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PrintEx
Océ shows Speed applications
PRINT21 PANEL: The Colorado 1650 roll-to-roll printer builds on the innovative 1640 coming from the Dutch masters. With a proprietary UVgel ink that
combines the best of solvent and pigment; an ability to print matte or gloss
regardless of the media, without changing the inkset; and inks that can be bent or folded without cracking, the Colorado 1650 offers a lot to printers.
Super Signs first to
install Arizona 1300
UV flatbed
WA business Super Signs is installing the first Océ Arizona 1300 series flatbed UV in Australia.
Owner Scott MacKinnon said the Arizona 1360XT will bring a range of benefits to his customers. He said, “The printing capabilities we now have with the Arizona open the door to new market opportunities, ensuring we have plenty of new avenues to pursue to guarantee the future growth of our business. We can see the opportunity to use the 2.5D dimensional print in many applications in future.”
Super Signs had identified a gap in its production capacity, and set about looking for a flatbed printer that would enable them to handle a broader range of applications – and its research led it to the new Arizona 1360XT.
“When you’re making such a significant investment it is really important to investigate all the options carefully,” MacKinnon said, adding “and once we did so, we identified some obvious advantages that the Arizona could deliver to our business.
“This included the ability to
print directly onto a wide variety of substrates, which was a key factor in this decision.”
HOT PICK: Colorado 1650
Inkjet technology solutions developer Océ showed a host of applications, with striking images from the Speed photobook by renowned photographer
Horst Friedrichs.
The company had two brand new
flagship printers making their Australian debut on stand: the new Arizona 1300, and the new model Colorado 1650 with UVgel technology.
Craig Nethercott, managing diretcor, Océ Australia said, “The applications we showcased at PrintEx19 ranged from magazines and posters, to calendars and wall art – bringing the texture and impact of Horst’s images to life and demonstrating how powerful print can be.
“Océ is all about the possibilities –
its solutions are designed to fire the imagination, so that print businesses can offer new solutions to their clients.”
Using both wide-format and small-format print technologies, the company used its PrintEx display to illustrate how print can create customer experiences – from home, to the street, to the store – and how print businesses can use these technologies to drive their success.
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The Arizona 1380 GT on the stand was one of six models in the Arizona range – there are three different sized GT models and three larger XT models. Océ Australia product manager Andy Cocker said it provides a range of options for print service providers who want to upgrade their first flatbed or hybrid printer, to lift productivity and deliver high quality print across an even broader range of applications.
“The Arizona 1300 is the perfect flatbed printing solution for mid-volume sign
and display graphics, helping increase production efficiencies and answer market demand for ever more varied applications,” he said.
The Colorado has UVgel ink technology and what Océ says are unsurpassed levels of automation, enabling it to print to virtually any media from self-adhesive vinyl to polyester textiles, with high quality and lower operational costs.
“The new Colorado 1650 model expands that flexibility even further, using a new version of the UVgel ink with improved stretchability that can be bent or folded for soft signage applications without the risk of cracking,” Cocker explained.
“It also features new FLXfinish UV LED curing with gloss modulation, to achieve flawless gloss or luxury matte finishes, regardless of the media used and without the need to change inks or media.
“Add to that increased versatility – the Colorado 1650 can even print to porous media like uncoated papers, as well as textiles and silicon-edged graphics, because the new ink can be fixed immediately on jetting.
“We demonstrated the new model on
a range of different applications to show
how easily the Colorado 1650 can produce everything from wallpaper, to decals, to front or back-lit signage, quickly – at speeds up to 159sqm an hour – and cost-effectively.”
Cocker said, “The live demonstrations, together with support from Océ Australia’s product and technical experts on stand, gave visitors the opportunity to see how innovative print technologies can create new and profitable opportunities, with high-value solutions, which can expand markets and increase profits.” 21
Above Craig Nethercott (right) and Andy Cocker (centre) receive the Hot Pick from Wayne Robinson.