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fortress and currently is the setting for several art
campaigns.
The artists Wienefoet and Walczyk were assisted by
Aslan’s local distribution partner Karl Gröner GmbH
in Ulm. Its employees supervised the conception
of the artwork, the company delivered the self-
adhesive film and supported the technical staff of
the executing sign maker during the process
of applying.
proprietary Smart Printing Technology in our
ValueJet wide format printers are second to none,
making them best in class.’
speeds up to 248sqm/hr (2669 square feet/hr)
and produces industry-leading print quality in six
colours (CMYKLcLm) and white, with optional (3D)
varnish or primer.
www.mipstech.co.za
AGFA GRAPHICS WINS FOUR SGIA
AWARDS
The glossy and digitally printable Aslan
WrapTheHouse DFP 45 is perfectly suited for
applications on facades and rough walls, even
outdoors and without lamination. The walls of
a 150 year old fortress are a challenging surface
to apply a self-adhesive film on: they demand
high quality products that stick flawlessly for
the duration of the artwork but can be removed
without leaving any residue.
The Anapurna H3200i LED is ideal for a variety of
uncoated rigid media and roll media applications.
The six-colour engine includes a white ink function
that creates possibilities for printing on transparent
material for backlit applications or printing white
as a spot colour. It offers a solid, robust design to
sustain higher workloads.
www.agfa.com
SWISSQPRINT LARGE FORMAT
PRINTERS PROVEN HIGHLY
ENERGY EFFICIENT
www.aslan-schwarz.com
MUTOH WINS FOUR SGIA AWARDS
Agfa Graphics has won four Product of the Year
awards from the Specialty Graphic Imaging
Association (SGIA). The brand new Jeti Tauro H3300
LED won the Roll-to-Roll UV (over 203.2cm/80
inches) category, while the Jeti Mira won in two
categories: UV Flatbed + White (R2.9 -7.3 million
[$200,000–$500,000]) and UV Flatbed (R2.9 -7.3
million [$200,000–$500,000]), and the Anapurna
H3200i LED won in the UV Hybrid (R1.4-7.3 million
[$100,000–$500,000]) category.
The prestigious SGIA Product of the Year
competition exceeded the previous year’s
submissions with 255 entries vying for recognition
as the industry’s leading equipment, software,
media, and supplies.
Mutoh America has announced that it has won
four Product of the Year awards from the Specialty
Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA).
Products include those of the ValueJet 1624X –
162.5cm (64 inch) printer in the Solvent or Latex
Ink Under 203.2cm (80 inch) category, the ValueJet
2638X – 264.1cm (104 inch) printer in the Solvent
or Latex Ink Over 203.2cm (80 inch) category, the
ValueJet 1638UH – 64 inch UV-LED hybrid printer
in the ‘Flatbed/Hybrid Under R1.5 million’ ($100k)
and ValueJet 626UF UV/LED flatbed in the ‘Tabletop
Flatbed – industrial small item decoration’ category.
The competition recognises the latest equipment
and supplies currently on the market that are
advancing the industry. ‘I’m proud that we won
product of the year again, making it six years in
a row,’ said Brian Phipps, president of Mutoh
America, Inc. ‘It proves once again that Mutoh’s
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‘Our Agfa team around the globe worked tirelessly
on our Product of the Year submissions,’ said
Deborah Hutcheson, director of marketing, Agfa
Graphics, North America. ‘These highly coveted
awards are a testament to the dedication and
commitment we have for bringing extreme
productivity and extreme quality to market.
Winning Product of the Year is a great honour. We
are thrilled to be recognised in the industry for our
innovations and technological leadership.’
The flagship Jeti Tauro H3300 LED is designed to
offer extreme productivity with extreme quality
coupled with extreme flexibility. This new LED
system offers a combination of vivid six-colour
prints (plus white or primer) up to 3.3m wide at
speeds up to 453sqm/hr (4876 square feet/hr) and
cutting-edge automation.
The Jeti Mira MG2732 HS LED with varnish and RTR
is designed for optimal flexibility. Jeti Mira’s ‘Print
& Prepare’ function enables the operator to load
one side of the table while the other side is printing
for non-stop productivity. The Jeti Mira reaches
Experts from Fogra – the Research Institute
for Media Technologies – acting on behalf of
Swiss manufacturer swissQprint, have tested
a Nyala series LED UV printer according to ISO
20690:2018. This new standard specifies methods
for determining the energy consumption of digital
printers and thus allows for comparison of the
operating costs and ecological footprints of such
machines.
After evaluating the tests at swissQprint, the
experts gave a rating of ‘excellent’ to the energy
efficiency of the Nyala large format printer. For
example, Nyala produces 65 square metres per
kilowatt-hour in speed printing mode. This has
nothing to do with productivity: a Nyala is capable
of turning out a maximum of 206 square metres
per hour.
In order to model realistic system usage, the
standardised measurement includes four different
printer statuses. To ensure that results are
consistent, the experts used four different printing
modes several times with a standardised print file.
The ‘outstanding energy efficiency’ certificate for
Nyala implicitly applies to all other swissQprint
machines that use LED curing due to their similar
construction and especially since Nyala is the
highest-performing model in the range.
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