UV Roll to Roll printers

For those who haven’t been following.
I’ve been looking for a UV (has to be uv) roll to roll printer.

I need to be able to cover 200 - 500m2 a day

• The quality has to be good as it’s full ink coverage
• Images are photographic. Viewed at am arms length away.
• No banding at all
• Reliable for 24/7 printing.
• Need to be able to get it sooner rather than later.

Currently using my Oce Arizona RMO. But to slow. But great quality in production mode.

my current options are:
- Canon Colorado ( waiting for my media test samples to come back for conclusion) and I came have it installed with in a week of purchase.
That’s it.

we need to be able to get it sooner than later as production is ramping up quickly to help offset the Oce Arizona.

once we can offset it, then we plan on looking at a solid option which could possibly be the SwissQprint Karibu. Maybe one of the EFIs.

Can anyone recommend me a solid option to look into. Something That would be readily available in Australia hopefully.

 

I believe i'll be staying away from Rolland anyway. They're all entry level printers and not right for the job. can't find the speed spec, but i highly doubt they'd get the print speed.

 

I can’t find an Australian distributor for Vanguard. Although since they’re own by durst, I could give them a call.

I believe there’s an Australian distributer. But a small company in Sydney. I’ll look into it. But no high hopes as id like Melbourne support.

if anyone has anymore suggestions, it would be hugely appreciated.
I also know what I’m asking for is a huge hurdle.

 

Yes it would. Not sure what they're worth. but my dilemma, need it sooner than later. Once my work of offset, then i can get something much larger.

Printing rolls up to 1600mm. mostly 1400mm

 

That’s what they’ve asked for. It has something to do with what they’re doing with the prints.

Latex. Eco etc is out of the question.

 

There is support in Australia for mimaki.
But yes I’m not confident they can run 24/7 great entry machines, but I always see more issues with those than anything else

Running costs isn’t viable. I would need a few so yeah, double or triple maintenance.

it really does seem UV printers are still newish and my many manufacturers making them.

 

Agfa did slip my mind actually!