The ColorSpan 9840UV offers the ability to print on rigid sheets or flexible roll stock up to 2.5m wide and 70
mm thick. Designed around a belt driven media feed system and 16 600-dpi Micro-QuadT piezo-electric printheads, the 9840UV delivers true 600×600-dpi quality and print speeds up to 75.4 sq m / hour.
Bruce Butler, director of marketing at Macdermid Colorspan, says, “We wanted to take the opportunity at the FESPA Digital Expo to show the next generation of ColorSpan UV flatbed printers.
“Targeted for release this summer (north America), the ColorSpan 9840UV represents a whole new level of productivity and versatility to digital print providers.
“Features such as the ability to print up to six boards at a time and the capability to load a second set of boards while the first set are printing greatly increases throughput. That, combined with the accuracy and versatility of a belt-fed media drive system and faster sellable print speeds, this is MacDermid’s fastest and most productive UV printer to date,” concludes Butler.
The ColorSpan 9840UV is a departure from current MacDermid UV printer designs in that it uses a belt driven media feed system with 15 vacuum zones that ensures accurate and consistent feeding of media through the printer regardless of media size, placement or quantity.
Two heavy-duty 91x257cm roller tables are attached to the front and rear of the printer to accommodate sheets up to 2.5m wide and 2m length. The tables can easily be removed to accommodate an optional roll-fed media supply and take up system for printing of roll-to-roll flexible media.
The printer automatically adjusts the printhead height to accommodate a wide range of material thicknesses up to 2.5m.
A pneumatically-operated media alignment bar raises and lowers to assist in loading sheets parallel to the print direction and the printer automatically detects the media’s edges making back-to-back and edge-to-edge printing easier than ever. Input and output media rollers are also pneumatically controlled to hold warped media flat throughout the
print zone.
The simultaneous printing of multiple rigid materials, such as pre-cut sign boards, can easily be accomplished with the new Multi-Sheet N-Up feature.
Up to six boards can be placed across the belt at one time. Adjustable media alignment pins ensure that each subsequent set of boards is placed in the same location. Upon loading the initial set of boards, the on-board Automation Eye will detect the right and left edges of each board and sends coordinate data to the RIP to layout the job to be printed.
Once the first set of boards are printing and have exited the “load zone”, vacuum in this area is turned off and a media alignment bar drops down allowing the user to load a second set of boards while the first set is still printing
allowing for maximum productivity.
With its ability to print directly onto full-width rigid display materials the ColorSpan 9840UV is ideal for sign makers, screen printers and other print-for-pay service providers that produce large volumes of indoor and outdoor signs, banners, point-of-purchase and exhibit displays by greatly reducing their production, finishing and labour costs. It is the ideal
addition for digital image providers who want to increase their productivity and expand their capabilities with a competitively priced printer.
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