Make Mine Extra Wide! DCI adds to their already robust arsenal of large-format capabilities with the addition of EFI's market-leading superwide
digital inkjet printer, the VUTEk QS3200, offering customers dazzling
high definition print on widths up to 10' wide.
DCI extends our UV-curable wide-format print operations with EFI's
VUTEk QS3200, a new breed of print technology created by combining high
production speeds with High-Definition Print (HDP) capability.
Much like HDTV has introduced breathtaking image quality to TV screens
around the world, the VUTEk QS3200 HDP produces eye-popping pictures
with print resolutions of up to 1080 dpi, six-color imaging, and a
special seventh channel with white ink for more versatility than ever
before. This means that we can create dazzling images and crisp 4-point
text to meet the demanding quality standards of retail point of
purchase displays, as well as produce brilliant signs, banners, jumbo
posters, and other superwide applications.
We are a total visual communications company, so DCI's customers rely
upon us to supply much more than typical print materials. We must be
able to combine creativity with the capability to produce challenging
high quality jobs meeting a wide range of different requirements. This
new equipment broadens our capability to offer a comprehensive array of
diverse services. For instance, it is designed to print on a variety of
flexible and rigid substrates, outputting direct to rigid materials up
to 126” wide and 2 inches thick, with quick change-over to flexible
media taking less than a minute. We can offer even more creative
applications by taking advantage of its ability to print white ink in
six variations including overprint, underprint, spot, underspot, fill,
and overspot.
Combine its quality and versatility with improved speed, and it's a big
cost and timesavings for our customers, printing at speeds of up to 900
square feet or twenty-two 4'x8' boards per hour. The result is
increased operator efficiency, enhanced even further by its feed-side
control module that allows us to produce a near-continuous stream of
printed output.
We also like that costly substrate waste is reduced by combining
separate images and jobs to fully utilize available print space. Its
small footprint saves valuable floor space, too, by producing roll to
roll and rigid applications on one machine, so we have space left over
for our many other in-house production requirements.
Printing and media distortions are present in all jobs, but with growing demand for wide-format printing, we can’t afford to miss a beat. That’s why we
have enhanced our standard router with the new i-Cut® vision-enhanced
cutting system made by MGE (Mikkelsen Graphic Engineering), the
graphics industry standard for perfect print-to-cut registration.
Using sophisticated software, the i-Cut® Vision Pro and integrated
i-Cut® camera record these non-uniform distortions around the perimeter
of the image, automatically calculate a new set of optimized cutting
curves for each particular sheet, and in a matter of seconds create the
precise results required for perfection.
One operator can now do the work of three with razor sharp reliability
and efficiency, eliminating much of the handwork previously required.
Print runs from just one sheet to hundreds or even thousands are
contour-cut to meet the most exacting standards. Setup times are
minimal and multiple cut styles can be accomplished at one time. For
instance, we can now cut using a knife blade, scoring wheel and router
bit all at the same time, increasing efficiency and delivering great
results faster and at lower cost than ever before possible.
It's like automated origami! Complete print finishing for that unique curve, pocket folder, or folded pop-up special effect. Recently acquired
die-cutting technology allows DCI to offer greater cost savings, speed,
and value to the entire printing solution.
As technology upgrades are implemented allowing us to print higher
volumes at faster speeds, we needed a die-cutter that could keep pace.
For that, we turned to one of the most sophisticated pieces of
equipment of its kind in the world, the highly automated YAWA MW1050A.
The new system delivers significantly higher performance, increasing
our cutting capability from 2,000 sheets per hour to 5,500 at an
incredible level of accuracy for sheet sizes up to 1,050mm x 750mm, at
a significantly lower price. The YAWA's automated input and output
means that it doesn't need to be stopped for loading and unloading, and
quick-change for block stamps gives us the flexibility to change on a
dime.
With this new dedicated cutting, stripping, and creasing system, we can
deliver the ultimate in design customization for a limitless array of
cut and folded products, such as pocket folders, 3-D door hangers,
danglers, and tabletop displays. You name it, this baby cuts it, trims
it, and creases it at an astonishing pace with the world's tightest
precision.
