New opportunities in printing.

In October of this year our company has acquired a new industrial UV photo-quality printer Durst Omega 2UV. Printing width is 1600mm. This new printer of this brand allows to print high-quality images in the industrial scale.

Before choosing the equipment our top management and staff have done a great job on searching the equipment with the required characteristics. A large number of printing machines of similar level has been tested (Agfa, SwissQprint, Oce, HP, etc).

Durst Omega 2UV has the highest image quality (1728 dpi) at the moment, as well as a unique opportunity for colors: Light Cyan, Light Magenta are used in addition to the standard CMYK colors. Durst Omega 2UV also can print by white ink, which allows to put any image with white color substrate on colored materials.

Purchased equipment allows us to apply the printed image directly on virtually any material up to 50 mm: plastic, acrylic glass, foam board, aluminum composite panel, wood, etc. Due to the direct printing method it’s possible now to save time and reduce the cost of used materials:  self-adhesive film is not needed and therefore there is no need to laminate and roll it to the surface.  Also some difficulties associated with the process of rolling are eliminated.

VIRTU has become the first Russian owner of this printer model.

The main difference of this model from already in use on the printer market Omega 1  is the use of UV LEDs instead of UV lamps that intends to use a wider range of materials. In addition the methods of work used in Durst Omega 2UV can save up to 65% energy compared to similar printers on the UV lamps.

Durst Omega 2UV allows to combine high printing speed (up to 35 square meters per hour) while maintaining the highest quality. The inks that are used in printing process do not contain volatile substances and it makes printing safe for employees and customers. The high degree of stability of the ink allows to maintain the image integrity under torsion, bending and mechanical action.