SuperWide Digital used its new Vutek to print this dramatic floor graphic on Soyang G-Floor Clear Coin.
Specialist trade supplier SuperWide Digital has invested in an EFI Vutek GS3250lx Pro LED flatbed-roll-fed printer, looking for fast throughput on roll-fed and rigid materials, a highly opaque white ink, accurate colour and precision quality. The inclusion of energy-saving LED curing was also the catalyst for the purchase.
Engaged primarily in the banner production market, but more recently also the flatbed and soft signage segments, SuperWide Digital has always believed that to try and mix trade jobs with end-user orders can compromise clients. The company’s successful structure is based on working within the industry, providing display companies, exhibition specialists, and offset litho and screen-printers with a full range of graphics produced using the right technology and on the most suitable materials.
The Vutek GS3250lx Pro printer’s LED curing sits perfectly with the company’s drive to tackle energy costs and broaden production options. The ‘cool cure’ technology also enables heat-sensitive and difficult media to be printed, and the flexible inks and excellent adhesion have extended the range of materials that can now be used for different interior and exterior applications.
‘The service proposition was very important to us, but the LED curing technology was the clincher in the end,’ explained Luke Drogan, business development manager at SuperWide Digital. ‘The ability to print onto heat-sensitive materials has proved very important to us since installation, as has the extreme flexibility of the UV-curable inks. The Vutek GS3250lx Pro will enable us to expand our business into new areas.’
Moving into new markets is key to the continued growth of SuperWide Digital, and the addition of the new wide format printer has already opened new doors with its versatility and cost savings. For example, the company can now output to very thin 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.
