VISUAL IMPACT: ROLAND DG

Show sponsor Roland DG had the new VersaObject EU-1000MF LED-UV flatbed printer on the stand, which it describes as its entry level flatbed, geared for roll-to-roll print businesses looking to move up.

It is bundled with Versaworks, which is the Roland DG rip, which the company says is simple to use. It prints directly onto substrates up to 2440 mm x 1220 mm and with a maximum height of 95mm, onto media including PVC panels, foam panels, corrugated cardboard, and aluminium plates.

It comes as either four-colour/four-head or six-colour/six-head models with CMYK clear and white. Roland DG says clear can be used to create raised embossed effects.

The company was also showing the VersaObject M-240, geared towards promotional products, personalisation, and industrial type applications. It supersedes the earlier two series, and comes with new generation inks. At an investment of around $50,000 it provides entry into what Roland DG says is a fast-growing market, and for around a third of that price the company was showing the VersaStudio BD-8, a desktop UV flatbed printer.

Also on the stand was the BYD-20, the DTF print system, now in its second generation. It's also part of the VersaStudio range, so still targeting smaller businesses, but at a low cost, only just into five figures.

The company also had its range of roll-to-roll print systems on the stand, which are now available in all UV, eco-solvent and resin formats.