Under their Pot of Gold Promotion Agfa Graphics has announced the launch of the new :Jeti 1224 UV HDC inkjet printer, which will be demonstrated for the first time in Australia on the Agfa stand C8 at Visual Impact Sept 20-22, 2010.

The :Jeti 1224 UV HDC (HDC = High Definition Colour) inkjet printer features the widest colour gamut and highest productivity in its class, demonstrating high definition, sharp fine text and photographic detail with bright intense colours.
 
Built on a solid steel platform, designed for three shift operations, the :Jeti 1224 UV HDC features a unique, linear motor driven vacuum bed for highly accurate dot placement in both flat bed mode or with the optional roll-to-roll (RTR) feature.

The flatbed architecture can print on anything that is reasonably flat up to 50mm thick and with its industrial grade 3.2 ton construction can support 500kg media rolls.
 
The :Jeti 1224 UV HDC is the first :Jeti printer to use the Ricoh Gen 4 variable grayscale print head technology. Agfa has created advanced waveform designs and introduced the :Anuvia HD ink technology to drive the Ricoh heads up to 30 KHz in binary and 13KHz in grayscale. With four colour and white as standard the :Jeti 1224 UV HDC delivers equivalent speeds in both binary and grayscale modes at resolutions up to 1200 dpi.

Throughput is rated at 110mt2/hr in express mode, 54mt2/hr in production mode and 36mt2/hr in high quality mode. With the :Anuvia HD ink delivering maximum pigment density for saturated colours, combined with drops as small as 8pl, on average the :Jeti 1224 UV HDC consumes less than 10ml of ink per mt2.

"Agfa is always looking for new ways to speed up the printing process whilst increasing the quality and lowering costs of production. The new :Anuvia HD ink on the:Jeti 1224 UV HDC system provides a higher yield and wider colour gamut to help our customers increase their profit margins, produce output with vibrant color, and provide the lowest ink consumption in its class," said Richard Barham, vice president of Inkjet, Agfa Graphics.

The :Jeti 1224 UV HDC is ideally suited for high resolution graphics, POS (Point-of-Sale) displays, real estate signs, backlit signs, lenticular displays, high resolution banners, ceramic tiles, wood and many more flatbed applications.