Gandinnovations reveals digital presses for grand formats

Gandinnovations has unveiled a new range of grand format digital presses for outdoor and billboard work.

The company, which specialises in grand format digital print equipment, will showcase its new products at Drupa, which takes place from 28 May to 11 June in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Among the new equipment is the NanoJet UV True Flatbed digital printer, the new Jeti 3348 Jetstream UV RTR digital printer and the Jeti 3324 Aquajet Direct-to-Fabric.

The new flatbed printer has been designed to print photo-realistic quality outputs, and uses 24 Spectra high performance print heads. It is equipped with a silicon nozzle plate, with a 15-pico litre head designed to deliver high-resolution droplets.

Printing at speeds of 20.4sqm/hr in high-quality mode, the NanoJet has a print area of 4x8in, and prints in six colours at 1200dpi, using Gandinnovations UV-curable branded inks. It is suitable for printing on glass, acrylics, diobond, aluminium, wood and other surfaces.

The Jeti3348 Jetstream UV RTR is a new three-metre UV RTR digital press, which prints at speeds of 230sqm/hr in a four-colour configuration and features 48 Spectra print heads.

It also uses Gandinnovations' UV-curable branded inks, and can print on a variety of materials including 100% PE eco-friendly polyethylene and all types of outdoor applications. It will be available with a backlit camera option enabling reverse printing of the material and comes with registration allowing backlit signage and building wraps.

In addition, the Jeti 3324 Aquajet Direct-to-Fabric digital printer uses the firm's Waterbase Dye Dispersed Inks, printing in six colours at 400dpi, to create fade-resistant colour printing on flags, banners and other fabrics.

Gandinnovations president Hary Gandy said: "The Jeti 3324 Aquajet now achieves bold, vibrant, solid colours printing direct to all fabrics. For direct colour, printing to paper first is no longer necessary. It is a single process now, which enables printshops to save time and money."