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News Release from: Gandinnovations | Subject: Jeti 1224 True UV Flatbed printer
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 April 2007
UV Flatbed Printer Provides Versatility
The Jeti 1224 True UV Flatbed printer is available for sale after its debut at the International Sign Expo in Las Vegas (USA).
Gandinnovations' Jeti 1224 features a four foot by eight foot bed that is purposely designed for North American standard rigid material sizes The Jeti 1224 will also have a standard safety hood that raises and lowers automatically and covers the full printing area for ventilation purposes, added the company
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 8 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Hary Gandy, president of worldwide sales for Gandinnovations, said: "The new Jeti 1224 is a compact and economical flatbed specifically designed to give print shops the versatility they need." The Jeti 1224 uses 24 Spectra print heads to produce high speed graphics in six colours, with 1,200 dots per inch (dpi) to achieve a claimed 40 square metres per hour (450 square feet per hour) throughput in best quality mode.
A true flatbed table, using linear motion to control movement, ensures registration on rigid and flexible materials.
The print area is said to allow easy loading and unloading of large and heavy material and can be performed by one person.
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A vacuum table holds virtually any material in place and the head carriage height can be adjusted from the software interface for rigid materials up to 5cm (2") in thickness.
Gandy commented: "We haven't lost the high speed print modes, we just added an advanced feature of 24 spectra heads to meet the high resolution needs of the printing industry." He said that customers have a choice of highest resolution at 1,200dpi, 600dpi, or 300dpi , depending on the on the quality and speed they want to achieve.
Gandinnovations offers three types of Spectra printheads to achieve those resolutions.
The machine's mechanics allow for repeatability for jobs such as double strike backlit or super accurate double sided jobs.
Gandy explained: "We continue to place emphasis on introducing printers with higher resolution, without losing speed, encompassed with better engineering features and lower cost.
You have to see it print to believe it.
The combination of quality and speed is amazing." New to the Jeti flatbed line is the availability of Flexform UV Inks to produce vacuum formable images.
The Jeti flatbeds use Flexform UV Inks and are able to print on materials such as acrylic then formed within a few minutes.
White and clear varnish are still options on all the Jeti flatbeds.
The company added that Jeti owners can print with the six-color option and switch to white or clear varnish without losing quality and time.
The Jeti 1224 with six colours, 1,200dpi prints on rigid materials such as acrylics, corrugated board, lenticular, wall murals, poster board, tile, drywall, blinds and glass.
it also operates with other materials, such as fabrics, vinyl and many other plastic films.
The inking system, along with the environmentally friendly, non-corrosive UV Inks, is said to result in a reliable, virtually no maintenance machine designed to print on almost any substrate 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week.
Gandinnovations also offers different RIP choices to customers.
Onyx, Caldera and Wasatch are available depending on the demand of the workflow.
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