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Graphic de Signs upgrades facility
with new HandTop flatbed printer

Chennai-based Graphic de Signs is accredited for proficiency in production of fine textured graphics produced at its state-of-the-art production facility. Recently the company’s production facility has been upgraded with the installation of a new HandTop HT2512 UV FR9, a flatbed printer capable to churn on material of 100 mm thickness in 1440x1200 dpi resolution. Sanjeevi J, CEO, Graphics de Signs says the adoption of the flatbed HandTop printer is their new move towards production of high-quality prints for applications like interior decors and in-store graphics.

HandTop HT2512 UV FR9 is equipped with RICOH Gen-5 printhead with a variable drop of 7 pl, 14 and 21 pl grayscale, CMYK + white + varnish/3-row layout. The printer allows onepass printing of white substrate, colour (CMYKLcLm) and final lacquer. “With this HandTop printer we are redefining our competency in production of high-end quality prints for showroom and interior graphics,” tells Sanjeevi, adding that their clientele consists of a number of jewellery showrooms, banks, restaurants and hospitals. HDFC, SBI, Apollo Hospital, A2B Restaurant are some of the long-term clients of Graphic de Signs.

In addition to HandTop HT2512 UV FR9, Graphic de Signs has also recently installed an EPSON SureColor S80670, a double-head printer supplied by Graphic Technologies Sign Park. This new EPSON printer is yet another system that offers the PSP a widest colour gamut to meet most demanding jobs for a wide variety of indoor and commercial applications with the 10-colour UltraChrome Epson UltraChrome GS3 ink and option of white or metallic silver colours.

Macromedia in Hyderabad adopts
EFI Reggiani Renoir Next 340

Arrow Digital has recently delivered the high-speed Efi Reggiani Renoir Next 340 to Macromedia in Hyderabad. Installation of the new textile printer has triggered Macromedia to take its soft signage competency to another new level, meeting increasing demands of their corporate customers. Naresh Kumar Dasari from Macromedia says, “We have added the Reggiani printer to our portfolio to fulfill the increasing demand for soft signage and to extend our portfolio to exhibition backdrops, light boxes, flags, building wraps, tents, durable outdoor ads and more. As the demand for green technologies and products keep surging, Efi Reggiani Renoir Next 340 addresses all the needs.”

The printer is ideal value for aggressively developing and driving more profitability into soft signage operations. Users can print dazzling displays, high-density backlit signs and more with ultra-high resolution four-colour printing. Capable to pint directto- textile or indirect via transfer process, leveraging the type of versatility that allows for more jobs on different materials including economical or lower-cost substrates, the printer can create soft signs and fabric displays that retain the drape and soft hand customers prefer. With dramatic 4-colour printing with a wide colour gamut and deep colour saturation for exceptional fabric display graphics, EFI Reggiani Renoir Next 340 textile printer is designed for ultra-high resolution up to 2400 dpi and four level grayscale printing with 4pL to 18pL drop sizes. Naresh remarks, “Partnership with Arrow Digital gives us immense confidence to move forward with this cutting edge technology at pan India level.”

City Advertising installs new HandTop
UV flatbed printer at its Sahibabad facility

City Advertising, a leading manufacturer of LED signage systems, acrylic letters and others, has upgraded its production facility in Sahibabad with the installation of a new HandTop HT2512 UV printer, supplied by JN Arora Group, an authorised distributor of the printer in northern and eastern regions. The newly adopted UV flatbed printer is designed for churning on material of 100 mm thickness in 1200x1200 dpi resolution at the speed of 1100 sq m/hr. Nitin Srivastava, Director of City Advertising, says the adoption of the high-end flatbed system will enhance their proficiency and capacity in production of high-quality signage systems.

City Advertising has a standalone showroom at Chuna Mandi Main Road in Pahar Ganj (New Delhi) where the company’s LED-based display solutions are categorically showcased. The company’s manufacturing plant at Sahibabad, where the new HandTop is installed, is well equipped for print production and other tasks including fabrication. City Advertising has branches in Mumbai and Pune.