ImagesMagUK_Digital_Edition_Feb18

The Accu-Print Bag Printer from AWT SCREEN PRINTING PRESSES www.images-magazine.com 54 images FEBRUARY 2018 Screen stars Whether you’re printing neck labels or all-over T-shirt prints, cloth bags or tea towels, there’s a screen printing press that will perfectly meet your needs. We review the current options from the industry’s main suppliers AWT World Trade: Accu-Print Bag Printer AWT says that for more than 10 years, the Accu-Print Bag Printer has been “the printer’s choice for printing with accuracy and ease on cloth bags, T-shirts, towels, sheets and banners”. It’s now available in two popular print sizes and with an optional high-speed indexer that the company says can increase output by 25-50%. “Printing on cloth bags is a rapidly expanding market and adding our high- speed indexer to increase your output drives down costs and improves lead times,” explains the company. “The Accu-Print Bag Printer will allow you to offer more services and expand your customer base.” Features include a pneumatic Squeegeelizer for a uniform print pressure, independent squeegee and floodbar speeds, a universal masterframe that accepts all frames, a lock-in print head for accurate registration, and an automatic, adjustable peel rate. www.awt-gpi.com MHM Direct GB: IQ-Oval Compact The new IQ-Oval Compact from MHM was released in January this year. With its reduced footprint compared to the original IQ-Oval, it promises to be a viable option for printers operating from smaller premises where space is limited. “The same amazing build quality that yields great, high volume prints, only smaller,” is how the company describes the new press. With no chain or belt, each print arm is driven by its own independent motor, which MHM says allows for faster rates of production without the worry of ever going out of registration. The modular system means that as a print shop grows, the iQ Oval Compact can as well: additional modules can be added at any time in the future to suit production needs. With the ‘Two job’ mode, printers also have the ability to run two different print jobs at the same time, making it a versatile piece of equipment, explains MHM. The company continues: “The iQ Oval Compact gives smaller screen printers a perfect option to futureproof their investment and be able to expand their production capabilities as their business grows.” www.mhmdirect.co.uk The IQ-Oval from MHM Direct GB