The Newton Abbot, Devon-based business produces screen and digital print, the latter on a wide variety of materials including glass, wood, metal, all types of plastic and corrugated and solid board.
The firm already operates two existing digital flatbed machines, a Fuji Acuity and an Inca Spyder, as well as screen printers, an Esko Kongsberg cutting machine and guillotines.
The recently installed W3200UV HS has a maximum throughput of 150sqm/hr and features CMYK plus light cyan and light magenta and two opaque white ink channels.
The machine features linear drive motors that provide smooth, controlled and accurate motion of the print carriage. Retractable lay pins provide fast substrate positioning which ensures accurate, repeatable registration, especially on double-sided printing.
“The biggest effect it’s had is the extra capacity as it’s an additional machine with much newer technology,” said director Simon Beasley.
Although the Truepress Jet is the company’s first printer from Screen, it features the same Inca-developed technology as the Spyder, which Studio said was a major reason for its investment.
“We looked at machines from other manufacturers but our feeling is that many of them are pushing their technology to the limit to deliver the speed, reliability and consistent quality we demand,” said Beasley.
“On the other hand, we believe the Inca technology in the Truepress Jet W3200UV HS is already there at the high end, proven and working at other companies.”
The business made its final decision on the purchase after seeing a demonstration and carrying out a production test at an existing user.
“The printer did everything we asked of it, and has done since we installed it,” said Beasley.
The W3200UV HS is suitable for high-quality, short-run, sign and display work including exhibition graphics and retail signage, posters, product decoration, architectural signage and backlit displays.
Studio Screenprint, which has 12 staff, provides clients with a full design-to-print-to-dispatch service of what Beasley describes as “POS to exhibition graphics and much more".
