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A DV E R T I S E M E N T

Two Karibus for Pixcolor

French print service provider Pixcolor has purchased two swissQprint roll-to-roll printers
in rapid succession. The main reasons: efficiency, variety of materials, and profitability.

ixcolor, located in Nancy, France, commissioned two
swissQprint roll-to-roll printers in rapid succession. "Karibu's
potential quickly became apparent when we installed the
first unit," explains Frédéric Toupenay, managing director of
Pixcolor. He adds: "We've always printed a lot of flexible materials with
our swissQprint Nyala and a sublimation printer, but Karibu brought an
instant leap in quality, efficiency, and reliability." Hence, the immediate
order of a second UV roll-to-roll printer from swissQprint only a couple
of months after commissioning the first one. "Karibu saves us a lot of
time and gives no trouble whatsoever."

Toupenay also praises the color fastness: "It stays absolutely constant
from the first to the last meter. Many other technologies have
great difficulty with this." Toupenay very much welcomes the ink's
GreenGuard Gold certification, especially as this opens doors to new
customer segments.
The printer's built-in light box runs right alongside the printing area, so
the operator can immediately and continuously check backlit prints.
Frédéric Toupenay explains: "Should optimization be necessary, we can
act quickly and lose little time or material." Pixcolor uses the Mesh Kit
for full bleed printing of permeable media. Thanks to this, the machine
stays clean, which in turn saves time. "My staff is happy they no longer
have cleaning to do," smiles Toupenay.

MAJOR SAVINGS
Karibu is highly energy efficient, as Frédéric Toupenay confirms: "Power
consumption is massively lower compared to that of other largeformat printers." In addition, Karibu produces hardly any rejects. And
then there is cool LED curing, which prevents material shrinkage and
ensures registration accuracy with multi-part products. "We save a lot
of material and have no more complaints," says Toupenay.

Pixcolor purchased two roll-to-roll printers from swissQprint just a
couple of months apart. Karibu sets new standards.
Pixcolor's customers include trade fair booth builders and shop fitters
who are supplied with campaign and decoration elements as well as
lettering and displays. Their biggest customer immediately noticed the
difference; Karibu sets the new standard for quality.

EXTENDED VARIETY OF MATERIALS
Pixcolor prints miles and miles of banners, various textiles, and selfadhesive films. In addition, there are paper, magnetic sheet on rolls,
and other films. "Of the many printers we've had, none has processed
everything as smoothly as Karibu," says Frédéric Toupenay. "Even
older rolls of material that choked other machines worked with Karibu."
Karibu doesn't distort substrates, while line sharpness and print quality
in general are striking. All these were reasons for purchasing the
second system.

PROCESS STABILITY AND EFFICIENCY
The UV ink that swissQprint developed especially for Karibu is very
flexible: stretch frames don't cause stress whitening. Frédéric Toupenay
points out problem-free folding in particular: "We fold textiles for
shipment and then assemble at the customer's location." No abrasion
or creases can be seen.

Karibu successfully commissioned at Pixcolor: [Left to right] Adriano
Gut, swissQprint, Frédéric Toupenay, Pixcolor, and Alain Greiner, sQp
Impression UV.

swissQprint MACHINERY POOL
Pixcolor now operates a total of three swissQprint large-format
printers: the two Karibus, plus a Nyala flatbed printer. Their
maintenance costs are very modest. "These machines are extremely
reliable; that's so typically swissQprint," Frédéric Toupenay sums up.

Please contact the swissQprint US subsidiary for further information:
+1 224 802 2770.

swissqprint.com

http://www.swissqprint.com

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