Ottimo Digital installs UK’s first EFI Quantum 5LXr printer

Print Solutions

South Wales based Ottimo Digital has invested in the UK’s first EFI Quantum LXr5 UV-LED printer to meet increased production demand. The five metre wide, roll fed printer was installed by CMYUK.

Ottimo Digital, based in Newport, was started in 2009 by Lee Crew and Nick Lindwall. The company specialises in the printing of exhibition graphics for both end user and trade customers.

The Quantum LXr5 UV-LED printer – featuring powerful LED curing technology with dramatically lower power consumption – is a seven colour system with optional white ink and feature sets such as double sided printing, wrinkle analyser and many more. The printer offers high quality imaging with seven picolitre greyscale imaging in resolutions up to 1200 dpi.

Additionally, the Quantum benefits from labour saving in line finishing and single operator media handling capabilities. The printer also sets a new benchmark in reducing waste, with only 40 cm of wasted material per roll.

The achievable print quality makes the Quantum 5LXr ideal for exhibition graphics that are often viewed at much closer ranges than output such as signage, banners and billboards.

Ottimo digital director Nick Lindwall explained: ‘Our business is primarily in exhibition graphics for retail and trade, and late in 2016 we identified a need for a roll to roll UV printer big enough to cope with high quality four metre high exhibition stand graphics printed as a single piece. We were also keen to streamline our finishing process as that might have become something of a bottleneck if we began producing output that was too large to fit on our 3.2 metre cutting table.’

Joint Ottimo digital director Lee Crew added, ‘We are over the moon with this latest purchase. Entering the fiv metre wide market, along with our already comprehensive range of equipment, means that we are perfectly placed to handle absolutely any project that our customers might require.

‘In addition to this, the Quantum is the only five metre wide machine to offer full in line cutting which will speed up our finishing process, enabling us to offer extremely short turnarounds.’