Melbourne-based Stick On Signs has brought the latest Dimense Dimensor S to Visual Impact Sydney 2023 to demonstrate its customised embossing capabilities.
The printer combines digital printing and textured wallpapers to deliver fully customised, 3D-effect prints.
Stick On Signs CEO Abe Weiszberger said, “It is exciting to be here at Visual Impact in Sydney, and we have a very exciting printer to show. One of the most interesting aspects of it is the ability to print and emboss at the same time.
“We can produce a wallpaper, a PVC-free paper printed with water-based CMYK inks and add the embossing simultaneously. It gives us the structure, which normally takes a long time to develop in a normal multi-layer printer.”
Dimense wide format 3D technology enables producing prints of 1mm to 1.5mm high structures with water-based latex inks on PVC-free substrates.
Watch the video of Weiszberger presenting the Dimense Dimernsor S printer at Visual Impact below:
Under a specific printer temperature, the media’s top layer foams and expands by 1mm to 1.5mm. However, in areas where structural ink is applied, it stays flat. This way, it can control the thickness of the media and create a distinctive structure.
The company also markets Dimense Media, a set of print substrates consisting of two layers: non-woven in the back and a patented PVC-free phthalate-free Ecodeco composition on the top.
Structural ink is transparent and can be printed with CMYK inks enabling the creation of a picture and structure in one step, as well as just a structure without any colour.
“For us, to be able to bring a printer which allows to print the structure and then just paint on top of it, is the next level which brings the old-fashioned workmanship in a new modern way,” Weiszberger added.
“The printer officially launched at PacPrint last year, and within just a few months, we already had quite a few sales and installations in the region.”
According to Weiszberger, the Dimense range of printers is unlike anything ever seen in Australia and New Zealand and showcases that commercially viable, totally green printing is possible.
