Alternative ink supplier Colorific will host briefings targeted at distributors and end users at its offices in Maidenhead to highlight its UV Light ink technology. The events will take place on 11, 12 and 13 December, between 10am and 5pm, and further dates will be announced in the New Year.
Colorific UV Light technology was launched at EcoPrint in September and demonstrated at the Autumn Viscom shows. The company has already started working with two large machines integrators based in Europe and orders for UV Light demonstration units have already been placed.
Colorific UV Light enables wide format printer owners to convert their existing solvent printers to a greener UV solution. Currently compatible with Roland wide-format machines that use Epson Piezo DX4 and DX5 printhead technologies, Colorific UV Light is a hybrid solution that combines the reliability of an eco solvent ink with the print performance of a UV ink.
Colorific’s new UV Lightbar System is critical to the technology. The system comprises an external, stand-alone lamp kit which fixes to the front of any compatible wide-format printer. During the printing process, the pigment is fixed to the ink-receiving layer on the media and then a secondary cure – using the new system – fixes the droplet and provides an immediate cure and cross link on the media.
Shaun Holdom, business manager for Colorific, said: “We’ll be demonstrating this process on Roland RE and Roland RS printers at the technology briefing and will also run through a short presentation explaining the process in more detail. Attendees will also have plenty of opportunity to discuss the technology in more depth with key members of Colorific’s team if there are any specific questions they would like addressed.”
www.colorificink.com/uvlight