Carl Mendelle, co-owner of the Perth-based company, said the Jeti 1224 UV HDC “offered a bit better quality” than its existing HP Scitex FB6100.

While the HP machine provided volume, it wasn’t quite up to the quality standard of Jeti 1224.

Discus will retain the FB6100 among its fleet, as there would be enough work for both and it would make a handy back-up, said Mendelle.

None of Discus’ 30 staff had experienced problems adapting to the Jeti, he added. “It’s a piece of cake. We’ve been doing this for years, so it’s fairly straightforward. The guys were printing within a few hours of [the installation] being finished.”

Agfa described the Jeti as a popular machine and said it was a coup to have been able to sell one to Discus.

“For us to get a foot in the door at a customer’s shop was a big deal for us, especially in a city as remote as Perth,” said Harry Kontogiannis, Agfa’s business manager for wide-format inkjet.

“It is a flatbed printer primarily, but you can easily add the roll-to-roll (RTR) option if you need to print onto flexible materials.

“Customers, in particular, like the fact that the Jeti can print four-colour plus white ink to flexible, even when you are printing in a RTR configuration,” added Kontogiannis.

The Jeti 1224 UV HDC was the first machine launched after Agfa acquired the business from Canadian firm Gandi Innovations.

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