Fujifilm South Africa announced the winners and runners-up of its Design Challenge at the FESPA Africa And Sign Africa Expo on 14 September. Entrants were required to submit a design for different categories using the Acuity LED 1600 II’s unique features creatively.
The Grand Prize winner was the Solar Film Foundation team (Interior Design category). The substrate was clear film applied to a day-night lightbox, and the Acuity LED 1600 II feature incorporated was three layered print – CMYK, white, CMYK.
Interior Design
First: Solar Film Foundation team.
Second: Michael Mahan (Associated Printers Ltd.)
Third: Sun Media Bloemfontein team.
Retail Environment
First: Shaeema Boer.
Second: Elizabeth Nel.
Third: Electronic Touch Systems team.
Free Category
First: Monique Lamprecht (Level Up Design).
Second: Associated Printers Ltd. team.
Third: Chantelle De Gois.
Visitors to the expo could also vote for their favourite design. The winner was Electronic Touch Systems team.
Takeo Hata, Fujifilm South Africa, with Expo Visitors Vote winner Lesha Govender representing Electronic Touch Systems team, and Anja Kirton, Fujifilm South Africa.
The designs incorporated the unique features of the LED 1600 II, including:
• Two or three-layer one-pass printing: simultaneous two or three-layer printing with colour, white and clear inks provides the ability to produce high-value creative prints. Print colour-white-colour layers in one pass for two-sided images on transparent materials.
• Emboss effect: LED UV cures the ink instantly so there is no need to wait for the print to dry before finishing or shipping. This technology enables you to print multiple layers: you can print an imaged raised up to nine times.
• Heat sensitive materials: LED UV lamps use a fraction of the energy of conventional curing systems, which means users can work with heat-sensitive media without deformation, saving money on power consumption and substrates.
• Added value with clear and white inks: clear ink offers the luxury to highlight or enhance print with high-gloss spot finishes. High-density white ink can be used to produce creative effects on clear and coloured media. Colours, white and clear inks can be printed simultaneously
• Print on coloured materials: high-density white inks and multiple layer print enables Acuity LED 1600 II users to print vibrant images on a wide range of coloured substrates and achieve high-value special effects.
• Print directly on to roll or rigid: quickly switch between the roll and rigid printing. Flatbed feed and receive tables are used for printing rigid media. It supports substrates up to 1610mm wide and can print on rigid sheet substrates up to 13mm thick.
• High quality and fine text: achieve smooth tones and outstanding close-up clarity thanks to light inks, variable drop print heads and dot gain control. The Fujifilm technologies are accurately tuned to deliver brilliant images at speed.
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