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News Release from: Inca Digital Printers | Subject: Inca Spyder 320 printer
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 January 2007
Digital Printer's High Quality Opens New
Markets
Staffordshire (UK) Daytona Visual Marketing is so impressed with the results achieved by its Inca Spyder 320 printer that the company plans to increase its GBP3million annual turnover.
Staffordshire (UK) Daytona Visual Marketing is so impressed with the results achieved by its Inca Spyder 320 printer that the company plans to increase its GBP3million annual turnover by expanding in to the photographic reproduction and exhibition sectors As a machine capable of producing quality print at speeds of up to 80 square metres per hour, the Spyder 320 was originally installed to relieve the company's semi-automatic Thieme screen presses of point-of-sale and large-format advertising
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 14 Sep 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Daytona Visual Marketing managing director, Andy Wassall, said: "The Spyder 320 is perfect for high-definition work and I am eager to use the system to grow our client portfolio.
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We have already embarked on a new creative initiative that will test new ideas and concepts, which will in turn lead to us broadening the range of applications we offer." Before making its purchase, Daytona said it scrutinised other major large format digital printers on the market to compare and evaluate the colour and quality capabilities of each machine.
The combination of press and ink is critical to the company.
The Fujifilm Sericol Uvijet ink used with the Spyder 320 is claimed to produce colour brightness and lightfastness.
Tests included colour matching prints with a series of Pantone colours, which are difficult to imitate with a four-colour set, said Daytona.
Wassell commented: "The Spyder 320 produced the most remarkable results in all areas and we were particularly impressed with its ability to produce near-perfect Pantone shades, including oranges, greens and blues." He explained: "Colour is especially important for the types of market we serve as many of our customers operate in the retail and fashion industry.
They expect precise and reliable colour and it is imperative that skin tones are consistent, the colours of the garments are exact and company logos are accurate.
For this reason, we had to invest in the very best technology and the Spyder 320 scored the highest in everything from the system's superior performance, to its small footprint and the standard of its components." Wassell added that the Spyder's ability to reproduce sharp fine line and small text was outstanding.
together with the mix of speed and quality offered by the Inca press, which he believed will define a new standard in short run, large format printing within the screen and graphic arts industries.
Inca's Spyder 320 has a vacuum bed of 3.2 metres x 1.6 metres (126" x 63").
The Spyder 320 uses 28 picolitre drops which, combined with Inca's own printhead assembly and motion system, produces sharp text and silky images,claimed the company.
The Spyder 320 is claimed to print accurately and in register on such substrates as MDF, plywood, lenticular lenses, metals, glass, flexible and rigid plastic.
Wassall continued: "Compared to the hybrid machines on the market, flatbed technology is in my opinion, way ahead in terms of its ability to provide dependable results on a wider selection of rigid substrates.
For example, stocks are rarely completely flat when they are loaded on to the press." And he further explained: "The Spyder 320 overcomes this problem as it uses a powerful vacuum to suck the material in to place.
It maintains quality and keeps productivity at a maximum, both through ensuring fewer errors occur and reducing overs.
We are so impressed, a second installation is already being considered." Family-owned Daytona Visual Marketing was established in 1980 and employs 36 people.
It offers design, prototypes, screen, digital print and finishing services to a range of retail companies and brands in the UK.
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