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News Release from: Inca Digital Printers | Subject: Spyder 320
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 April 2005
50 Metre Per Hour Flatbed Targets
Mid-Price Market
Inca Digital Printers has announced the worldwide launch of the Spyder 320, a new printer that will bring Inca's flatbed expertise in to the mid-priced market, said the company.
Inca Digital Printers has announced the worldwide launch of the Spyder 320, a new printer that will bring Inca's flatbed expertise in to the mid-priced market, said the company The printer has a bed size of 3.2 metres x 1.6 metres (126" x 63") the same as an Inca Columbia machine
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 2 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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UK printer Imprint, which operates two Inca Eagle flatbed inkjet printers at its Newcastle plant, has taken delivery of one of the world's first Inca Spyder 320 machines.
The printer uses Sericol's latest Uvijet four-colour UV ink set and brings a combination of speed and quality to the market, claimed Inca.
Inca's managing director Bill Baxter, said: "Over the years we have always set standards at the top end of the flatbed market, with machines such as the Eagle and Columbia Turbo.
Several manufacturers now offer machines for around 300,000 Euros but with our expertise and the machine's top speed of 50 square metres per hour, we expect the Spyder 320 to set the benchmark for flatbed machines around this price level." The company believes that the Spyder 320 will offer a greater return on investment than any comparably priced flatbed printer.
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Inca Digital is celebrating its first US Spyder 320 installation since the system was first shown in the US at Print 05 last September.
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Screen printers and those operating roll-to-roll or hybrid flatbed and roll-to-roll printers that move to the Spyder 320 will benefit from being able to handle rigid materials much more cost effectively.
Baxter added: "Flexibility is the key.
The minimal set up time, low print waste and the ability to print edge-to-edge directly on a wide range of rigid and flexible materials up to 30mm (1.2") thick and weighing up to 80kg, gives the customer the versatility to handle extremely diverse jobs.
The uniquely crisp definition of the new printer will also give customers the potential to enter new digital markets that require close-up viewing, including 'industrial' sectors, such as gaming and vending machines and products fabricated from metals and plastics." The Spyder 320 will be launched together with the latest Uvijet inks from Sericol.
The new printer are claimed to offer an exceptional adhesion profile and performance on a wide range of materials such as glass, polycarbonate and corex.
The company also said that its engineering enables the Spyder 320 to achieve output speeds of up to 50 square metres per hour, with average production speeds of approximately 35 square metres per hour, placing the Spyder 320 at the top end of the mid-range flatbed printers.
"The Spyder achieves all this using a sophisticated ink control system to efficiently deliver ink to the latest Spectra print heads.
This, together with the combination of linear motors and vibration-free air bearings, means an extremely smooth and rapid positioning of the print carriage and uniquely accurate ink drop placement." A pin system makes placing materials on the table straightforward and results in an accuracy that copes with double sided printing and highly accurate work such as lenticular printing claimed Inca.
With a moving print carriage and static vacuum table, access to the substrate is straightforward, before and during printing.
The touch screen control panel makes choosing print jobs and positioning work both swift and efficient, it added.
Baxter further commented: "We expect the Spyder 320 printer to become our best selling model during the next 12 months.
We'll be happy to discuss details of the Spyder 320 in more depth over the following weeks." Sericol will be exhibiting Inca machines at ISA in Las Vegas and Sign UK in Birmingham, where more details of the Spyder 320 can be obtained.
The first public demonstrations of the Spyder 320 will be at Fespa in Germany, from May 31 - June 4.
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