swissQprint's Tip Switch Vacuum system - which provides fingertip control over a large-format printer’s segmented print bed - has now been successfully patented following its entry onto the market in 2019.
The system comes as standard on all swissQprint flatbed and roll-to-roll printers, which can have as many as 256 vacuum segments, depending on the model. A toggle switch (Tip Switch) enables or disables the respective segment, thus shutting off vacuum in the gaps between boards on a flatbed, or parallel lanes of material in roll-to-roll printing.