Technical Product Presentation Anapurna M

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Application & Services Inkjet
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- Features & Positioning
Robust Engineered, Professional, Hybrid UV Wide Format Printer
Affordable capital investment
White ink printing possible Pre-White within same printrun or
Post-White as second printrun to address all kind of decoration
applications on glass, plexi, opaque substrates etc...
Perfect fit for Sign Shops, Photo Labs and Mid Size Graphic
Screen printers, capable of producing photorealistic output
High quality poster output against 6-11m/h (65-118 ft/h)
Perfect solids and signs in 8 pass printing mode
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requires permanent operator attendance
Applications
Banners, Posters, Signage (Traffic, industrial info, ...), Exhibit graphics,
POP, Mock-ups, Backlit, Frontlit, Self adhesives (Labels, ...), ....
Niche application: DVD print, wood, art reproductions, personalized object
printing (mouse mats, ...), Party gadgets (beer mats, ...), Architectural and
Interior decoration, Ceramics printing, .......
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System specifications
Working conditions
Size of the engine
362 x 154 x 160 cm (142,52 x 60,63 x 63)
Weight: 980kg
Working space
Single Rigid Table
5,5 x 5,5 m
Dual Rigid Table
5,5 x 8 m
1.25m
1.25m
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System specifications
Power specifications
Triple phase
Voltage: 3 x 380 V + N (star) and 3 x 220 V (delta), configurable at installation
Max amp: 3 x 30 A
50 60Hz
Air Pressure specifications
Dry and Oil-free compressed air
Minimum air pressure of 6 bar (4-8 kgf/m)
with minimum flow of 8l/min
Capacity shall be over 3 to 5 HP (horsepower)
3 HP Duty cycle of 100%
5 HP Duty cycle of 80%
Preferable stand-alone compressor
Industrial type (3 cylinders)
Capable of running continuously (24/24) with 80% duty cycle
Minimum storage tank of 75 liter
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Working conditions
Cold to Standby: 15 minutes
Standby to Ready to Print: 3 minutes
Engine operating conditions
For optimal Quality/Throughput
Room temperature: 22C
Room humidity: 40-50% RH
Allowed/preferred Temperature/Humidity latitude
Room temperature: 18-26C
Room humidity: 35-70% RH
Attention - Ideal media/ink operating condition:
Room temperature: 22C, 2C / Room humidity: 50-55% RH
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Connectivity
Driven by stand alone Wasatch SoftRIP Agfa edition
Wasatch SoftRIP version
Always check Agfa ftp for latest release SoftRIP version and
driver
Today still working with Beta version of Wasatch driver
Special beta codes requested through Agfa HQ
2 RTL files, color and white, locally saved on PC
Wasatch SoftRIP PC platform configuration
Preferred:
Pentium 3 GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM, >300GB HD, Windows XP
Windows 7 to be tested
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Connectivity
RTL from RIP to engine by using the specific
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Always check Agfa ftp for latest release AgfaRIP

Both, white and color, can be printed together (= PreWhite)
or seperate, multi layer (= PostWhite)
When using White, substrate can be automatically (Feed Back
function is checked) or manually repositioned
Double Strike as well as Uni- and Bi-Directional printing modes
are defined by Wasatch Image Configurations
UV Mode can be driven by Agfa RIP
UV Power on engine need to be set to full power
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Safety
2 emergency stops
4 optical sensors to prevent unwanted contact with moving parts
such as moving print shuttle
Crash detecting system on shuttle
Mechanical crash sensors
On both sides of shuttle
Sudden stop,
automatic shut-down of UV lamps
Current job lost!
Approvals
CE, FCC & ROHS
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Print head specifications
Printing head
Color
6 Konica-Minolta KM512MN
Greyscale printing head,
used as binary
Shared Wall - 3 cycle
Nr of Jets: 512
2 rows of 256 nozzles
Nozzle spacing: 70,5 m
Resolution: 360 npi (2*180 npi)
Dropvolume: 14 pl
Nozzle Diameter: 27
White
2 Konica-Minolta KM512LN*
Binary head
Shared Wall - 3 cycle
Nr of Jets: 512
2 rows of 256 nozzles
Nozzle spacing: 70,5 m
Resolution: 360 npi (2*180 npi)
Dropvolume: 42 pl
Nozzle Diameter: 39
* 2 printing heads alternately
jetting to achieve the optimum
printing speed
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Print head specifications
Print head positioning
Color
Same positioning (V-Shape) as on all Agfa :Anapurna M series
White
Positioned in front of Color Printing heads
Results in Pre-White application within one print run
Post-White possible as second print run
Special attention to alignment of White printing head
Today, white applications only supported on rigids and/or semi
flexible media such as thin clear polyester sheet
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UV Curing system
UV curing
2 Iron-doped UV lamps (D-Type bulb; Arc length 140 mm)
With intensity setting Full or Half
Expected total life time of a UV lamp bulb: 1000h
Total lifetime = bulb giving light (UV + visible + IR)
After some time (aging) : emission power is degrading
At some moment : the UV emission is lower than the required
emission power for optimal curing of the ink
By experience, the useful life time with enough power to cure
the ink, is approximately 500 hours
when bulb is continuously ON.
Every switch OFF/ON takes away approximately 15 minutes of the
bulb life time.
Practically this comes down to a useful lifetime of around 3
months at a heavy use of the engine (40 hours a week).
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Agfa UV Ink
UV Curable Ink
Color - Agfa UV Curable :Anapurna M UV Ink
Cyan / Magenta / Yellow / Black / Light Cyan / Light Magenta
and Flushing Solution
White - Agfa :Anapurna L/XL/XL2/M WhiteG2 ink
Available in 1L bottle
Shelf life for colors 18 months, white ink up to 12 months
Ink temperature setup, Color as well as White Ink
Sub-Ink tank: 40C
Head Base: 45C
Supply and management - Color Ink
Main Ink-tank color: 1600ml
Sub Ink-tank: 35ml
Automatic refill system
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Agfa UV Ink
UV Curable Ink
Supply and management - White Ink
Main Ink-tank white: 2600ml
Sub Ink-tank: 35ml
Automatic refill system
Automated White Ink maintenance system
User adjustable weeping/spitting of White Ink
Spitting White Ink at home position, even during print.
Fixed amount of ink, variable in time
(adjustable in minutes, today set to every 3 minutes)
White Ink circulation from sub-inktank back to main tank
System will automatically pump some ink back from subinktank to main
tank, leads to automatic refill of subinktank - Timing factory defined
Automated long stand still setup
Advisable on long stand still (long stand still to be defined)
Automatic (complete) drain of White Sub-Inktank
Temperature of White Sub-Inktank automatically set to 20C
Printheads on solution
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Image quality strongly dependent on
type of substrate and Image content
Head gap setting
Head gap = distance nozzle plate to substrate, automatically
measured by mechanical switch
The smaller the gap the sharper the print will be
But ...
- Heat sensitive media can cause problems, head crashes
- Uneven substrates will cause problems, head crashes
Higher gap settings will prevent head crashes
But ...
- Too high head gap will cause unwanted ink spray,
results in unsharp prints
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- 1,3mm
Extra recommend head gap settings for:
All heat sensitive media, whatever print mode used 1,5mm
Remark: change on Head gap require new alignments
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Image Quality vs. Productivity
Image quality strongly dependent on
type of substrate and Image content
Print shuttle speed
Minimum: 0.48m/sec - Maximum: 0.84m/sec
Adjustable in 10 steps,
recommended optimum at step 7 = 0.72m/sec
Printing direction, Uni- vs. Bi-Directional printing
Production (=printing speed) obtained by printing Bi-Directional
But ...
Sharp text will always obtained by printing in Uni-Directional
Better results in 4pass uni then 8pass bi
Heat sensitive media easier to be print in Uni-Directional
The way back without printing gives the substrate time to cool down
Flat tints, vector images better to be print in Uni-Directional
To avoid some unwanted Bi-Directional banding
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Image quality strongly dependent on
type of substrate and Image content
Line and Text Quality
Up to 0,1 point horizontal and vertical lines in all colors
Up to 4 point positive and 6 point negative text
Front to Back printed image accuracy:
Depends strongly on external factors such as:
expansion of the media by heat
Tolerances of the engine are doubled when printing recto/verso
In worse case, total accuracy can go up to 4mm
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Image quality strongly dependent on
type of substrate and Image content
UV Power setting
Half and Full-Power setting on:
Normal UV Both UV Reverse UV
Special Technical note on How to set a correct UV power available
Half UV Power setting can be very helpful for Heat sensitive media
But ...
Be aware that some of those heat sensitive media need enough UV
power to assure an adequate ink adhesion
Fluted display polypropylene
better be printed with full UV Power, Uni-Directional printing mode,
Head gap of 1,5mm
Due to extensive heat radiation, for Safety and Image Quality reasons
print-shuttle moves every pass from home to purge and back
Printing small sized media will take longer
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System setup
Media
Minimum printable substrate
A2, printed as landscape 60 x 42cm (1,97ft x 1,4ft)
Flexible media
Roll-to-roll, Roll-to-Sheet and Sheet printing
All printable flexible media, except mesh without liner
Maximum width:
Media size: 158cm (5,2ft)
Printable size: 156cm (5,1ft)
Max printable sized reduced to 152cm (5ft)
when Borderless printing is used
Minimum width: 60cm (1,97ft)
Media roll specifications:
Max roll weight: 50kg
Max roll diameter: 36cm (14,17)
Support for 3 core
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Media
Rigid
Maximum width:
Media size: 158cm (5,2ft)
Printable size: 156cm (5,1ft)
Max printable sized reduced to 152cm (5ft)
when Borderless printing is used
Minimum width: 60cm (1,97ft)
Extra sub rollers to support small media
Maximum length:
Supported by 1 rigid roller table (default): 150cm (4,9ft)
Supported by 2 rigid roller tables (2
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table as option): 250cm (8,2ft)
Minimum thickness: 1mm
Maximum thickness: 45mm (1,77)
Maximum weight: 10kg/m on printing table
Dual board loading possible when using registration blocks
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Media and print
Media positioning:
Automated Media positioning bar to align rigids
Side guiders
Media transport
Two-compartment vacuum table with separate adjustable vacuum
Controlled vacuum inverter system
Automatic adjusted vacuum to overcome a too high vacuum
when printing table is completely covered
Double woven belt driven Media transport
Special technical note on Vacuum Control setting available
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System setup
Ionization bar
Positioned on both sides of shuttle
Media thickness independent
always same position vs. substrate
Discharging static loaded media
Media transport specifications
Flexible media:
Max skew of 5mm (0,2) on 10m (32,8ft) printing length
Rigid media:
Max skew of 2mm (0,08) on 1,5m (4,9ft) (Def. - 1 rigid roller table)
Max skew of 3mm (0,12) on 2,5m (8,2ft) (Opt., 2 rigid roller tables)
Image squareness angle of 2mm (0,08) on 156cm (5,1ft)
Color to color registration: maximum 210m (Y vs. K)
Special technical note on How to load media available
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Media transport specifications
Straight forward media transport only possible when:
Engine is technically OK
Flexible media (Roll-2-Roll and Roll-2-Sheet)
Starting from correct winded media (Media OBQ)
Media loaded in center of the printer,
independent on media size
Media-core and engine flanges correctly mounted
Balance roller correctly placed
Correct vacuum setup
Correct UV settings
Moving printshuttle per pass into capping
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Media transport specifications
Straight forward media transport only possible when:
Rigids
Use media tables
Remark, media longer then 150cm = 2 media tables
Starting from media with a rectangular shape
dont listen to Murphy, use Pythagoras!
Load media in center of printing table
independent on media size
Correct vacuum setup
Correct UV settings
Moving print shuttle per pass into capping
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Agfas Quality Levels definition
Production Mode
Limited banding and small print artifacts are allowed
Should not be visible at viewing distance of 5m
Poster
Limited banding and small print artifacts are allowed
Should not be visible at a distance of 1.5m
Vector-Sign
No banding and print artifacts when viewed
at a distance of 1m (low level of graininess allowed,
predominantly applicable to color solids)
Photo/Vector-Sign
Almost perfect: no banding, no print artifacts, no visible
grain when viewed at a distance of less then 0,5m
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Agfa Color Gamut Definition
Goal, ISO 12647-5 Standard
Gamut class 2 color gamut for primary colors
By Agfa used default input colorspaces
sRGB for all kind of RGB images
CoatedFOGRA39 (ISO) and CoatedGRACol2006 for CMYK Images
as well as vector data
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Agfa Image Configuration setup
Normal, Single Strike printing functionality
Available on all Uni- as well as Bi-Directional
printing modes
New - Double strike functionality
Printing identical same dots at same position when
shuttle moves back from purge to home
Results in higher color gamuts extremely useful on all
kind of transparent and absorbent media
Normal- & High Density Image configurations
To cover all possible Color- & Image Quality prints on all
kind of substrates
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Agfa Image Configuration setup - Color
Normal Density Image configurations
Production mode
4 pass Bi-Directional printing
Real good Image Quality, doesnt span the wanted color gamut
Neither ISO/Fogra nor the GRACol color densities are covered
High Qualtiy Poster printing mode
4 pass Double strike printing mode with appropriate ICC profile
Should be used for all quality printing in 4pass
Complete ISO/Fogra as well as GRACol colormatch
High saturated RGB reproductions
Photo printing mode
8 pass Uni-Directional printing
High quality/High density printing,
images as well as all vector data
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6 m
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65 ft
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Agfa Image Configuration setup - Color
High Density Image configurations
Absorbent & Translucent substrates
4 pass double strike printing
Using the Normal Density Production 4pass printing image
configuration
Ideal to be used on all kind of BackLit materials
Transparent substrates
8 pass Double Strike printing
Using the Normal Density Production Image configuration
High saturated, high quality output
to be used on all kind of transparent substrates such as glass
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3 m
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32 ft
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Draft mode: 2pass Bi-Directional - 21m2/h
Available on special request!
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Agfa Image Configuration setup - White
Best Quality when printed in 4 pass Double Strike
Perfect Quality in 8 pass Uni-Directional
Specific White/color ICC profiles
Agfa defined Image configurations:
Full Page White, can be used in PreWhite (one printrun)
as well as in PostWhite (2 printruns)
White underneath every NonZeroPixel, most likely used in
PreWhite but also possible in PostWhite.
Automatic choke function in Wasatch SoftRIP
Spot White
White obtained by mask, defined in image editing sw (PhotoShop).
Choke need to be defined on mask
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White Applications
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Agfa Image Configuration setup - White
Pre-White
Print on top of substrate, normal printing
All FrontLit applications
On Transparent as well as on Opaque substrates
Available on:
High Qualtiy Poster printing mode
4 pass Double strike printing mode with
appropriate ICC profile
Photo printing mode
8 pass Uni-Directional printing
High quality/High density printing,
images as well as all vector data
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White Applications
Print on Black Forex
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Agfa Image Configuration setup - White
Post-White
Print on back side of substrate, mirror/wrong reading printing
All BackLit applications on Transparent media
White in 2
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Agfa Image Configuration setup - White
Day/Night application
Print on back side of substrate,
mirror/wrong reading printing
On Transparent media, such as glass
Combination of color print
(1
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with Pre-White print (2
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Agfa Image Configuration setup - White
Opaque white application
Print on back side of substrate,
mirror/wrong reading printing
On Transparent media, such as glass
Combination of color print (1
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printrun)
followed by PreWhite colored mask (2
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printrun)
and Pre-White color print (3
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White Applications
Results in Opaque image
with transparent part
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Ink Consumption
Ink Consumption calculated (weighted) on:
Normal coverage Agfa UV Testpage
Full size Solid vector image
Solid Blue color, 100% Cyan and Magenta
White consumption defined on full page White
4F 4F
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Ink Consumption
Normal density
Production mode
Normal Coverage: 7 ml/m
2
Full size solid: 12 ml/m
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High Quality Poster printing
mode
Normal Coverage: 8 ml/m
2
Full size solid: 17 ml/m
2
Photo printing mode
Normal Coverage: 8 ml/m
2
Full size solid: 13 ml/m
2
High density
Absorbent & Translucent
substrates
Normal Coverage: 15 ml/m
2
Full size solid: 23 ml/m
2
Transparent substrates
Normal Coverage: 15 ml/m
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Full size solid: 25 ml/m
2
White Ink Consumption
Production mode
Normal Coverage: 40 ml/m
2
Photo printing mode
Normal Coverage: 56 ml/m
2