LF Printing: Dye-Sublimation and Textiles
good relationship with him, so he took some of our team to Antwerp to view the options and carry out testing.” Martin continues, “We did look at other print suppliers, but when we analysed everything; the cost per Sq Mt, reliability, quality, source of inks and supply chain, the Agfa presses were the right decision for our business.” We wanted to know if Delta Group had experienced any significant increases in output since installing the Jeti Tauro H3300 is a UV LED, Martin responds with, “We’ve been running the machines now for a few months and we’re happy with their ability to improve speed without impacting on the quality. We are also very impressed with the ability of the machine to print white at speed. The Tauro can comfortably print white at 250-400 sq mt per hour, they can print larger formats than our silk screen printers, offering 3.3m widths, and they are more cost-effective than our silk screen machines. The new Tauros are certainly delivering on our expectations.”
“The first Agfa Tauro HS (High Speed)
LED machine was delivered and installed to help with the business’s peak workload in September last year and the latest Agfa Tauro UHS (Ultra High Speed) LED machine was installed in January. At this time the original Tauro HS was decommissioned and moved to the company’s Biggin Hill facility where it replaced the incumbent Inca S40i printer. Both Agfa machines have therefore been up and running in their current facilities for just over a month.” Martin adds.
Delta Display may have started in silk screen printing, but it now has an arsenal of Litho, silk screen and digital presses and was an early adopter of large format printing. Martin tells us, “Interestingly, our plant list no longer includes any dye sublimation printing. Our view is that in their drive to ‘Delta Net Zero’ the process is quite energy- consuming, and we are finding that our customers are more than happy with the results of UV printing onto fabric for soft POS requirements, especially as the turnaround in production is much quicker.”
The Agfa Jeti Tauro H3300 is a UV LED wide-format inkjet printer range for rigid and flexible media. They are heavy- duty printers that easily handle extreme workloads, multiple-shift operation and 24/7 printing. Thanks to the rapid UV LED curing and the low ink usage of their GREENGUARD inks, it also offers ecological benefits that help print businesses lower their carbon footprints. Both the HS and UHS models within Delta offer 6 colours plus white and primer.
Martin concluded by telling us, “Our market and customer demand is forever changing and the Agfa Tauro engines are keeping us agile and helping us to flex and deliver. In retail, for example, we can now personalise the POS we send out to stores, it’s no longer a one-size- fits-all solution. Today a POS campaign may require 20 items delivered to each store quickly and all delivered with bespoke sizes and messaging. The Agfa machines are coping beautifully with this type of work.”
The Jeti Tauro press offers 24/7 productivity and award-winning quality on a wide range of rigid and flexible materials
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