Digital printer Civic Media has installed a five-metre wide Uvistar Fujifilm printer to handle the 82 per cent workload spike the Brisbane business has enjoyed for the last 12 months.

The printer is Civic Media’s second Uvistar, and according to managing director Adam Middleton, it has taken up the extra workload immediately.

“We are extremely busy and even with the addition of a second Uvistar, we have had to increase operations to 24/5,” says Middleton.

The Pro8 model is designed for printing large rolls of vinyl banner and banner mesh, and Civic Media looks to Fujifilm for all its wide and grand format printing.

Civic Media already uses several Fujifilm-supplied roll and Flatbed UV printers including an Acuity Advance HS flatbed UV, the first 5 metre Uvistar UV roll-to-roll machine and an Acuity LED 1600.

“After using Fujifilm machinery and seeing how well they have looked after our account, we knew we could build on our relationship with them as we continue to grow as a business with them as our supplier,” adds Middleton.

Fujifilm says, “It features an array of 32 inkjet printheads, delivering true 600dpi and a wide-gamut inkset comprising CMYK, Lc, Lm and Lk which can be switched to CMYK only for high-speed billboard work at the flick of a switch.

A feature called parallel drop size (PDS), enables both 40pl and 20pl droplets to be deposited in one pass, thereby delivering the benefits of grey-scale print heads without a sacrifice in productivity.”

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