Leading label, plastics and digital printing specialist Print-Leeds has cemented its position as one of the UK\u2019s most technologically-advanced printing houses with the arrival of a Screen Truepress Jet W3200UV ST wide-format flat-bed printer.<\/p>\n
The new machine replaces the Screen Truepress Jet 1600UV printer that Print-Leeds installed in 2010 to meet increasing demand for high-quality short-run and one-off work. \u201cSince then not only have runs got shorter and deadlines tighter,\u201d says Print-Leeds managing director Rod Fisher, \u201cbut clients are much more aware of the potential of digital for POS applications. So it\u2019s time to upgrade.\u201d<\/p>\n
Print-Leeds\u2019s Truepress Jet W3200UV prints CMYK plus light cyan and light magenta for photo-quality reproduction of wide-format graphics. The company also specified a white ink capability to ensure colour saturation whatever the substrate being printed, including coloured and transparent media. Like its Truepress Jet 1600UV predecessor, the Truepress Jet W3200UV outputs a wide variety of backlit graphics, wide-format posters, POP displays and signage and can handle media up to 50mm thick.<\/p>\n
Productivity is significantly greater, thanks to advanced UV curing and high-precision flat printhead transfer systems that give the Truepress Jet 3200UV ST the ability to print at 85 sqm\/hr \u2013 ten times faster than the Truepress Jet 1600UV (the Truepress Jet 3200UV HS model prints at up to 150sqm\/hr). Says Rod: \u201cBecause we also wanted to up our productivity, the faster output speed was a big factor, plus other features that improve throughput \u2014 for example, the retractable lay pins, which guarantee accurate, repeatable substrate registration, and the zoned vacuum bed, which reduces masking.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new printer also incorporates Screen\u2019s versatile multilayer print capability, which enables printing of up to eight superimposed layers to create high-impact products. For example, lower layers can be built up in high-speed mode before printing the top layer in high-quality mode to produce embossed products with striking 3D effects.<\/p>\n
Rod founded Print-Leeds in 2002 and quickly developed a reputation for high-quality litho and digital printing on plastics. The 2012 acquisition of S&C Labels, Huddersfield, added wet-glue label printing. Today Print-Leeds employs over 30 people at its 19,000 square-foot site in Stanningley and is on target to turn over \u00a34 million this year, a 10% year-on-year rise. The company also prints labels for most of the UK\u2019s drinks companies.<\/p>\n
Ahead of technology<\/p>\n
Print-Leeds has a tradition of staying abreast, and often ahead, of technology; its Truepress Jet 1600UV-F was the UK\u2019s first, and in 2013 it installed the first Heidelberg Speedmaster CX102-7+L in the UK label industry. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked hard to build our reputation for producing high-quality work consistently and on time, and we assess any investment on those criteria,\u201d says Rod. \u201cThe first Truepress has been excellent, and we had no hesitation in choosing Screen again for the latest printer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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