Motion is now commercially running its first Epson large-format printer, an Epson SureColor SC-S80600 that it installed at the turn of the year. It marks a milestone for the Leicester-based company, which has been a HP user for 18 years and traded in an HP 360 Latex machine for the new Epson.
Managing director Phil Highton said of the investment: “The accuracy is bang on, the quality is outstanding and it has not only allowed us to supply existing customers with almost photographic quality print results but it has won us new business in the backlit and stickers markets.”
Highton, who bought the SureColor SC-S80600 from Perfect Colours after an initial viewing, added: “I had never seen such quality on a roll-to-roll machine, irrespective of whether it was printing on to paper or vinyl. It is an eco solvent printer so there was no stretch or distortion issue and its ability to print in nine or ten colours and achieve 98% of the Pantone range means we achieve a depth of colour that is exceptional and has given us a stand out advantage with duratrans/backlit work and stickers as well as our core business, POS.”
With the Epson printer, Motion – which offers large-format, digital print, vinyls, booklet-making and cutting services – now it has the use of white on roll-fed technology to match that capability on its Jetrix flatbeds and the addition of light cyan, light magenta, light black and orange and red alongside standard CMYK.
