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FEBRUARY 2017
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SCREEN PRINTING PRESSES
Kit selector:
hybrid systems
Tempted to invest in a hybrid set-up? Start here, with our round up of the current
systems and find the one that will work best for your business… and budget
M&R: Digital Squeegee
The Digital Squeegee is scheduled to launch in early 2017.
“While all other hybrid systems currently available dramat-
ically reduce the productivity of the screen printing press,
the Digital Squeegee was developed to print at speeds that
will not hinder productivity,” explains Geoff Baxter of M&R.
“It makes no sense to purchase an industrial screen press
capable of printing over 500 to 750 units per hour, add an
expensive hybrid printer, and then reduce the throughput
by 90%.” Geoff says the Digital Squeegee overcomes this
issue by using an array of print heads with over 22,000
nozzles firing in single pass mode; there is no X-axis scan.
The Digital Squeegee is reported by M&R to be able to print
at the same speed as conventional, analogue squeegees.
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www.mrprint.com“The hybrid system developed by Polyprint combines the speed
of screen print with the ease of digital prints to create fantas-
tic, high resolution images onto garments,” says Julian Wright
of Amaya Sales UK. “The process enables the user to drastically
increase output from standard DTG and still retain the benefits
of full colour digital printing.” Set-up time is greatly reduced
and registration is achieved in a very simple and quick manner,
Amaya: Polyprint hybrid
he reports. This process was developed to increase production
on dark or coloured garments and to allow screen printers to
significantly reduce set-up time on medium-sized runs. Only one
screen is needed to create the white base and the Texjet DTG
printer does the rest.
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www.amayauk.comThe Polyprint Texjet hybrid system is available from
Amaya
The Digital Squeegee is being launched in 2017