NoeCha launched the 3.2m wide UV-LED NoeCha1 large format industrial printer.
The company previewed the initial design of the press last year, featuring mercury lamps, but these have now been replaced by a cool curing LED system of the firm’s own design.
The printhead carriage has also been redesigned to make access easier for maintenance, and for higher precision when printing. The flatbed NoeCha1 is printing live on the firm’s booth (9-X60). It has a vacuum bed with a maximum print area of 3.2m x 2m. It uses Kyocera piezo drop-on-demand heads printing at 600x600dpi native resolution, with four greyscale levels from 3pl to 14p to deliver an apparent 1200dpi ‘photo-realistic’ quality. The maximum print speed is 700sqm/hour.
‘The big difference with our printer is the specification of the heads, and the low ink cost,’ said marketing and communication specialist Stephanie Duvivier. ‘Being a fixed bed, it can also handle delicate materials, such as glass. We have a small drop size and very low consumption of inks.’
The target market is high-quality point-of-sale and display graphics, industrial applications such as wood, glass, and packaging. Five configurations are available, with up to eight channels for optional pre- and post-white as well as special colours.
The NoeCha1 is available immediately and was shown at the FESPA 2015 expo, which took place from 18-22 May in Cologne.
