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Raster Printers dedicated flatbed: Daytona T600uv
This was one of many new UV printers by various manufacturers shown at ISA trade show, 2007. The Daytona T600 uses Spectra MEMS printheads and one set of LED UV lamps. Other than the Inca Spyder 150 and the Luscher JetPrint, this is one of the few UV-curable flatbed printers in the world
to use LED lights. So far, no other company has been very successful with them until recently in Russia.
But recently we spoke with another company that had both LED lights and a special UV-curable ink whose chemistry was tuned specifically for these LED lights. FLAAR has been invited to inspect their headquarters in Novosibirsk, Russia. There will be a two-day program on UV printers with lectures by FLAAR both days.
The Raster Printers Daytona T600uv is a dedicated flatbed, 4x5’ in size, and not made in China; it is entirely made in the USA. In addition to the LED light (at the right), the carriage for the Spectra MEMS printheads has a conventional mercury arc UV lamp at the left.
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Raster Printers Daytona T600uv |
But a fter several months of trials, Raster Printers decided to drop the experiment at using an LED light, and returned to using two conventional mercury arc UV lamps. This leaves the Inca Spyder 150 and the Russian Sun Neo LED UV as the only two printers using LED lamps that actually can accomplish curing. The Luscher JetPrint has not been successful (despite being Swiss technology and a printer that costs over half a million dollars). Although LED lamps for UV printers offer less heat and thus are beneficial for printing on thin materials, it will take more advances in UV-curing ink chemistry before LED lights are used more often. But by the time of DRUPA '08 you can expect several more UV printers using LED lamps. So clearly this is a UV lamp technology to learn about.
A FLAAR Report will be issued on this Raster Printers Daytona T600 UV printer shortly, in our First Look format.
Most recently updated July 20, 2007.
First posted March 9, 2007. Updated April 11, 2007, April 16, 2007.
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Fine Art Photography Giclee & Proofing (on other FLAAR sites)
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Most of our updates for 2008 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.
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