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Zund XY-Flat UV-curable inkjet flatbed printer
Two companies have tried to produce a UV-curable inkjet printer using Epson printheads: Zund and Eastech. Probably Roland would be a third company.
So far none of these printers using Epson heads for UV-cured inks has functioned well enough to sell. The Zund XY-Flat was shown at DRUPA 2004 but then disappeared quickly. The Eastech printer with Xaar or Spectra heads is doing okay; but their version with Epson printheads is not presented at trade shows in Germany.
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| Zund XY-Flat UV-curable inkjet flatbed. |
And Roland shows their flatbed only in hotel rooms, not to the public.
As a professor of technology, we were keen to learn why the Epson printhead is not successful. So we began to ask around. After all, even the Canon bubblejet thermal printhead can handle UV-cured inks. Yes, you can learn about this in the FLAAR Reports on printheads for UV printers, available from www.wide-format-printers.NET. Indeed, based on what we found (and mention in our reports) it is unexpected that anyone would even attempt to try an Epson head with the requirements for UV ink being what they are. Epson heads are great for giclee and fine art photography, but are too slow for production signage in any event. Besides, the Toshiba Tec, Ricoh, Konica Minolta and plenty of addition heads can handle UV ink just fine. We have a FLAAR Reports on printheads for UV-curable inks to introduce you to this subject.
The Zund 215 and GRAPO Octopus use Xaar heads. The Zund 250 UV printer uses Spectra heads. The popular ColorSpan 72UV uses Ricoh heads. Mimaki uses Epson heads in their solvent printers but Toshiba Tec heads in their Mimaki UV printers.
If you have first hand experience with the Canon, Zund XY-Flat, Eastech Octra, Roland flatbed, or the earlier Tektronix UV-cured ink printer, please let us know by telephone, 419 823-9218 (Vonage/VoIP service) or send a e-mail, ReaderService@FLAAR.org.
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| Zund booth at SGIA 2007. |
Most recently updated October 30, 2006.
First posted November 28, 2005. Updated May 10, 2006.
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| Dilli Neo Jupiter |
| Gandinnovations NanoJet UV-curable |
| Gandinnovations Jeti 3348 JetStream |
| GCC StellarJet K100UV |
| HP Scitex XP5100 and HP Scitex XP5300 |
| HP Scitex XP2100 and HP Scitex XP2700 |
| HP Scitex FB6100 |
| L&P Spuhl RS |
| Raster Printers Daytona H700UV flatbed |
| Sun FastJet |
| RIP Software |
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| Caldera RIP software |
Interesting inks & Alternative Inks |
HP latex ink |
UV-Curable ink, OEM (in preparation) |
UV-Curable, third-party ink |
| Encres Dubuit (others in preparation) |
Fine Art Photography Giclee & Proofing (on other FLAAR sites)
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Epson 4880 |
Epson 7880 |
Epson 9880 |
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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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