Board Printing / UV Inks

Environmentally Friendly Inks

This amazing machines can print on virtually ANYTHING. Featuring UV-curable inks, these printers produce output that is detailed, vibrant, outdoor-friendly and very durable. Their advanced ink formulation have properties that allow the inks to stick to any surface, including plexiglass or ceramics and, once exposed to UV light, are very stable and will not fade. Due to these qualities and their blistering printing speeds, UV Direct printing has become common for in store and outdoor signage, however artists are finding many diverse applications for this remarkable printer – we have printed on everything from denim to leather to neoprene.

These printers deliver a wide range of quality settings – making them perfect for great many applications in any size, from mousepads to billboards. And last but not least – unlike it’s polluting, solvent-inks-based brethren, UV inks are environmentally friendly. Only Durst would assure Digital One that their process/inks were VOC and solvent-free. The Durst Rho 600 Pictor provided us with a good entry platform to get into the large-format UV inkjet market and it was the most environmentally-friendly printer we could find.

The Truepress Jet2500UV delivers 1500dpi resolution using a true grayscale variable pattern with 6 to 42 picoliter drops. This printer has a wide range of quality settings – making it perfect for great many applications in any size and quality. It has PRE and POST White ink and can print multi-layered prints. The multi-layer option enables the Truepress Jet2500UV to print up to seven image layers in one productive pass without feeding the media a second time through the printer. Multiple layers improve the performance of double-sided window stickers and day-and-night backlit displays. They also create various special effects, such as the appearance of embossed graphics.

In the case of double-sided window stickers, the Truepress Jet2500UV prints the image layer, then white, then black, then white again before the final image layer is printed. Sophisticated images can be viewed from both sides on transparent material. The image and text appear as they normally do, but each side of the display can contain unique images in order to present different messages when viewed from inside and outside the window.

Printing white between two layers of the same image also enhances the day-and-night effect of backlit displays. This results in extra density when the image is illuminated, yet ensures that the image remains vibrant when the display light is turned off. Furthermore, applying a layer of white ink below the image layer provides a three-dimension effect, like that of relief.