The Gemini system has a dozen successful installations around the globe and features a brand-new design and additional features that bring opportunities for the development of new printed applications in the sign and display graphics market.
Branislav Oravec, CEO of Grapo Technologies said, "visitors to our stand will experience how this theme is a pervasive element in Grapo’s corporate culture as reflected in the constant evolution of our product line to better serve customer needs. Visitors will see a new, improved version of our popular Shark hybrid roll/flatbed UV printer, as well as the powerful Gemini printing system, continuing the evolution of its innovative capabilities.
Both Gemini and Shark have been recently equipped with progressive XAAR 1001 Through Flow printing heads. We are also pleased to announce that we are an even stronger company following our recent acquisition by a group of investors, who has provided additional financial stability and management structure to our company. Customers will benefit from our core value of developing printers for printers by printers, which is now augmented by an international team of experts that will further empower Grapo’s R&D, manufacturing, sales and technical support resources. These are extremely exciting times for both Grapo Technologies and our customers, opening the door to many new business opportunities as manufactures of signs and display graphics continue to transition their businesses from analog to digital production technologies.”
Since December of 2010, Grapo has installed more than a dozen Gemini systems in customer accounts, with another dozen expected to follow by the end of the second quarter of 2011. These early installs have provided the company with additional insight into how the product must continue to evolve to meet the changing needs of a dynamic market. With speeds of up to 90 square meters per hour, Gemini offers double the speed of previous generation Manta printers when printing with white ink, at 15 to 30 square meters per hour. Gemini features CMYK, white ink and environmentally friendly UV printing, and is the ideal solution for screen printers seeking to move to more efficient digital technologies, as well as digital sign printers wishing to migrate their operations away from less environmentally friendly solvent printing solutions. Offset and flexo printers are also using Gemini for the cost-effective production of short-run samples and/or to diversify their product offerings. In addition to its high reliability and fast throughput, Gemini offers:
- 10 Xaar 1001 printing heads with a unique Through-Flow™ system and variable drop sizes from 6 to 42 picolitres for grayscale printing
- Unique proprietary Grapo ink supply system
- Single-pass printing of CMYK, white ink and CMYK, one of the first printers to bring this unique capability to market and especially important when printing on transparent substrates, such as acrylics, where images must be displayed on both sides
- Very high quality printing of skin tones and higher quality flat colors
- Energy-efficient operation
- Ability to print on a wide range of substrates, from irregularly shaped items, wood and glass to all types of plastic, vinyl and paper materials
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