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The Gerber ion V can be upgraded to a Gerber ion X which can be upgraded to a Gerber ion Z
The upgrade plan is clever. You can start out with the lowest price unit: the Gerber ion V. You can upgrade that to an X (just add more printheads). Then you can upgrade that to an Ion Z (14 picoliter printhead). So the cost can be handled as you gain experience with UV-cured flatbed workflow. You can start with the lowest price and then add new features at a reasonable upgrade cost.
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The Gerber ion V was exhibited at Fast Signs trade show 2009. |
I have to check to make sure I have the correct upgrade path, as all this is very new. I have been to the Gerber factory to inspect the Ion X but not yet to inspect the Ion Z or really the V either.
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Gerber ion Z was exhibited at ISA trade show 2009. |
The Gerber ion Z was exhibited at ISA sign expo in Las Vegas recently in April. Very good show with abundant interest in UV-cured flatbed printers despite the recession.
As soon as I can visit the factory, inspect and test the Gerber ion Z in the demo room, and then find a place for a site-visit case study (to check out how it works in the real world in a franchise sign shop), then we will issue a FLAAR Reports.
For the Gerber Solara ion X and Solara ion V the GSPinc web site lists
- Acrylic
- Aluminum (DiBond and comparable would be intended)
- Banner
- Calendered vinyl
- Cast vinyl
- Cardboard
- Chipboard
- Corrugated plastic (such as Coroplast)
- Foam board (FoamCor, Kapaboard, etc)
- Glass
- Mesh
- MDO and MDF boards
- Paper
- Plywood
- Polycarbonate
- Polystyrene
- PVC
- Sign foam (see also foam board)
- Textiles such as canvas and flag material
- Window film
What is not known is which materials require a primer (acrylic or glass perhaps). As of April 22, there was still not a page on the Gerber Solara ion Z.
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The Gerber ion Z flatbed UV-curable inkjet printer, ISA trade show 2009. |
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First posted April 22, 2009, after ISA trade show the week before.
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Most of our updates for 2008-2009 onward are in FLAAR Reports in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. It is more efficient for us to make new information available in PDF format. So if the web page itself is not updated, check out www.wide-format-printers.NET to see if the printer, RIP, or other subject is covered in an update in a PDF download. And if you prefer to speak with Nicholas Hellmuth in person, you can bring him to your company anywhere in the world as a consultant.
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