34 email: news@printmonthly.co.uk November / December 2023 - Issue 345 your business and as it changes you can add further units. But most importantly with the benefit of variable data, you can have top-quality variable UV spot varnish for one or 100-plus sheets applied purely by the use of a PDF file. The intuitive GUI means any changes can be made with the movement of a slider on the touchscreen. Previously, highly embellished products were the domain of blue-chip companies with bottomless budgets for printed materials, the Duplo DDC-8000 B2 DuSense series of machines makes this embellishment achievable for anyone requiring it. Brian Sims Principal Consultant, Metis Print Consultancy, www.metis-uk.eu machine will then decide the amount and position of the UV overcoat that is needed. The register marks on the side of the sheet will allow the printer to understand exactly what is needed and where, and lay down the UV coating where needed. Being a digital machine, each sheet can have a different amount of coating laid down and you can make each sheet passing through the press unique should you wish. The Barcode Reader is used for variable data – a given for digital machines – and ensures that if required each sheet can be bespoke. Although this is unlikely, so, for a larger number of sheets needing the same profile, the range of machines come with a 200mm feeder pile height which means a large number of sheets can be prepared even on the maximum weight of sheet at 600gsm. Adding to the flexibility these printers can cope with are items like the Automatic Thickness Device (ATD) which ensures regardless of the sheet thickness, the heads are perfectly positioned so the UV spot varnish is correct for each thickness selected. Foiling And Sheet Treatment Should you select the FOIL or ULTIMATE option, the DDC-8000 B2 DuSense comes with a cold foiling unit. One of the major benefits of the cold foiling option is this will remove the need for laminating a finished product. The foiling unit will give you the spot UV and foil all in one pass. If you select the PRO or ULTIMATE machine then you will be selecting the use of a Surface Treatment Unit (STU). The STU adds an electrical discharge to the sheet which reduces the surface tension of the substrate and allows a 10-micron capacity to be applied to the sheet, again reducing the need for post-production lamination. Regardless of the variant you decide to select, you have two advantages that can only help strengthen your options for clients. These units can future-proof ► The print element of the models can place the spot UV varnish with the use of Duplo’s Image Register Mark (IRM) system UNDER THE HOOD / DUPLO DDC-8000 B2 DUSENSE Max sheet size: 585 x 1,068mm Resolution: 600 x 600dpi Max sheet weight: 600gsm Feeder capacity: 200mm Statistics ▼ At the heart of the machine is a 600 x 600dpi printhead that can produce outstanding spot UV embellishment on a sheet
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