LFP - Large-Format-Printing
New Durst Rho 900, Unveiled at SGIA, Blends Automated Media Handling With Added Process Colors, Greater Speed
Friday 09. October 2009 - Dursts Latest UV Inkjet Printer Enhances Productivity, Expands Color Gamut
Durst today introduced the new Rho 900 Large-Format UV Inkjet Printer – a 98-inch-wide printing platform that combines more efficient automated media handling and “process color additions” with high-speed printing capabilities to deliver far greater productivity and a wider color gamut.
The unveiling took place at the SGIA Expo, under way this week in New Orleans, U.S. Attendees are being introduced to a high-quality printing platform that simplifies media handling with its automated feeder system, and makes reproduction of even difficult corporate colors possible by printing orange and green or orange and violet process colors – with no special file preparation required.
The new Rho 900 is equipped with Dursts Quadro 30D Array print head technology to deliver high speed, improved efficiency and exceptional image quality. Its media handling incorporates an auto-feed table with belts, sheet feed gate with guides for parallel board printing, and automatic two-point pin registration system to ensure accurate front-to-back registration.
The Rho 900s process color additions are printed in the same mode as its CMYK process colors. No special file preparation is necessary. These additional colors can be printed – even with white ink or light colors – with no loss in output speed. This enables much smoother color gradients and more even solids at production-level output speeds.
Top speed of the 6-color Rho 900 is up to 216 boards (125x80cm) per hour. The user can incorporate the process color additions with no loss of print speed. “The Rho 900 also can print white, varnish or light colors along with the new additional process colors to expand the possibilities of print jobs and applications”, Michael Lackner, Marketing Manager of Durst said.