Uvistar roll-to-roll superwide printer from Fujifilm

Fujifilm has unveiled its Uvistar series of UV inkjet roll-to-roll printers to the European market. These new printers, which use Fujifilm Sericol’s specially developed Uvijet QK inks and can print on rolls up to 5m wide, have been developed to meet the demands of the changing billboard sector.

Keith Harley, European marketing director at Fujifilm Sericol, said: “The billboard industry is on the cusp of a major makeover, and traditionally-pasted billboards will be replaced in the coming few years with state of the art frame holders in which a poster printed on woven polyethylene (PE) can be clipped or stretched. Several systems are already on the market, and the demand from media sites is set to grow exponentially.” 

The Uvistar series has been developed to meet the needs for single skin posters to fit the new format and is born out of a relationship that was initiated by Fujifilm with inkjet printer manufacturer Matan at Fespa Digital in 2009. 

The Uvistar is available in four different models, producing high quality output at throughput speeds in excess of 300m2/hr. A multi-roll system with a highly intuitive user interface, it provides fast, efficient start up with low media wastage, and can handle rolls of varying widths up to 5m. In combination with the new Fujifilm Sericol Uvijet QK inks, the printers can produce jobs on a very wide range of flexible media, including PE, with no curing or ink starvation issues and with inter-coat lay down for backlit and solid prints. The Uvijet inks are also low odour.

The 5m, 32 printhead version of the Uvistar printer is available for demonstration at Fujifilm Sericol’s facility in Broadstairs, UK. 

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