The printer was installed to boost productivity and offer a same day service, with the Lightbar UV drying system key to this.
“Normally you print and have to leave the print 24 hours before you can do anything to it. But with this as soon as it’s cut off the machine it’s ready,” said co-owner Adi Qureshi.
“That means when people walk into the shop and ask for a job you can print it while they sit in the waiting area. We have a lot of university students come in wanting posters printed while they wait. And before we used to get phone calls from businesses we work with asking if they could send artwork in the evening and get the print in the morning; now we can say you can pick it up in the next hour.”
The UV640 was supplied by Colorific and prints up to 21sqm per hour. It was installed to largely replace a Smartcolour Chinese machine which is still being used as back-up.
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