The first EFI Vutek HS100 Pro high-speed digital printer to be installed in the UK has gone to Chime Communications company Icon, which has now fully integrated McKenzie Clark and operates from a single site in Sidcup.
Managing directors of the amalgamated company, Graham Clark and Keith Goodwin, believe the new 3.2m flatbed/roll-fed UV-curable machine addresses both quality and throughput requirements for POS and event graphics.
For Icon, the key necessity was to supersede its existing Lambda output with newer, more sustainable technology without compromising the great quality for which the company is known.
“It is vital that we maintain consistency across colours with the option for matte, satin and gloss finishes so that we can easily meet the results expected by our clients, many of whom specialise in the beauty and fashion sectors,” said Clark. "Our prior experience of wide-format printing technology has increased our expectations of what we can expect from the right platform. Although this is our first ever purchase from EFI, we are confident that the Vutek HS100 Pro is the right machine for all of our requirements.”
“The contrast in print needs created by the complementary markets in which Icon specialises means that our newest wide-format printer must give us the best of both worlds,” added Goodwin. “It is essential that it addresses very fine standards of print with precision colour matching for close viewing, yet accommodates extremely high throughput speeds for jobs which are going to be observed from a distance.”