

FLAAR is International

Nicholas has lectured on wide-format printers in Dubai, Germany, Turkey, Greece, Russia, Slovenia, Croatia, India, Korea, and naturally around the US. FLAAR now has new web sites en español and auf Deutsch.

Dr Hellmuth also writes for SIP magazine in Germany, VisComUp in Spain, ME Printer in Dubai and is on the Board of Advisors of Digital Graphics magazine in the US. Our articles in ME Printer magazine are read in Egypt, Saudia Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and most of the other countries in that entire region. Our articles reach the rest of Africa via Practical Publishing in South Africa.

By the end of 2009 FLAAR authors will have articles in selected trade magazines that allow us to cover the entire world: specifically in local languages. Our articles (and also selected FLAAR Reports) are now fully in Arabic language and auf Deutsch (in German too).

Our recent year 2009 lecture program included Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia Herzogovia (with seven other countries waiting venue selection). Dr Hellmuth has recently been invited to be featured VIP guest in Abu Dhabi. Nicholas will lecture in Johannesburg again in early September 2009 at Sign Africa trade show, for Practical Publishing magazine.

Chinese UV Printers

During 2009 we will continue to study Chinese-made UV-cured flatbed inkjet printers in annual Shanghai July trade show. ComboJet and SkyAir Ship are two brands that are advancing, so we will check them out. FLAAR also has reports on the entire Chinese UV printer industry available. There are also FLAAR Reports on the most important Chinese printer trade show, Shanghai 2008. Chinese engineers are fully capable, just that their local markets prefer the cheapest possible printer, so naturally they use low-bid components. While visiting their companies in 2008 I saw entire new printer platforms that were so new they had not even been exhibited at the main Chinese trade show the week before. In many cases the CEO, President, or head of the new Chinese UV producing company was an experienced engineer. Nicholas enjoys visiting Chinese factories, testing printers, inks, and substrates in demo rooms, and naturally enjoys sightseeing, culinary experiences, and getting to know Chinese culture, especially temple and palace architecture and archaeology of prestigious early Chinese civilizations.

UV Printers from Korea and Taiwan

Our research trips to Asia have concentrated on the quality of printers made in Korea, both UV and also textile printers such as Yuhan-Kimberly. Dilli continues to be a reliable manufacturer. IP&I had a good presence at FESPA Digital Europe 2009.

A week in Taiwan was also informative, to learn about GCC. There is now a new site-visit case study on the improved StellarJET 183UVK, based on inspecting this printer at work in a German screen printing company in 2009.

Entry Level UV printers

People who previously had eco-solvent printers, or perhaps an Encad or HP 5500, are today curious about buying an entry-level UV flatbed printer. They want to compare prices and learn the differences between a hybrid UV flatbed, a combo UV flatbed, and other sizes, shapes, and ink chemistries. So for 2008-2009 FLAAR is working with sign franchises, printshop trade associations, and regional groups of screen printers and offset or flexo printers so printshop owners and managers can plan their entry into UV-cured flatbeds carefully.

At entry level it has been possible to study the IP&I Cube 1606F, DEC Legend H72UV, Raster Printers T600UV flatbed with white ink, Dilli Neo Titan.

Mid-Range and High-End UV Flatbeds also

FLAAR scrutinizes entry-level, mid-range, and high-end UV printers: At the high end we look carefully at Durst Rho 700, Durst Rho 320R, the new Shark, and many more. For 2008-2009 we will be adding new printer brands to our coverage.

At mid-range you can look at the Dilli Neo Venus, GCC StellarJet 250UV or StellarJet K100UV, IP&I Cube 260.

Solvent Printers continue in 2009 as do UV-curable flatbeds

Epson introduced a 64" water-based printer in 2008 and and is now in 2009 is still trying to interest sign shop owners in this  64" Epson eco-solvent printer. But most people are content with their Roland, Mutoh, or other solvent printer that they already have. FLAAR has notes on what we suggest to provide the Epson GS6000 eco-solvent printer some traction, but presently we are so occupied evaluating other printers that we have no FLAAR Report whatsoever on the Epson GS6000.

In January 2007 we increased FLAAR Reports on solvent, eco-solvent, and mild/lite solvent, starting with a site-visit case study of the Roland AJ-1000. We also may have new reports coming out in 2009 on the Seiko ColorPainter V-64s, H-74S and H-104S. In the meantime Mimaki and Roland hold the lead in solvent printer sales at present. Sales of other big-name solvent printers are slipping which is why we are concentrating on the leaders: Seiko, Mimaki, Mutoh and Roland. Our FLAAR Report on Intelligent Interweaving of Mutoh had over 47,000 downloads so far, a quantity that impacted the market actually.

The first news release of 2009 about solvent ink was that HP and Seiko have dissolved their relationship. The HP 9000s and HP 10000s solvent printers were plagued with minor problems of skew and awkwardness of reaching behind the printheads for cleaning. The new Seiko ColorPainter H-74s and Seiko ColorPainter H-104s mild-solvent printers are not yet evaluated by FLAAR but this is on our list of potential projects for 2009. Now, since mid-April, Seiko is offering a lower-priced mild-solvent printer, their Seiko ColorPainter V-64s.

HP sunk millions into their valiant move into latex ink, but most analysts privately tell us they don't consider that really water-based. What they say in their reports is different, but what they admit in private is skeptical. Promised access to beta-test sites so that FLAAR could inspect the HP Designjet L65500 printer was not honored, which was fine since we accidently found an after-market latex ink that does not require buying a new $100,000 printer. I would have preferred to study the full-scale original HP latex ink, but the after-market latex ink was more accessible.

And elsewhere on the subject of after-market third-party inks, FLAAR never touched this subject between 2001-2007 (because we had so many other research projects that occupied our entire staff), but for 2008-2009 these inks are becoming considered more reliable, so I initiated a study of InkWin and found that end-users actually preferred this ink over Lyson (an ink made in the UK). We are considering adding reviews of three more after-market third party inks in 2009.

Trends

Our readership is up significantly every month during 2009 over the same month in 2008 (about 42.8%). Downloading of FLAAR Reports on key titles is up 167% this year over last year.

It is simple: trade shows are expensive to visit (DRUPA is priced out of reason, especially hotels; and frankly FESPA and SGIA or ISA was more informative). FLAAR recommends trade shows as essential to learning about printers, but many sign shop owners say they are too busy or the trip is too expensive. So more people read the FLAAR Reports.

New for 2008-2009 are our TRENDS reports. These are for analysts, investment banks, printer manufacturers but are also available to end-users too. For example, which major Japanese printer manufacturer pulled out of Dubai 2009 trade show? Mutoh was at Dubai; Roland was at Dubai; even DGI from Korea was there (and about 17 chinese manufacturers!). But one huge Japanese priner manufacturer did not show up. Who, and why? Which other multi-national printer manufacturer was conspicuously absent at Dubai also? And why?

Our goal is to assist each sector to survive, and do well (ink, RIP software, printer manufacturer, substrate manufacturer, etc). We especially enjoy helping printshop owners, managers and printer operators. We are pleased that universities and students use the FLAAR Reports too. Over 340,000 people read this FLAAR web site last year. More than one million other people read the other FLAAR web sites on digital photography, fine art giclee, and water-based printers.

Most of our updates for 2008- 2009 onward are in FLAAR Reports in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. It is more efficient for us to make new information available in PDF format. So if a web page itself is not updated, check out www.wide-format-printers.NET to see if the printer, RIP, or other subject is covered in an update in a PDF download.

Most recently updated June 11, 2009.

Previous updates: June 2, 2009, May 26, 2009 , May 22, 2009, April 21, 2009, April 2, 2009, Feb. 20, 2009, February 15, 2009, January 29, 2009, January 23, 2009, January 12, 2009, January 2, 2009, November 9, 2008, August 2, 2008, March 10, 2008, Jan 27, 2008, May 3, 2007, March 19, 2007, February 12, 2007, January 2007, August 3, 2006, June 27, 2006, June 16, May 16, 2006, January 5, 2006, November 25, 2005, Oct. 28, 2005, Oct. 12, 2005, August 26, 2005. June 24, 2005, May 2005. Jan 27, 2005, February 17, 2004, after PMA trade show. Jan, 7, 2004, Dec. 15, 2003, July 3, 2003, redesigned Feb. 2003, Feb. 18, 2003, Dec. 20, 2002, Apr. 22, 2002.

UV Curable Inkjet Flatbed Printers

AGFA Anapurna X and XL

AGFA Anapurna XLS

AGFA :Anapurna M

AGFA Anapurna 100

AGFA Dotrix label printer

Apollo UV R-series

ARDEJE 1560Z UV

Azero Creon Jet 8250 UV and Creon 1600 UV Printer

BlueStreak

ColorSpan 5440uv, 5445uv, 5460uv, ColorSpan 5465uv

ColorSpan 72UVR

ColorSpan 98UVX

ColorSpan 9840UV

Creation LongJet

DEC Legend 72HUV

Design DFU130-BZ240 flatbed UV printer

Design DFU250-BZ wide format flatbed UV printer

Digirex Technojet Flat UV

Dilli Neo Deluxe

Dilli Neo Jupiter

Dilli Neo Venus

Dilli Neo Venus UVV-2506

Dilli 1606 Titan

DPC Digital Photonics Corp COJET-1422

Durst Rho SP 60 industrial UV

Durst Rho 160R (3M)

Durst Rho 205

Durst Rho 351R

Durst Rho 500R

Durst Rho 600

Durst Rho 600 Pictor

Durst Rho 800 Presto

Durst Rho 1000

Durst Rhopac

Dupont Cromaprint 22 UV

Dupont Cromaprint 18 UV

DYSS Apollo UV flatbed RF250

DYSS X7 Series

Eastech Scutum UV

EFI Rastek T660

EFI Rastek T1000

Eurotech Malakan UV

Flora LJII 1800

Gandinnovations JETi 3324 UV roll-to-roll

Gandinnovations JETi 3348 JetSpeed

Gandinnovations NanoJet UV printer

Gandinnovations Jeti 1224 UV Nanojet II (Nanojet 2)

Gandinnovations JETI 3150 flatbed UV printer

GCC StellarJet 183UVK

GCC StellarJet UV 250

Gerber Solara UV2

Gerber Solara ion v

Graphics One GO Fuzion

GRAPO Manta

GRAPO Octopus II

GRAPO Shark

HP Scitex XL2200

HP Scitex XP5100 and HP Scitex XP5300

HP Scitex XP2100 and HP Scitex XP2700

HP-Scitex FB910 UV combo printer

HP Scitex FB950

HP Scitex FB6100

HP Scitex FB7500

HP Designjet H35100 and HP Designjet H45100

HP Scitex Vision FB6300

HP Scitex Vision FB6500

Inca Columbia Turbo, Inca Columbia 220

Inca Spyder 150

Inca Spyder 320

Infiniti 6150P

Infiniti UV1612S, Infiniti Xterius 16UVs and Infiniti UV-1606

Infiniti 3360UV roll-to-roll UV-cured

InkTec Jetrix 3015FQ

IP&I Cube 1606uv series

IP&I Cube 1606uv series

ISI Bluestreak

Keundo Supra Q 3300 UV

Luescher JetPrint UV

Meital-302

Mimaki UVJ-160uv

Mimaki JF-1631,
JF-1610

Mimaki UJF 605c

Mutoh Cobra 100

NEOLTjet UV

NUR Tempo II and Q

NUR UV Site Visit

NUR Expedio

NUR Expedio Inspiration roll-to-roll printers

Nur Expedio 5000 Revolution

Oce Arizona T220UV and 60UV

Oce Arizona 250 GT

Oce Arizona 350 GT

One Solution SA Meital-3000 10 UV printer

PIT Sprint II UV

Raster Printers RP-720 UVZ

Raster Printers Daytona T600UV

Raster Printers Daytona H700UV

Roland VersaUV Print&Cut LEC-300

Scitex Vision VEEjet+

Screen Truepress Jet 650UV

Skyjet 1316 UV

Seaband Qumtum F6

Spuhl, WP Digital Virtu RR50

SunFasJet

SwissQprint-Oryx UV-curable inkjet printer

Chinese UV Printers

Teckwin TeckStorm

Teckwin Runjiang

Teckwin TeckSmart UV1600 Teck UV S2500

Triangle Milano

Virtu, WP Digital RR50

Vutek 200/600

Vutek 320/400

Vutek 180/600EC

Vutek DS8300 series

Vutek GS5000r

Vutek QS2000, 3000

White UV ink

Wit-Color Digital Ultra Flat-H2 UV-curable flatbed

WP Digital Virtu RR50

Yaselan Picasso YSL-D1600FBUV

Yishan YS2500

Zund 215C, 215-Plus

Zund 250-Combi

LED UV Curing

Summit Destiny 2500

Mimaki UJV-160uv

Roland VersaUV Print&Cut LEC-300

Flatbed Cutters

Gerber M cutters

Kongsberg cutters

Zund cutters

Mimaki cutters

CNC Routers as accessory for Flatbed UV Printers

CO2 laser engravers
° CO2 laser engravers
Color Management

Solvent Printers

BusJet Pro

ColorSpan 98SI

ColorSpan 72s & 72si

DGI Rex VistaJet

DuPont Cromaprint 25

Flex-Europa E-Jet G

Flora

Gigantagram

Gandinnovations Jeti3.3

Infiniti FY-6250

ISI ISIJet

JHF Vista

Keundo Supra

Kwangko Sprin

LongJet

Mastermind Oz Creator

Matan JetSet

Mimaki JV3

Mimaki JV3-160s

Mimaki JV3-250SPF

Mimaki JV5

Mutoh Toucan

Mutoh Falcon Outdoor

Mutoh Osprey 2.6

Mutoh Spitfire

Oce Arizona

Orasign

Seiko-ColorPainter H-104S

Seiko ColorPainter 64S

Seiko ColorPainter 100S

Solvent Ink or Oil based Printers

Solvent Ink Wide Format Printers

Skyjet Little Fairy

Splash of Color SolventJET

Tampoprint

TechnoPlot SolventJet

Teckwin

Yishan Digital Technology

Wit-Color

Eco-Solvent Printers

AGFA GrandSherpa

Gerber

Encad VinylJet

Kimoto Philyrassystem

Mutoh Phoenix

Mutoh Rockhopper

Mutoh Toucan LT Eco-Solvent Printer

Roland SolJet

Vutek UltraVu 260

Comparing Roland eco-solvent VersaCamm with Mutoh eco-solvent Junior, Mutoh mild-solvent

Mild-Solvent

Seiko ColorPainter 100S

HP 8000

HP 9000

HP Designjet 10000s

Roland AJ1000

Bio-Solvent

Mutoh BioJet

VUTEk Bio-Solvent

Textile Printers

Air Purification Solvent or UV Ink Odors

Island Clean Air ICA

PAT Technologies

UV-Coaters, Laminators

Drytac VersaCoater XL UV liquid roller coater

Interesting Ink
Trade Magazines
Printing Processes
Other Topics
Because older printers are still available on E-Bay, as a service to our readers we are maintaining our pages on older equipment. If you are only looking for a newer generation printer, you can find these primarily in our reports in Adobe Acrobat PDF format on www.wide-format-printers.NET.

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GCC 250UV
Durst Rho 351R
Raster Daytona T600
BARBIERI Factory
GRAPO Manta
Caldera RIP
Legend 72HUV

 

 

Nicholas Hellmuth testing the DEC Legend 72HUV hybrid UV-curable printer. This printer is available from LexJet and other dealers.

Dr. Hellmuth inspecting the Gerber Solera ion x printer at a factory visit to the demo room of Gerber Scientific company. There is no other institute in the world that devotes this level of study, inspection, and documentation. Nicholas traveled over 400,000 km in 2007 and a bit more in 2008, to bring back to you, our readers, information to assist you in learning more about wide-format inkjet printers, scanners, laminators, and cutting / trimming equipment.

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