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New UV printers from Teckwin
I saw a lot of un-announced and un-launched UV printers when I visited the Teckwin factory outside of Shanghai in July 2007, but most of those prototypes did not yet have names at that time. Now two of them are named, TeckStorm and TeckThunder. There are still a few surprises to come later.
Teckwin TeckStorm UV-curable flatbed printer
The Tepede booth at VISCOM Germany ’07 had one of the first public mention outside Asia of the new Teckwin TeckStorm UV flatbed printer. This is a new Teckwin dedicated-flatbed UV printer with variable-drop Grayscale heads from Xaar.
The flatbed printer itself was not shown; only a brochure. What Tepede did exhibit was the Teckwin TeckThunder, a Xaar-variable droplet version of the TeckSmart 1600 UV hybrid printer.
A flatbed printer can better handle MDF, MDO, Coroplast, Dibond, Foam-cor, Kapaboard, foamboard, foamcore, Gatorfoam, Foamex, Styrene, and Lexan (better than most combo style UV printers with a transport belt).
Now that the Teckwin TeckStorm UV-curing flatbed printer has actually appeared (October 2007 at SGIA), we are adding photographs. But until it is possible to test this UV-curable flatbed inkjet printer it is not realistic to provide any evaluation. In the meantime we have more knowledge of the competing UV flatbed printers such as the Mimaki JV-1631 because it was possible to spend two days with this Mimaki flatbed UV printer at its launch, indeed I was the featured speaker at it’s launch.
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In the meantime, the Gerber Solara ion takes over the UV flatbed world
The question is whether a Chinese flatbed will have much chance with the success of the Oce Arizona 250 on one side, and the newly released Gerber Solara ion on the other side.
With two UV printers from known brand names, it will be tough for any other company to gain market share without significant help.
Most recently updated November 25, 2007.
First posted October 9, 2007. Updated Nov. 2, 2007 (after SGIA).
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