Agfa m series ink gen 5 or gen 4? Anapurna

[Andy D]

We're in the process of switching our Anapurna 2500i printer from generation 1 inks, to a newer, more flexible Agfa ink.

We're trying to decide between Generation 4 or Generation 5.
Has anyone made this switch or have experience with either inks.

Thanks,
Andy

 

[Gino]

A few months ago, I heard about the 5 ink coming out. I called Pitman and they said they knew nothing about it. Said it wasn't true. Everywhere else, it was happening. Someone on here said they had been trying it. Don't remember who, I lost track, but would like to follow up on it.

 

[Andy D]

It's out.
From what I understand, the G4 is more flexible than the G5 but has a smaller color gamut,
My main concern is adhesion to substrates.

 

[Andy D]

A few months ago, I heard about the 5 ink coming out. I called Pitman and they said they knew nothing about it. Said it wasn't true. Everywhere else, it was happening. Someone on here said they had been trying it. Don't remember who, I lost track, but would like to follow up on it.

What printer do you have? I have a Anapurna 2500i .

 

[ChrisN]

A few months ago, I heard about the 5 ink coming out. I called Pitman and they said they knew nothing about it. Said it wasn't true. Everywhere else, it was happening. Someone on here said they had been trying it. Don't remember who, I lost track, but would like to follow up on it.

We had asked our reps about running G5 inks in our M4f. First, they said it might work; but then when they checked into it a bit further, they found out that it would not actually work. If I remember correctly, it was because the print heads did not have an integrated heater. So if your Dilli has KM512 heads without heaters like our M4f, you might be out of luck.

 

[Gino]

We don't have integrated heaters. There goes that....................

 

[VISCOM]

I did the adhesion test on the inks. and its better but it still comes off way to easy

 

[VISCOM]

this is why Chris and I got the CET printer

 

[Andy D]

I did the adhesion test on the inks. and its better but it still comes off way to easy

Thanks,
This was the UV M series generation 5?
Better than the generation 1 inks?
What material did you test?

 

[VISCOM]

Call me on this Wednesday. I can explain better over the phone. 717-770-2239 ask for Jeff

 

[KaranGrewal]

We got test prints from AGFA for both ink types. yes G4 has smaller gamut . as far adhesion both stick well to diabond .. and improved adhesion on coroplast as well.
Afga also did samples for us with primer on diabond .. and with that adhesion was 100 %.