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1# Best Plotter For Site Office A1 & AO Plotter For Sale In Singapore.

The HP Designjet T830 MFP A1/A0 Plotter Singapore There are many reasons why the HP DesignJet t830 mfp is probably one of the best large-format printing machines perfect for the site office, Autocad and PDF printing. Let me give you a brief introduction to this particular machine. The machine is able to perform print, scan and copy functions quite easily. It also is able to share files very…

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Maximize Your Printing Potential with the HP PageWide XL Pro 5200

Maximize Your Printing Potential with the HP PageWide XL Pro 5200

The ultimate solution, is for the fastest print machine in Singapore. http://www.uscsolns.com http://www.largeformatspecialist.com.sg If you’re looking for a large format printer that can help you respond quickly to customer demands and expand your business, the HP PageWide XL Pro 5200 is an excellent choice. With its impressive speed and versatility, this printer is capable of handling a wide…

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Get Your Prints Fast and Furious with the HP Pagewide XL8200 PRO

Get Your Prints Fast and Furious with the HP Pagewide XL8200 PRO

Visit :www.uscsolns.com or http://www.largeformatspecialist.com.sg: If you’re in the market for a large format printer that can handle high volumes of prints with speed and precision, the HP Pagewide XL8200 PRO is a perfect choice. This state-of-the-art machine is capable of printing directly onto the cut sheet, foam boards, and a variety of other materials, making it ideal for a wide range of…

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Renting A Large Format Plotter In Singapore For A1 & A0 Drawings.

Renting A Large Format Plotter In Singapore For A1 & A0 Drawings.

Can you and or should you rent a large format plotter in singapore? Well , in short yes you should go for a rental model however you need to consider a few things before you do. In this post you will find some suggestions that will help you understand what is involved when you choose to go down this route. We can rent a number of machines we specialise in HP Designjets, HP Pagewide XL machines,…

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Top 5 Things To Consider Before Purchasing A Large Format CAD Plotter!

Top 5 Things To Consider Before Purchasing A Large Format CAD Plotter!

How can you avoid making mistakes when choosing your next plotter machine, this is absolutely critical and something which you the user must be aware of in order to avoid any costly mistakes that may take place.

Here are 5 things that you absolutely must know about when it comes to choosing and selecting the ideal plotter for your company and organization. This list provides you a handy guide to…

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Print On Golf Balls, Bags, Gifts, Leather, Acrylic and so much more!

In this blog post i would like to take some time to explain what UV printing is all about, some recommendations of UV printing machines that are available in Singapore.

So lets start of with some basics, there are many types of ink inkjet machines and models, also there are a number of ink formulations which are available. It is important to realise that there is no ‘single’ machine capable of doing everything which you need. That is because the surface on which the ink lands can be different, so if you want to print on eg. leather the machine and the ink formula must allow your ink to bond successfully with the ‘substrate’.

UV printing in Singapore is fairly new, and this is how the ink works. Ink is released from the print head and here’s where the magic happens..immediately upon its release and landing on your substrate it is cured. Which means you are able to print on virtually any type of substrate or surface without first treating the surface or purchasing media that has to be coated. That is a game changing technology !

Traditionally if you were to print on leather, you would use a process called silk screening whereby you would apply colors one at a time, but then you would need to make individual screens and the process is extremely time consuming not to mention labor intensive. UV printing is what is here to reduce the reliance of silk screening and digitizing the whole process.

So in a nutshell , the UV printing process is much simpler and all you need to do is load the item or product you wish to print on, position it and press the print button. This allows you to get creative…..and i really do mean creative!

So besides just doing the regular type of printing which may range from logo, some graphics etc. UV printing has an extremely distinct advantage. This advantage will literally blow your mind! Printing with our printers allow you to now create effects, such as emboss, spot gloss, textures, and unique patterns. Read on to see this little experiment which i did using our UV printers.

Faux Snake Skin EZ-Link Card

Snake Skin UV Printed

Emboss Effect Uv Printer

In the above image, i wanted to have the most unique Ez-link card in Singapore! So i decided that i would print out a snake skin texture directly onto the surface of this card.

So , i went on google and searched for snake skin images, which i then put into photo shop and added the text to. Once that was complete i sent it to the Mutoh 426 UH printer and the machine did the rest. Meaning, the texture was automatically created by the machine!

So if you take a close look at the image you will see where the text is embossed also you will notice the snake skin texture along the card, there is a slight bleed through from the image at the back, which can be easily corrected by printing a black layer first and then the textures on top.

Think of all the things you could possibly create with the UV printer!

Key Inks

Uv printer singapore

Uv printing technology

The UV printer uses primarily 4 colors (CMYK) , however you will realise if for example you would like to print on black leather, you won’t be able to do that if you just use 4 colors. This is the reason why our UV machine comes with White+ Varnish.

White ink serves to add a layer of white behind a dark surface in order to create contrast and vibrancy, so when you are considering a UV printer for your gift printing or future business it is important to select a machine which gives you the best White. There are a number of machines available in the market and i find some of  them to yellow quickly or the white is simply not that white….which to put it bluntly sucks because then the rest of the colors are affected. So that’s my biggest tip for you!

Secondly, varnish. This ink ..well its not really an ‘ink’ per say however it is a liquid that adds gloss and additional fixation properties to a UV print. If you wish to do things like spot gloss or create beautiful prints on black surfaces just using varnish. This machine will surely be up to the task.

Details and text

With UV printing, because of the properties of instant drying, printing out it incredibly small text and fonts is achieved with the greatest of ease and accuracy. The ink simply does not have time to smear (i am talking on a microscopic level) it dries immediately when it makes contact with the surface so it retains all the possible details.

Would you believe it , it can print as small as a 3 pt text which basically looks like this :

This level of super fine detail is almost unheard of, however it just goes to show you the technical prowess of the capabilities of this UV printing machine. A good example of when you may need to print this small, is from one of my customers who prints the watch faces directly onto the metal to allow for customization of watches for their individual clients. Pretty nifty to own a watch which has your name on it !

Applications

There are no doubt a tonne of applications that can be used with our printer. The ability to print on almost anything is a BIG deal. If you are thinking about starting your own brand or business, you could source your products and then ship them over to Singapore and brand them accordingly. Then you would have the option of adding texture, details and other featured enhancements which would create a definite value for your product.

The biggest problem that we have in the Singapore gift market is the problem of MOQ! If you have ever tried sourcing for your companies corporate gifts you will know what i mean, just after you have selected your gift the next question would be “how many of this do you need?” This forces customer to sometimes purchase more than they need, worse they purchase generic gifts for their customers. So if you were thinking about giving a real special gift to your top 50 customers, you wouldn’t be able to do so simply because it would cost too much to run an MOQ and this would be extremely prohibitive. So having or knowing someone who has a UV printer would make it simple to run small batches quickly.

What about name cards! we use them everyday, however most name cards are printed on 300 gsm stock card and are at best simple and easily forgotten! Well with a printer like this you could offer customers a service of creating exquisite name cards printed on laminated bamboo as an example! You could add color, texture and gloss and create the most amazing name cards ever!

So as you can see, the versatility of these printers and the technology truly make it a great investment if you are ready to get creative and carve out markets where no one has ventured to yet !

Contact us today to schedule a demonstration or just to learn more! We are always happy to help.

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        What is UV Flatbed Printer/ Printing all about? Get the best UV Printer Solution in Singapore! Print On Golf Balls, Bags, Gifts, Leather, Acrylic and so much more! In this blog post i would like to take some time to explain what UV printing is all about, some recommendations of…

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Roth + Weber : Introducing The Only Made In Germany A0/A1 size Plotter and Printer.

Roth + Weber : Introducing The Only Made In Germany A0/A1 size Plotter and Printer.

A Clean, Productive and Reliable Workhorse Rowe Large Format Monochrome plotter

Roth+Weber, or ROWE as it is most commonly known as, has been in the wide format market for almost 60 years! You may not have heard of this brand before, but it is set to make big waves in the monochrome printing market here in Singapore.

Why? you may be wondering. Well in order to know the answer to this question it…

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Fastest A1 and A0 Large Format Plotter In SG.

Fastest A1 and A0 Large Format Plotter In SG.

The Fastest Possible Large format A1 and A0 wide format plotter in Singapore. Print Color and Black and White Faster than ever!

When it comes to plan drawings, especially those used in construction and engineering. Many customers are still using a traditional large format laser printer to get the job done. This is primarily because it has been the best optionfor those customers who need fast…

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Best Color Plotter In Singapore!

One of the best large format color / mono plotter and scanner available in Singapore!

Hey, folks! well, this is part 2 of my previous blog post on the best large format plotter your company can buy for their large format printing needs. I highly recommend that you read before continuing this article.We covered in the previous article a couple of points, that had to do with the stacker function and the scanner function. In this article, we shall go a little deeper.

Ink Systems:

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Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to one very special machine, the Legendary HP Designjet T3500. In my humble opinion possibly one of the best large format printer and wide format plotter in Singapore (for medium size companies).

So why do i say it is one of the best, well let me share some of my experiences so that this may help in making a valuable decision when your purchasing or considering purchasing this machine.

Lets begin for those inclined to the technical side, at the time of writing this article, it has still the heaviest technical load outs for a machine at its price point. Even though HP , Canon and Epson have updated their machines, in terms of technical superiority at this price point it still reigns supreme , why is that so?

Intel i5 Core Processor

2.5 GB of ram

128 GB of Virtual memory

500 GB AES Encrypted HDD

A 100 Page Stacker

Jumbo Rolls

So you see folks…, this machine lacks in no way any lack of technical prowess. So how do all of these things actually really matter what makes this machine one of the best?

First of all lets begin from the very top of the machine and then work our way down so that we can fully appreciate the form and the design of this machine , which is no surprise as to why it won the IF design awards.

The Stacker: 100 Pages Of Perfectly Stacked A1 Copies

You might be wondering, why is the stacker even mentioned after all….how exciting could a stacker be? well if you think about it closely, the T3500 gets its form factor from the mercury line of HP products. This most notably is the HP T930, HP T2530, HP T1530, which formed the core of the machine. Now remember prior to HP’s innovation most plotters did not come with a stacker ( unless of course they were the really expensive ones) A masterstroke in design and functionality the HP Mercury Platform stackers, for the first time allowed an affordable solution for this very important aspect…..stacking.

So what! Its a damn Stacker! whats so special about a stacker! well, here’s the thing, suppose you have a set of drawings to print out, 1 set 20 copies, if you should purchase any machine without a stacker….then yes…you’d get a basket. You heard me right, a basket. Who wan’ts their precious drawings ending up in a basket, crumpled, unsorted, disorganized and  need i mention a Glorious Waste Of Time!! can you imagine yourself sending 20 copies to your plotter , then having to retrieve them from a basket which practically has other drawings on top of it and then having to take them out place them flat and straighten it all over again…jeez give me a break. Trust me if your a business owner you owe it to your staff and your company to invest in a machine with a stacker..if not it will just waste their time and by wasting their time wasting your money.

One of the most convenient and easy ways to stack and retrieve your drawings.

Instead, imagine a scenario, you just sent 20 copies to the plotter, its all been printed. Now its held on neatly by a stacker , simply walk up to your machine hold the copies on both sides and pull straight up….really its that simple. Oh and did i mention, its a 100 page stacker so should you attempt to print 100 a1 drawings on any other machine…fair warning its gonna get chaotic really quickly.  One last thing, other machines do have stackers, however they seem to be rather…how should i say..angled…so in order to see what you were printing you’d have to walk to the back, lift a copy and verify it was indeed your drawing…such hassles should be avoided at all cost!

The Scanner : Color / Mono Scans up to 36″ wide

When it comes to scanning, the HP T3500 is actually powered by another industry giant Contex Scanners. In the world of high performance and good quality scans context is hands down the leader. The HP T3500 wide format plotter comes equipped with this amazing peice of technology from contex. This combination offers seamless integration in a perfect sized bundle. So lets learn about this scanner.

First of all, the tech specs(for the tech inclined),

7.5 inches per second in monochrome

2.5 inches per second in color

600 dpi max scan

Scan formats : pdf, jpeg, tiff etc.

Not bad for an all in one scanner…again..tech specs are one thing, lets think of a real life scenario i see every time i see and speak to the customer. Most drawings are rolled, and you know what happens when your drawing is rolled….well it curls. Don’t you just hate having to uncurl your drawing! imagine you had to do 30 scans…curl ,uncurl, curl, uncurl and so on. In a short time your going to get really really really frustrated . So its not really the technical load out that impresses me about this scaner . its two things one its large table size and two its auto width detection. Let me explain.

When you have a large format print or wide format document that is curled and you try to scan it, you better make sure your scanner has the right table width for you to easily slot in your scan drawings. If at the point of inserting your drawing you have to fiddle around just to get that damn curl out of the way the time taken to scan is going to be exponential. The image below shows you what i mean, take the two examples from two leading manufacturers and critically examine the insertion point of the document..then ask yourself..is it going to be easy to slot that drawing in?

Narrow Scan Path

A Super Narrow Scan path

A narrow path might have been advantages to the brave spartan men in the movie 300, but to the brave architect , engineer or construction personnel, not really. So what i love about the T3500 large format plotter is that its scan path is HUGE!  You literally get a working table for you to lay your curled drawings flat and easily slot it into the scanner!

A massive scan path to easily place and flatten your curled up drawings

I hope that now you can clearly see the difference a wide scanning input can make, especially when you have a great many scans to scan. The auto detection of the width is also really nifty, you don’t really have to align the document as per the size of the table, simply insert any document at its center and then the machine will automatically realize its width. It performs other cool functions like anti skew and neatly crops out your drawing for you. So its as simple as that.

Scan and copy quicksets :  Making life a little easier

Owning a large format plotter and large format scanner is suppose to make your life much more smoother and alot more efficient. In this respect the HP T3500 comes with this ability to create quick sets.

What is a quick set? : A quick set is a set of parameters that have been preset for you so  that when you walk up to the machine no further inputs are needed.

This works in a simple way for scanning or copying, support you have a color a1 size drawing that you now wish to print in mono chrome. well you can easily do that now. Simply walk up to your machine , slick on scan, select the quick set you desire and thats it.

In another respect you can also make quick sets of enlargements and reductions, so for example you can easily enlarge an a3 size document without having to worry about percentages if you have a quick set ready, simply walk up to the machine and select A3 to A1 and there you have it. No manual calculation needed or any of that brain numbing work.

There are factory quick sets that come with the machine but you can always add your own and you can also delete them if you find them no longer useful. The scanner allows you also to scan a multi page document, so if you have 10 copies and simply want one pdf file, then select the multi page file format. Its really that simple!

Well folks as this is part 1 of my blog post of the T3500,  i shall continue again to show you how and why this plotter is one of the best large format printers in singapore…and trust me we are just getting started!

Do write to me or visit my webpage below to see my entire portfolio and i look forward to hearing from you!

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      One Of The Best Large Format Printer In Singapore (Part 1) Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to one very special machine, the Legendary HP Designjet T3500…

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Big Rep : Large Size 3D Printer Singapore

Big Rep : Large Size 3D Printer Singapore

The Most Affordable Big Sized 3D Printer In Singapore!

  BigREP 3D printer

  Wow, that’s what i exclaimed after i first saw this 3D printer! I was excited to see this machine for a couple of reasons. The most exciting part about this 3D printer has to do with its build volume !

So whats so exciting about the size, well in this blog series i am going to take you my readers on a journey of…

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Best A0 Large Format Scanner For Office Use In Singapore.

Best A0 Large Format Scanner For Office Use In Singapore.

Contex SD ONE MF : An Affordable & Powerful Large Format Scanning System

Contex AO and A1 Size Multifunction Scanner

Scanners, good to have but not really a necessity, heard that line before? Well indeed its true that we have moved considerably into the digital age..and that’s great. Paper is saved and with that the environment as well. Do pause for a moment and think it through though..every…

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HP T730; A low cost, High Spec Large Format A0/A1 printer

HP T730; A low cost, High Spec Large Format A0/A1 printer

The Hp T730, comes in with an interesting proposition, that is what is the highest spec machine that has the lowest cost currently in the market at this price point and functionality. This article will explore in depth as to how this machine fulfills it promise.

It should be mentioned that the T730 forms the base unit on which the T830 will be built on. Do visit http://www.largeformatspecialist.…

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The HP T830: Large Format Plotter & Scanner Review

The HP T830: Large Format Plotter & Scanner Review

The Most Affordable Large Format Plotter And Scanner Combination Ever !

This is the brand new HP T830 all in one printer, and boy am i excited to bring you this review! The team at HP has definitely hit a home run when it comes to design , functionality, cost and features with this particular model. They have actually designed a machine that for years and years was needed in the AEC market. This…

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What You Should Know About A1 Plotters In Singapore!

What You Should Know About A1 Plotters In Singapore!

When a potential customer calls me and says to me “hi i am looking for an A1 plotter do you have them”.  i usually have to inquire a little further to fully understand what is the basis of this question.

You see , in our minds we have an understanding that if we need to print A1 drawings or plans then we must actually have a machine that is A1 size. Most end users are unsure of the difference…

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The Most Affordable Large Format Plotter|Printer available In Singapore.

The Most Affordable Large Format Plotter|Printer available In Singapore.

Large Format Printer Singapore – The Most Affordable Plotter Mutoh RJ900X

The Mutoh RJ900X Series Of Machines:

The most affordable large format color plotter in singapore.

The term affordability gets thrown around alot these days, with each manufacturer stating that their machine is indeed an affordable solution.

In order to fully understand this term we need to define this term completely. A…

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HP Plotter Singapore |HP Designjet T520 Review

HP Plotter Singapore |HP Designjet T520 Review

The entry level plotter for the low volume user

In this blog post i wish to examine the HP Plotter the Designjet T520 in complete depth. We will talk about the 4 main components that make choosing the right plotter essential. These are as follows:

Category of printer

Build quality

Technological advances/features

Ink Consumption/consumables

At the end of this blog post you will be able to…