Trade printer SuperWide Digital has bought an EFI Vutek GS3250lx Pro LED flatbed-roll-fed printer following a search for a fast machine to handle roll and rigid materials. The machine’s LED curing capability was the clincher according to SuperWide business development manager Luke Drogan. "As part of our investment plan for this year we are tackling our energy costs, and the LED curing is a part of that, as is the replacement of our lighting with LEDs across the whole factory," Drogan explained. "Between those two measures, we expect to reduce our energy bills for the year by £20,000."
Moving into new markets is seen as key to the continued growth of SuperWide and with the new printer it can now output to 120 micron film which would melt on a UV-curable machine using conventional lamps, and the adhesion and the flexibility of the inks means that jobs formerly produced on solvent-based devices can now be migrated to LED. Other significant benefits noted by Drogan include the opaque white ink and overall throughput speed of the Vutek GS3250lx Pro.
Drogan added: "The ability to print onto heat-sensitive materials has proved very important to us, as has the extreme flexibility of the UV-curable inks. The Vutek GS3250lx Pro will enable us to expand our business into new areas.”