Agfa Graphics is expanding its wide-format hybrid Anapurna LED series for sign and display professionals with a new 1.65 m-wide hybrid printer, the Anapurna H1650i LED.
The device is currently being premiered at C!Print Lyon in France. Agfa says the hybrid printer is a smaller version of the popular Anapurna H2050i LED printer, and says it is designed as an accessible and cost-effective production tool that combines the latest LED technology with high-quality output.
Philip Van der Auwera, product manager at Agfa Graphics, says ““The hybrid Anapurna H1650i LED printer was designed as a robust, qualitative and versatile entry-level option for wide-format print service providers.
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“Although smaller, it is equipped with features normally reserved for higher-end printers, such as automatic head height measurement, crash prevention and an anti-static bar, thus offering the best at a reasonable price. Of course, the Anapurna H1650i LED is driven by Asanti as well, which adds to the resulting high-quality and consistent prints.”
The company says like the original version the new Anapurna prints on rigid and flexible media by means of LED curing, resulting in a lower cost of ownership. Agfa claims it combines this with imaging quality, ink-saving thin ink layer technology and white ink printing reliability, yet the printer is still a smaller financial investment than other Anapurna engines.
Agfa says its wide-format hybrid Anapurna LED engines are robust and high-speed that take on both rigid and flexible print jobs, and excel in accuracy thanks to a reinforced belt drive and shuttle beam, a gradient and multi-layer functionality and six 12-picoliter printheads. The company claims the printers have air-cooled UV LED lights that allow printing on thin and thermal sensitive substrates, with several advantages such as a lower energy consumption, a wider application scope and higher productivity. Agfa says all engines are powered by its Asanti sign and display workflow software.
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