Machines at work

[Biscuit761]

Thought people may be interested in seeing the machines we use at work.

I work for a sign and digital print company, photo shows our large UV external quality print machines

From bottom up
2.5m wide Spuhl will print roll to roll or flat board up to 70mm thick x up to 5m long at up to 700dpi
Middle
Sericol Inca, 8' x 5' bed will print on board up to 20mm thick at up to 500dpi
Top
Another Inca, 8' x 4'.

Discussed posting this with a mod a while back, we are not into one off small size print jobs that would probably be wanted by the forum members here (probably cheaper to go with some online place as previously discussed) but just thought it might be of interest. Hope it is not out of place .

Bill

[steve.o]

Cool, looks interesting. What sort of ink (pigment/dye) do those things use?

[Biscuit761]

Water based UV inks, they are in 5 litre resevoirs, costs £500 or so per colour !

Bill

[steve.o]

£500 but I 'spose for 5 litres its still cheaper than any epson/canon ink cartridge!

[dave_bass5]

Good thread
I also work for a small printers in central london. Im sort of the IT dept as im the only one who can figure these things out.
my main job is to run the copier below. we have only had it for 6 months but its notched up a few million copies already.

[onefivenine]

I quite like the first one as a photo actually. I think its interesting. Good composition and depth of field - lots of detail and it lets us look all around the background. The white balance looks good too. I would have liked there to be something happening but I think its good all the same.

[monkeyleader]

Potentially useful if our AVforums gallery night flies ?

[Biscuit761]

Will take one next week when it is busy, we have 3 32' x 40' banners to do plus loads of other stuff, was worried that I might get a negative reaction to the post.

Bill