Roland DG Unveils TrueVis AG-640 Latex Print & Cut Printer
Roland DG is pitching the AG-640 as a Latex printer that solves the vividness and long-roll accuracy weaknesses it says have defined the ink type in sign graphics.
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Roland DG announced the TrueVis AG-640, a water-based Latex ink Print & Cut large-format printer. A new print head, waveform control, and variable dot technology with three dot sizes drive high-definition output, and the company says the model keeps color consistency and positional accuracy on long rolls. Roland DG positions it as overturning the conventional image of Latex printers, which it says have lagged on vividness and long-roll accuracy.
The AG-640 runs the new TA2 Latex ink, which pairs CMYK with orange, red, white, and an optimizer. Roland DG says the extra colors widen the gamut for faithful brand color reproduction, and that the ink cuts both per-milliliter price and consumption versus its earlier Latex inks. Output meets GREENGUARD Gold, France's VOC A+ standard, and Germany's AgBB building material criteria, which the company says suits hospitals, schools, and public facilities.
The printer handles PVC, paper, transparent media, backlit material, textile, film, and transfer sheet, and its Print & Cut function makes stickers, labels, and shaped POP in one pass. Global sales and marketing head Ryugo Futamura said Latex printers have been widely used alongside solvent and UV units but struggled with the vividness and long-roll accuracy that sign work demands, and that the AG-640 overturns that image.
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