Sydney printer Mayer, which specialises in custom packaging and promotional products, is bringing its digital wide format work inhouse, with the purchase of a SwissQprint Oryx from Positive Camtec.
Mayer says the quality of print, as well as the ability to print onto various materials, made the Oryx a standout choice. Gail Wilkinson, sales manager with Mayer, tells Australian Printer, “Our decision was based on the quality of print needed for what we manufacture: the products are brand-oriented and normally viewed close-up, so we needed a printer that could produce close to photographic quality.” Wilkinson adds that the Oryx will eliminate the need to outsource work, and allow Mayer to combine screen and digital printing where necessary. She says, “We are screen printers, but as people are asking for four-colour process work, we decided we needed to have an option to make that available inhouse, something that would give good quality print. “In the past sometimes we have outsourced the printing of inserts to fill into a product, or we would screen print spot colours. Now we have the ability to print directly onto the material, on PVCs or polypropylenes, timber, tiles and glass, acrylic, corflutes and all the different signage materials, and we now make banners. So it has been an extension to the work that we take on within the business.” Based in Eastern Creek, the company works with a range of businesses and brands, including pharmaceutical companies, banks, retailers, the building industry, designers and government departments for rail and health. Adriano Gut, sales and marketing manager with Sydney-based SwissQprint supplier Positive Camtec, says three Oryx machines have been sold in the Australian market so far, to customers looking for quality in print. He says, “The Oryx can be used for lots of different applications. In Europe they print onto saw blades, watches. SwissQprint have such a precise setup. We can print in the bidirectional print mode at still fairly high speed, and get clearly legible results. We make sure the dots land where they are supposed to for an accurate print, it is very precise. Everything jumps off the page. “The Oryx is the slowest machine that we have, and a lot of people are more attracted by speed when it comes to the SwissQprint line products. Overall I would say the Oryx is the best entry level machine, but it is not the cheapest. Mayer looked at various printers, but had to come back. They said, it is either yours or nothing. Now they print with it day in, day out.”
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