AGFA GRAPHICS
PRESS RELEASE
AnapurnaiLED wide-format printers from Agfa Graphics to be launchedat drupa2016
Next to the ¾ automated set-up of the Jeti Tauro and the versatile Jeti Mira, Agfa Graphics demonstrates a new Anapurna i-series with LED curing at the show.
Mortsel, Belgium – May 20, 2016
On its family of Anapurna i printers, Agfa Graphics will be introducingstate-of-the-art, air-cooled LED UV-curing as an alternative to the current mercury lamp curingtechnology—enabling printers to print on a broaderrange of media,save energy, increase system up time and reduce operational expenses.
On display at drupa 2016 will be the Anapurna H2500i LED system, a2.5m hybrid solutionfor printing rigid and flexible media.
The Anapurna H2500i LED offers both high throughput and high print quality. The white ink function includes pre-, post-, spot and even sandwich white.With the optional automatic board feeder, productivity can be further increased.
UV LED curing on Anapurna i-series
The Anapurnai-series inkjet systems are equipped with powerful, air-cooled 16 Watt/cm² UV LED lamps. Thanks to theirreduced heat emission, the Anapurna H2500i LED can print on a wider media mix, and in particular cope with more heat-sensitive substrates such as thin-layer styrene.
“In addition to widening the media range, UV LED curing technology delivers interesting operational and environmental benefits,” said Willy Van Dromme, Marketing Manager Wide-FormatSystems, Agfa Graphics. “Opposed to mercury lamps,which last for about 1000 operating hours, the lifetime of the LED alternative is in line with the economical lifetime of a printerof typically five years.As a consequence,both the cost and the downtimefor changing lamps are obviated, while there is no issuein disposing of them either. In addition, the power output remains consistent over the LEDs’ operating life, which is an important element in maintaining good physical characteristics of the print with regards to adhesion for example.”
Unlike with mercury lamps, LED lamps have no warm-up nor cool-down time, and power consumption is drastically lower,which results in a lower energy bill.
“Adding UV LED-curing to our successful Anapurna i familystrengthens our product offering,”said Van Dromme, “Compared to the mercury bulb version, no compromises are made in either print quality or productivity. Instead,our customers will benefit from the operational savings, the broader media range and the environmental advantagesthat UV LED curing adds to the system.”
The Anapurna H2500i LED will be on display at the Agfa Graphics booth in Hall 8a at drupa.
About Agfa
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading companies in imaging and information technology. Agfa develops, manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems for the printing industry (Agfa Graphics), for the healthcare sector (Agfa Healthcare), and for specific industrial applications (Agfa Specialty Products). Agfa is headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is present in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries around the globe. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 2,646million euros in 2015.
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Agfa Graphics offers integrated prepress solutions to the commercial printing industry, the newspaper printing and publishing industry and the sign and display, decoration and industrial inkjet printing industry. These solutions comprise consumables, hardware, software and services for production workflow, project and process management, cloud software and image processing.
Agfa Graphics is a worldwide leader with its computer-to-film, computer-to-plate, digital proofing and security solutions for commercial and packaging printers.
For newspaper markets Agfa Graphics is leading supplier of automation for printed and mobile publishing workflows.
Agfa Graphics has also developed a prominent position in the new segments of industrial inkjet. It offers a wide range of inkjet presses and a complete assortment of high-quality inks.
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