Durst Rho

Overview
• Durst – The Imaging Company
– Durst – The Imaging Company

• Durst Rho 600 – At the Forefront of new Technology

 Durst – The imaging Company

DURST is one of the leading

manufacturers in the field of high-
quality systems for the reproduction
of pictures and image data on paper
and on other media from digital
data.

Durst Brixen (Italy)

Durst Lienz (Austria) 1

Locations

Durst Image Durst Image

Technology Technology,
sales & service sales & Durst Phototechnik AG
office in the USA service office Headquarter
in Germany
Durst Image
sales &
service office
in France
Durst UK Durst Phototechnik
sales & Digital Technology
Durst Image service office GmbH
Technology in UK Rho product line
sales & service
office in Mexico

Durst Image
Technology
sales & service
office in India

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History It all began with two brothers from Brixen, Julius and
Gilbert Durst, whose photographic inclinations were
more than just coincidental. In addition to the early
interest in photography, the brothers also developed a
remarkable technical talent. In their younger years,
they designed and cobbled together hunting guns,
kites, gliders, radios and even grass skis, bobsleighs and
rocket cars.
Nevertheless their interest continued to focus on
photography. To be able to properly exploit patents
they had registeres for their photographic instruments,
the brothers needed more capital and needed to
reorganize the business.
In 1933 the commercial management side was taken Julius Durst
over by the Oberrauch family, owner of a leather
factory in Bozen and interested in the plans put
forward by the Durst brothers.
Combining the know-how with the capital soon bore
fruit and it induced the two pairs of brothers,
Oberrauch and Durst, to officially establish the
company Durst Phototechnik AG in 1936.

Gilbert Durst
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History

1929: In 1929, Julius and Gilbert took the courageous step to start up a
business of their own
1934: In 1934 the two brothers decided to patent their first inventions
1938: Gil 6x9 cm camera with double exposure release
1942: Giant enlarger for negatives up to 30x40 cm
1956: Automatica, first camera with automatic exposure time regulation
at preselected aperture
1966: CCU 100, the first colour head with automatic exposure control for Gil 6x9
film formats from 24x36 mm to 13x18 cm
1972: The Colorneg, the first amateur colour enlarger
1975: The Magica 300/350, the first daylight enlarger
1981: The HL 2500, the first horizontal enlarger
1987: The Pidam machines, fully automatic professional enlargers with
automatic size and focus setting, permanent Closed-Loop system,
correction functions and job memories
1993: The Visolab - a professional compact lab line made up of a PC- Lambda130
controlled cropping printer with auto-
matic size and focus setting, integrated negative scanning and a coupled
paper processor for Process RA4

1995: The Lambda - a large-format imager for the direct exposure of

digital graphic and text files by laser on any conventional photo-material
1999: Autocutter, automatic cutter
1999: Durst Epsilon 30 – a Fiberoptic LED Printer for the reproduction of Rho 160
digital images onto photographic paper
2001: Rho 160 - a High Performance Industrial Production UV-Inkjet
Printer/Press
2002: Theta 50 - a fully digital lab system based on laser technology
2002: Sigma - a professional high speed film scanner
2003: Rho 205 – UV-Inkjet Flatbed-Printer, designed to grow with your
business
2005: Rho 600 - UV-Inkjet Flatbed-Printer with Durst Quadro Array
Technology – for no compromise in quality and speed
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Rho 600
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 Lambda Background
Durst - digital since 1995

• Digital Laser Photo Imager for wide format graphics

• Extremely high quality (particularly for backlit applications)
• Lambda Upgrades
– Speed-Up Kits remain popular
– Prep Station for multiple unit sites
• More than 1.000 installations worldwide
– Worldwide market share is more than 70%
– “New Markets” have interest in product (screen and offset printers)

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Sales Sales by continent

Europe
Northamerica Asia
46%
34% 17%

Latin America
2% Australia
1%

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Rho Manufacturing Process

Battle of the Microns

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 Rho Manufacturing Process

• Durst Phototechnik is ISO 9001:2000 certified

• High level of precision in the entire manufacturing process
• Strategic parts (critical to quality) are produced by Durst
• Kanban production process
• High standard quality-control

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 Rho Ink and Material Testing

• Criticalareas for ink performance - color gamut, adhesion, flexibility, weatherablity

• Print and ink performance on most commonly used materials are tested by Durst
and published for Rho-customers in the Rho-community

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 Rho
Market Dynamics and Investment Considerations

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 Market Dynamics
• Wide Format Graphics Market
– Commercial Labs
– Screen Printers
– Digital Printers
– Sign Shops
– Reprographic Houses
– Commercial Offset Printers
– Corporate In-House, Trade Show, and Industrial Companies
– Pre-Press Companies

• Market “Homogenization” Continues to Occur

– Digital Inkjet Printing is a primary driver of this market trend
– The end user requirements are another driver for this trend

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 Rho Product Fit

– Ability to Produce Output at Acceptable R.O.I.

• Rho productivity (productivity vs. announced printing speed) up to 80 m²/h
• Modular concept (right model for various business sizes)
• Upgradeability (adaption of Rho to growth of business)

– Ability to Meet Short Turn Production / Time Needs

• On the Fly workflow allows easy one off’s in production

– Produce Necessary Output Quality at Production Speeds

• Rho exhibits true production speeds at high quality
• Peripherals to enhance productivity of capital investment (Feeder/Stacker, Prep
Station, I-cut Integration)

– High Level of Reliability in Producing Product

• High quality built machine for 24/7

– Offers New and Ongoing Capabilities for Business opportunities

• White and Varnish Option
• Upgrade gives capabilities
to businesses
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 Durst Rho 600
Combines finest quality and highest output speed

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Quality of Colours Sharpness of Text

Printing Speed Modularity 14

 Rho 600
• Incorporates Durst Quadro Array Technology
– High quality 400/600 dpi
and
– High printing speed up to 80 sqm/h

• Featured with a LINUX Workstation

– HP xw8200
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit
– Durst Pinter Software with integrated Cheetah RIP

• The most flexible system for future growth

– Modular design like the Rho 205
– Upgradeable with speed and colour options

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 Rho Modularity

• 2 Speed Modules
– Basic: for printing speeds up to 40 sqm/h
– Presto: for printing speeds up to 80 sqm/h

• 3 Special Colour Modules

– White (Over- & Underprint)
– Varnish
– Spot Colours

• Additional Modules
– i-cut integration
– Automatic Feeder/Stacker
– Roll-to-Roll Function
– Industrial Design
– Job Preparation Station

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 Rho 600
• Print on broad range of materials up to a width of 205cm and no limitation in
length

• Rho 600 Industrial Version prints on boards up to a thickness of 70mm and a

weight of 70kg

• A broad range of customer requirements for indoor- and outdoor-applications

(plastic, aluminium sheet, wood, stone, glass, acrylic, plexi etc.) can be
accomodated
– In small or large bunches
– without subsequent lamination

• Depending on jobs different printing-quality/speed is available

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 Rho 600
UV Curing Technology

• Flexibility to print on broad range of materials

• No time-delay for curing / lamination not required

• Direct-to-media printing saves labour intensive processes

• Direct-to-media printing allows cost effective short-run productions

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 Rho Ink Sets
• Rho Ink 3 – Flexible Set
– Most flexible UV ink in the market
– Suitable for the widest range of media
– Best adhesion on vinyls
– Supreme cover warranty from Avery Dennison

• Rho Ink – Rigid Board Set

– Suitable for all kind of board materials
– Best adhesion on acrylics and polycarbonates in the market
• Cross Hatch Test rating (EN ISO 2409) is 0
– Three year outdoor life expectancy

• Rho White Ink

– Suitable for a braod range of materials

• Rho Varnish Ink

– Unique in market
– Suitable for a broad range of materials

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Durst - at the forefront of the new technology

Durst Phototechnik
Digital Technology GmbH

Julius-Durst Str. 11
9900 LIENZ
AUSTRIA

Tel: +43 4852 71777

Fax: +43 4852 71777 50
E-mail: office@durst-online.at
www.durst-online.com