(L-R) Gary Doman, head of sales, M Partners Wide, Mark Plowman, managing director of KEP and Mark Stribley, joint managing director of M Partners Wide 

The first UK order for the DGI 3.2 metre wide format printer, has been placed by KEP Print Group, Tamworth,  and will enhance the company’s large format production capabilities. 

The South Korean built DGI Velajet VE 3204D 3.2-meter wide format device provides for up to 120 square meters of production per hour.

Mark Plowman, managing director, said, ‘The DGI product is going to provide us with more flexibility in our already extensive large format digital department – this is a market that we know especially well, given our long and successful history in production of point-of-sale materials. 

‘The build quality of the DGI machine is excellent: South Korean manufacturing expertise backed by Japanese technology, with Konica Minolta print heads in use on the machine. We believe that this brings together the best of both worlds. The result is a fantastic combination of print quality and speed: two very persuasive arguments for us to purchase the DGI.’

The Velajet VE-3204D is a four colour machine, with eight print-heads, 2 x CMYK, capable of printing 120 sqm/hr in draft mode, 720 x 360 dpi, 60 sqm/hr in production mode, 720 x 720 dpi, 45 sqm/hr in quality mode 720 x 1080 dpi, and 30 sqm/hr in high quality mode 720 x 1440 dpi. 

The machine was installed by the Surrey-based wide format specialist M Partners Wide. Head of sales, Gary Doman, said, ‘Naturally we are delighted to have confirmed our first DGI order – the first of many we believe, as this is a large format device with some fantastic features. We believe that it ticks all of the boxes: it prints high quality images at speed and in widths of up to 3.2 meters. Perhaps the biggest sales argument though is that we are able to sell this product as the cost effective solution to people in the large format business: quality print at speed and at a very competitive rate per square metre. That is something that everybody needs and few suppliers can truly offer.’