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News Release from: Inca Digital Printers | Subject: Digital Spyder 320 large fromat inkjet printer
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 April 2007
Large Format Printers' Lenticular Image
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Large format inkjet printer manufacturer Inca Digital and 3D and lenticular software company Humaneyes have produced new lenticular printing results.
Large format inkjet printer manufacturer Inca Digital and 3D and lenticular software company Humaneyes have produced new lenticular printing results The volume and accuracy of the inkjet drop on an Inca Digital Spyder 320 is claimed to enable printing on to 10 lenticule per inch (lpi) - 40lpi material commonly used in the wide format sector
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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An Inca Spyder press is said to use small 28 picolitre ink drops which, when combined with Inca software and tuned engineering, enables more lenticular 'flips' to be achieved and additional images to be seen than other flatbed equipment, claimed Inca.
As a result printers can now produce excellent lenticular results with relative ease.
Amir Veresh, vice president of marketing and business development at Humaneyes, said: "The higher the lpi, the narrower the lenticule and the thinner the lens.
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In order to create a lenticular effect we need to take several images, or views and slice them in to one pixel wide strips that are printed together under each lenticule to create the effect.
The more slices we can put under a lenticule the greater the effect will be." He continued: "We undertake regular tests with Inca Digital and have produced dramatic results, which have considerable potential for creative display and promotion applications." Humaneyes, which supplies software to optimise the image adjustments required for lenticular, has worked closely with Inca Digital over the past two and-a-half years.
Paul Anderson, applications specialist for Inca Digital, said: "The higher the quality of the wide format machine the easier it is to handle lenticular and the lower the wastage level.
The Spyder 320 and Spyder 150 have the advantage of a static bed, high resolution, low drop volume and extremely accurate drop placement.
Last year Inca introduced the white option and this too enhances our lenticular capability." Veresh continued: "Customers buying flatbed presses are investing in quality, innovation and speciality printing.
Wide format flatbed is a natural market for lenticular because of the need for creativity differentiation and added value innovative applications." Humaneyes said it has recently released the new Lensfree workflow that will allow users to print backlit 3D and other lenticular effects with plain glass (or plexiglass) replacing the lenticular lens.
That, in the applicable cases, will reduce the cost of printing because glass is significantly cheaper than lenticular substrate and allows users to create new applications, such as interior and exterior building decoration and durable signage, for instance.
Inca's Spyder printer is claimed to produces excellent results on glass with many Inca customers printing on to glass regularly.
That quality can partly be attributed to the printer's colour gamut and a feature that allows the operator to define the percentage of ink jetted on to the substrate for depth and vibrancy.
Anderson added: "Lenticular 3D printing is increasingly popular for all areas of advertising promotion but particularly for point of sale and exhibition displays.
It is proven that a dynamic image has up to 88 per cent more impact in a busy sales environment." He continued: "It is a mean of turning heads and making people look twice to see if the change they thought they saw really happened.
Spyder has a great track record of printing on to glass, producing some exciting results so we're looking forward to trying this out." And Veresh explained: "We believe that five years from now most high end digital wide format print shops will be providing their customers with lenticular printing services.
With the growth in demand, lenticular lens' prices will decrease and product prices will reduce.
Nevertheless, lenticular will always remain a speciality process and enjoy higher margins than conventional printing." Anderson concluded: "The quality and precision of printing on the Inca Spyder enables users to diversify in to new markets.
Machine accuracy is an important factor in good lenticular printing.
In sharing our knowledge and the expertise of Humaneyes with Inca customers we enable these customers to produce excellent results too.".
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