The Anapurna M2500i is Agfa’s latest UV-cured hybrid wide-format printer. Its 2.5m width and the enhanced productivity of the ‘i’ version place this machine towards the top end of the Anapurna range.

         

       It’s a UV-cured hybrid device, which means it can be operated as a roll-to-roll machine or, if the tables are rolled up, as a flatbed. With the biggest tables fitted it can handle sheets up to 3.2m long.It is a six-color plus white machine using a print head each for CMYK and light cyan and light magenta with two additional heads dedicated to white ink.

       

       The white ink system includes agitation and circulation to prevent sedimentation and nozzle blocking. Flexible and rigid inks are available, with most users taking the flexible inks to allow work on both rigid and roll media.Like all the Agfa machines it uses standard mercury curing lamps rather than LED UV, however Agfa inkjet marketing and channel manager Steve Collins adds that the lamps are high efficiency and use heat extraction to reduce the amount of excess heat hitting the substrates.

 

       Operating speeds range from 16sqm/hr in the high definition mode, the highest quality setting up to 115sqm/hr in Express mode. More typical figures are the 35sqm/hr of production mode and 28sqm/hr of standard quality mode. According to Collins production is the mode used most commonly.

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Key Benefits:

• Highly productive engine (up to 115 m²/hr)

• UV-ink for fast drying, material versatility and a wide color gamut;

• Highly accurate dot positioning for excellent image quality;

• High-tech vacuum system for flawless media transport.