Printers made by Teckwin in China are sold by 3M, Gerber, and Matan.

We are working at sorting out which company has which models, and what their differences are. Chinese change their model designations frequently, and it is hard to keep track of which is which. Just look how many models they offer at one time:

TeckJet 2500, TeckJet H2500, TeckJet S2500, TeckLight 2500, TeckPro 3200, TeckPro 3200S, TeckPro H3200, TeckPro S3200

Samples printed by TeckStone 3200 solvent printer

Gerber has taken on, and then quickly dropped, several printers, such as the Gerber Jetster, which did not last long enough for us to evaluate it. Then Gerber took on a rebranded Teckwin printer, and at VisCom Milan in November 2005 we saw another different Gerber solvent ink printer (if I remember correctly, rebranded from Mutoh; but it gets hard to keep track).

Teckwin still exhibits on its own at some trade shows, both in Europe and in the US, though Teckwin, Gerber, and Matan all pulled out of SGIA 2005 when the original date in New Orleans had to be cancelled because the New Orleans trade show center got trashed. SGIA re-formed two months later in Phoenix, but no Chinese manufacturer attended.

Otherwise Teckwin appears alive and well and appears, along with Infiniti and Flora, to be doing better than the many Chinese competitors clamoring to be recognized by American and European buyers.

Only 3M seems to have dropped their attempt to sell a Teckwin machine. The 3M machine was named “3M Printer 20S.” 3M has done okay selling ink but keeps floundering when trying to sell printers. They did not do well trying to sell the L&P Virtu UV printer either.

Other Chinese Printers Look similar to Teckwin

Flex-Europa, Redhill, MyJet, and other Chinese printers share so many features and overall sheet-metal design that either they are copying from each other or one designer is going from one manufacturer to another.

Most recently updated February 16, 2006
First posted August 16, 2005. Updated Dec. 19, 2005.