Anapurna MW Presentacion Tecnica

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Anapurna Mw Technical Specification October 20092

:Anapurna MW - Features & Positioning

Robust Engineered, Professional, Hybrid UV Wide Format Printer

Affordable capital investment

White ink printing possible Pre-White within same printrun orPost-White as second printrun to address all kind of decorationapplications on glass, plexi, opaque substrates etc...

Perfect fit for Sign Shops, Photo Labs and Mid Size GraphicScreen 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

For safety, Anapurna MW 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 objectprinting (mouse mats, ...), Party gadgets (beer mats, ...), Architectural and

Interior decoration, Ceramics printing, .......


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:Anapurna MW 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

5,5m


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:Anapurna MW 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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:Anapurna MW - System specifications

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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:Anapurna Mw - System specifications

Connectivity

Driven by stand alone Wasatch SoftRIP Agfa edition

Wasatch SoftRIP version

Always check Agfa ftp for latest release SoftRIP version anddriver

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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:Anapurna Mw - System specifications

Connectivity

RTL from RIP to engine by using the specific

Agfa RIP MW

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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:Anapurna MW - System specifications

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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:Anapurna Mw 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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:Anapurna Mw 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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:Anapurna Mw 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 hourswhen bulb is continuously ON.

Every switch OFF/ON takes away approximately 15 minutes of thebulb life time.

Practically this comes down to a useful lifetime of around 3months at a heavy use of the engine (40 hours a week).


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:Anapurna Mw Agfa UV Ink

UV Curable Ink

Color - Agfa UV Curable :Anapurna M UVInk

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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:Anapurna Mw 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 ontype of substrate and Image content

Head gap setting

Head gap = distance nozzle plate to substrate, automaticallymeasured by mechanical switch

The smaller the gap the sharper the print will beBut ...- 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

Preferred Head gap setting on :Anapurna MW - 1,3mm

Extra recommend head gap settings for:

All heat sensitive media, whatever print mode used 1,5mmRemark: change on Head gap require new alignments

:Anapurna MW Image Quality vs. Productivity


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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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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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UV Power setting Half and Full-Power setting on:

Normal UV Both UV Reverse UVSpecial Technical note on How to set a correct UV power available

Half UV Power setting can be very helpful for Heat sensitive mediaBut ...

Be aware that some of those heat sensitive media need enough UVpower to assure an adequate ink adhesion

Fluted display polypropylenebetter 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 reasonsprint-shuttle moves every pass from home to purge and back

Printing small sized media will take longer



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:Anapurna MW System setup

Media

Minimum printable substrate

A2, printed as landscape 60 x 42cm (1,97ft x 1,4ft)

Flexible mediaRoll-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 (2nd 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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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 tablesRemark, 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


A M S


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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

11 m2/h

118 ft2/h

6 m2/h

65 ft2/h

4 m2/h

43 ft2/h

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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

6 m2/h

65 ft2/h

3 m2/h

32 ft2/h

Draft mode: 2pass Bi-Directional - 21m2/h

Available on special request!

:Anapurna M White Applications


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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 profilesAgfa 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

:Anapurna Mw 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


Print on Black Forex

6 m2/h - 65 ft2/h

4 m2/h - 43 ft2/h



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Post-White

Print on back side of substrate, mirror/wrong reading printing

All BackLit applications on Transparent media

White in 2nd printrun




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Day/Night application

Print on back side of substrate,mirror/wrong reading printing

On Transparent media, such as glass

Combination of color print

(1st printrun)

with Pre-White print (2nd printrun)




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Opaque white application

Print on back side of substrate,mirror/wrong reading printing

On Transparent media, such as glass

Combination of color print (1st printrun)

followed by PreWhite colored mask (2nd printrun)

and Pre-White color print (3th printrun)


Results in Opaque image

with transparent part

:Anapurna M Ink Consumption


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:Anapurna MW 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

4F4F

:Anapurna M Ink Consumption


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:Anapurna MW Ink Consumption

Normal density Production mode

Normal Coverage: 7 ml/m2

Full size solid: 12 ml/m

2

High Quality Poster printing

mode Normal Coverage: 8 ml/m2

Full size solid: 17 ml/m2

Photo printing mode Normal Coverage: 8 ml/m2


High density Absorbent & Translucent

substrates

Normal Coverage: 15 ml/m

2


Transparent substrates



White Ink Consumption

Production mode


Photo printing mode


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