Durst Introduces the Rho 900

Durst (Lienz, Austria) is introducing the Rho 900 large-format, UV-inkjet printer. The 98-in.-wide printing platform combines more efficient automated media handling and process color additions with high-speed printing capabilities to boost productivity and color gamut.
The automated feeder system simplifies media handling by incorporating an auto-feed table with belts, a sheet-feed gate with guides for parallel board printing and an automatic, two-point, pin -egistration system to ensure accurate front-to-back registration.. The printer is equipped with Durst’s Quadro® 30D Array printhead technology to improve efficiency.
Reproduction of even difficult corporate colors is possible by printing orange and green, or orange and violet, process colors – with no special file preparation required. The Rho 900’s process color additions are printed in the same mode as its CMYK process colors. These additional colors can be printed – even with white ink or light colors, with no loss in output speed, the company states. This enables smoother color gradients and more even solids at production-level output speeds.
The six-color Rho 900’s top speed is up to 216 boards (125 x 80cm) per hour.
“The Rho 900 also can print white, varnish or light colors along with the new additional process colors to expand the possibilities of print jobs and applications”, Michael Lackner, Durst’s marketing manager, said.