UV inks
Agfa-our ink provider, is the specialist in UV inks for industrial piezo printheads – both for single-pass and for multi-pass printing. Our R&D center (Mortsel, Belgium) builds on our extensive experience in chemistry, color management and dispersion technology for the development and production of premium quality inkjet inks.
Altamira
Altamira inks are a range of single pass UV-curable inkjet inks and fluids for printing with piezo print heads requiring standard viscosity, including print heads supplied by Konica Minolta, Ricoh, Xaar, Seiko, Dimatix and Toshiba Tec.
Arigi
Arigi UV inks are a wide range of multi-pass UV inks for use on wide-format printers (flatbed, hybrid or roll-to-roll). The range consists of inks for rigid and flexible applications developed for printheads supplied by Konica Minolta, Xaar, Ricoh, Seiko, Dimatix and Toshiba Tec, as well as Kyocera (the Arigi UV K-range).
Altamira
Altamira single pass UV-curable inkjet inks and fluids |
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| Altamira Pack SUV | Altamira Design DP | Altamira Design PID | Altamira White 001 | Altamira White 002 | ||
| Features | Viscosity | 9–12 mPa.s | 9–12 mPa.s | 7-10 mPa.s | 9–12 mPa.s | 9–12 mPa.s |
| Bulb-curing | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| LED-curing | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Applications | Marking & coding | +++ | +++ | + | ++ | +++ |
| Product printing | + | +++ | + | ++ | +++ | |
| Interior deco | ++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | |
| Document print | +++ | ++ | + | + | + | |
Arigi
Arigi multi-pass UV inks for use on wide-format printers
| Arigi UV HD1 | Arigi UV HD2 | Arigi UV R3 | Arigi UV F2 | Arigi UV F4 | Arigi UV K3 | Arigi UV KF5 | ||
| Features | Viscosity | 8-12 mPa.s | 7-9 mPa.s | 7-9 mPa.s | 7-9 mPa.s | 7-9 mPa.s | 5-6 mPa.s | 5-7 mPa.s |
| Bulb-curing | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| LED-curing | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Applications | Flatbed | +++ | +++ | +++ | + | + | +++ | + |
| Hybrid | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | |
| Roll-to-roll | + | + | + | +++ | +++ | ++ | +++ | |
| Industrial | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | |
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