Print speed is not just about moving substrate quickly. The trick is to jet ink and cure it fast enough before it has time to flow or distort, stealing the sharpness from your image. Because Onset is so fast, it sports a
high level of usable UV energy – four lamps – to cure ink as near-instantly as possible to keep the machine sprinting along.

Like print heads, lamps are a high percentage of cost, so why pack four in? First, it gives Onset more than enough energy to do the job at speeds of up to 600m² per hour. Additionally, Onset is designed with heads and lamps balanced on each side of the print carriage. Ink is cured near instantly and consistently. The usual problem with bi-directional machines is gloss/matt banding in the image. When that happens, the only answer is to run more slowly in one direction. Onset’s print coverage and lamp
arrangement eliminates gloss/matt banding in bi-directional printing.