The addition of Agfa's latest UPH 2 (Universal Print Head) greyscale
technology enables the :M-Press Tiger to print with variable drop sizes
as small as 10 pico litres to allow :M-Press customers to deliver high
quality POP printing for fashion, retail and cosmetics with even sharper
images and finer detail. The drop size will no longer only depend on
printing resolution but also on colour and image content. Results across
all production modes now boast smoother highlights and mid-tones, with
no noise or grain, and crisp text even at the smallest sizes, enhancing
the versatility and flexibility of the machine for all applications.
The addition of true greyscale technology also means that fewer
passes are required to achieve the required quality, significantly
increasing the effective printing speed of the :M-Press Tiger. The
incorporation of the revised print-heads has enabled an extra mode to
augment the machine's productivity, with a new fine art capability
joining the existing choices of photo(graphic), high quality and express
print modes to allow users to compete with offset poster printers.
Even at the highest speeds, graduated tints and solid colours both
benefit from additional depth and vibrancy coming from the greyscale
print-heads, offering smooth results with no banding. The Agfa :M-Press
Tiger brings to the display industry a truly versatile production press
which offers consistent and reliable high-speed ink-jet printing with
the unique ability for screen-printing to be incorporated in-line to add
spot and special colours, metalics or clear varnish.
The Agfa :M-Press Tiger is the only wide-format production solution
to offer the flexible benefits required by print companies who want the
versatility of ink-jet combined with the low throughput costs and
special effects only available with the screen-printing process. Its
ability to produce the highest quality on flexible and rigid materials
up to 10 mm thick makes this the most highly productive system
available, making it ideal for all types of applications, including
general displays, retail advertising, exhibition and event graphics,
point-of-sale and all jobs where throughput speed and high quality are
both essential prerequisites.
"The :M-Press Tiger has been designed and constructed as a true
replacement for traditional graphics screen printing," states Richard
Barham, Vice President for Inkjet Systems at Agfa Graphics. "With these
latest changes we bring even higher quality and faster throughput to the
Tiger and build on its unique field upgradeability, so our existing
customers can stay competitive without having to change their system."