Owner David Leach told ProPrint that he visited Durst’s European headquarters and several Durst users in Europe before settling on the roll-to-roll and flatbed device.

“We were after something which would replace our existing technology that had a smaller footprint, higher quality, greater flexibility, and high reliability,” said leach (centre).

The Rho 800 replaces an HP Nur Tempo machine, which has since been sold to a printer based in Western Australia.

“The Tempo has worked exceedingly hard and well for many years, and it has gone to a new home to extend its useful life,” Leach said.

Leach said that Durst’s “reputation in the marketplace” for reliability played a part in the decision.

“It will enable us to produce larger runs at a higher quality far more quickly. We will be able to produce at four to five times the speed we could have done beforehand,” he said.

The machine is being installed at the company’s headquarters in Leichhardt, and is expected to be fully operational “within a couple of weeks”.

The change means a move away from an Onyx RIP system to a Caldera RIP.

“There is slightly different software to get used to, but our staff are exceedingly adaptable and keen to take on new learning,” Leach said.

The company purchased the machine through local distributor Photo Electronic Solutions (PES).

PES’ Greg Farraday told ProPrint that while Durst still has a comparatively small presence in the Australian market, there was strong interest at last week’s Visual Image Impact Expo last week.

“We got a lot of interest at the show from people with existing machines,” he said.

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