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Matan Barak iQ an improved super wide-format roll-to-roll UV printer
Matan Barak, based in Israel has a new super wide-format roll-to-roll UV printer which was launched at
FESPA 2011, where the model exhibited is out of beta-stage and in fact, has already been sold before the
end of the exhibition.
The features for this improved version of the early Barak models introduced four or five years ago,
includes a printhead technology that allows drops of 20 and 40 picoliters in the same pass. The
printhead brand for the new iQ continues to be RICOH. This model has 32 printheads (8 printheads per
color) which makes it faster than other dedicated roll-to-roll UV printers. The output colors at FESPA 2011
were vibrant, although the printer only comes in 4-color configuration so far.
This model will also be able to print multiple rolls simultaneously. The RIP allows file adjustments on the
fly. In other words, you can make last minute corrections to the file while the Barak iQ is printing.
Although the printer is already out of beta stage, the price was not officially released but we know it will be
around 30,000 (US$43,000) more than the original Barak5 model. The price of the current Matan Barak5
(5.3 meters wide) is around the US$470,000 and US$390,000 for the Barak3 (3.8 meters wide). So we
should expect a price near the US$500,000 to US$550,000 for the United States.
Smart devices are gradually becoming popular in wide-format printers
Wide Form at Printers
Interesting Ink
Sepiax Ink Technology, water
based
HP Latex ink
HP Designjet L25500, latex
HP Designjet L65500, latex
Mutoh muBIO ink
Staedtler Lumocolor
Eastech Magic Ink
Media and Subtrates
Eco-friendly green
Eco-friendly alternatives
After-m arket Ink
Third-Part Inks
SAM Ink
InkTec Eco-solvent
Sam Ink for Epson Printheads
UV Curable Inkjet Flatbed
Printers & roll-to-roll UV
Below is a partial list; the
full list is here
AGFA :Anapurna M
The Barak iQ is smart device oriented; it comes with an application that lets you check the status of the
print job in mobile devices, as iPhones or iPads. It is not yet clear if this application is restricted to Apple
devices.
Dilli Neo Jupiter
But the Barak iQ is not the first printer with a smart mobile device. The Gandy Digital Pred8tor is operated
with an integrated iPad that lets you see print status, ink settings, and even video tutorials. Of course this
iPad is detachable and can be mounted in several points of the printer.
Dilli 1606 Titan
Some 3.2-meter systems that are competitors
If your sign shop is not physically large enough to take a 5-meter system, there is always a 3.2 meter
version to consider. But for 3.2 meter it makes more sense to have a transport-belt, so you can also print
thick or rigid materials, in addition to roll-to-roll.
Substrates for 5-meter width: banner, billboards, mesh, frontlit, backlit
Most substrates are made in factories that produce a maximum of 3.2 meters. So it was nice to find two
different factories recently that produced materials at 5 meter widths. I recently spent one week
inspecting 5 meter production of PVC at Obeikan OTF. Then I flew to China to spend a week inspecting 5meter production of PE, an eco-friendly material. In early 2011 I hope to return to Obeikan OTF to inspect
their new production line of PP (an ecologically more friendly green substrate as an alternative to PVC).
So if you have clients that prefer to avoid PVC, now there are two materials to select as alternatives: PE
as a technical textile, and PP as a technical textile.
Will this printer be also OEM d?
Simultaneously at FESPA Hamburg 2011, Fujifilm released the UVIStar 2, their rebranded version of the
Barak iQ.
According to Matan personnel, there will also be a 3-meter version of the iQ.
Dilli Neo Venus
Dilli Neo Venus UVV-2506
DPC Digital Photonics Corp
COJET-1422
Durst Rho 351R
Durst Rho 500R
Durst Rho 600
Durst Rho 600 Pictor
Durst Rho 800 Presto
Durst Rho 1000
EFI Rastek H650
EFI Rastek T660
EFI Rastek T1000
Fujifilm Acuity LED 1600 uvcuring printer
Gandinnovations JETi 3324
UV roll-to-roll
Gandinnovations JETi 3348
JetSpeed
Gandinnovations NanoJet UV
printer
Gandinnovations Jeti 1224
UV Nanojet II (Nanojet 2)
Gandinnovations JETI 3150
flatbed UV printer
GCC StellarJet K72UV
Combo printer
First Issue d Ma
Gerber Solara ion x and v
2011
Gerber Solara ion z
GRAPO Manta
GRAPO Octopus II
GRAPO Shark
HP Scitex XP5100 and HP
Scitex XP5300
HP Scitex XP2100 and HP
Scitex XP2700
HP Scitex FB500
HP-Scitex FB910 UV combo
printer
HP Scitex FB950
HP Scitex FB7500
HP Scitex Vision FB6300
HP Scitex Vision FB6500
Inca Spyder 320
InkTec Jetrix 3015FQ
Mimaki UVJ-160uv
Mimaki JF-1631,
JF-1610
Oce Arizona 350 GT
Oce Arizona 550 GT
Roland VersaUV Print&Cut
LEC-300, VersaUV LEC-330
Screen Truepress Jet 650UV
SKYJET UV Flatbed printer
Spuhl, WP Digital Virtu RR50
SunFasJet
SwissQprint-Oryx UV-curable
inkjet printer
Chinese UV Printers
Teckwin TeckStorm
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