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As businesses weather this uncertain time, many look to expand their offering. Acrylic printing is one sector that should be on every large format printers’ list when considering new opportunities for increasing revenue. As a sector, it has been bucking the trend and has experienced a boom over the past year, with some printers who offer this application seeing an unprecedented influx of orders. Commonly used for photographic prints and signage, the pandemic has influenced a drastic shift towards creating protective acrylic panels too.

The recent announcement of Mimaki’s two new high-end flatbed LED UV printers has given us something very exciting to look forward to when they land on these shores later in the year, but in the meantime, it’s a great opportunity to reflect on how we’ve got here, through Mimaki’s enviable track record of delivering innovative, large format flatbeds.

When the time comes to invest in your next LED UV printer, having the opportunity to choose from a broad range of ink types is a critical part of the buying process. Consideration of what you’re really looking to achieve from your hardware investment will help better understand how alternative and additional revenue can be added to your business.

Mimaki’s range of large format flatbed printers has remained a popular solution for a broad array customers for over fifteen years; the company’s long held reputation in the sector goes right back to its first UK showing of a large format model at IPEX back in 2006. As one of the earliest adopters of LED UV curing technology, the Japanese innovator offers an unprecedented choice in ink types, bed sizes and potential applications, and with the range encompassing options from the A3 format UJF-3042FX right up to the 10’ x 5’ JFX500 model (pictured above), we’re able to supply solutions for practically any application.

Combining complementary tech can have many advantages. Diversifying your business by opening up new product lines, applications and opportunities, the right addition to your hardware quiver can also enable you to get more out of your existing equipment. A perfect example of this strategy is combining laser cutting with direct-to-object printing.