A&M Printing, a print service provider based in the San Francisco Bay Area, says it saw immediate growth in its business after installing a Fujifilm Acuity F series high productivity UV flatbed printer.
The company added that a particular boon was the ability to print on corrugated boards thanks to the printer’s high flow vacuum table.
Though the wide-format business is continually addressing customer desires for shorter runs and increased customisation, it also needs to supply larger runs on corrugated boards. The installation of the Acuity F67, the most productive printer in the Acuity series with a maximum print speed of over 1600sqft/hr, supplied it with additional print capacity and higher speed.
‘We are successful because of partners like Fujifilm. You have to work together in order to be able to succeed,’ said A&M president Leo Lam. ‘Before we bought the Acuity F67, we actually had to run three shifts around the clock in order to keep up with those demands. It’s amazing how fast we can turn around projects now with the F67. Without this machine, I would never be able to keep those orders and make my customers happy.’
A&M prints on multiple types of corrugated boards with different flute and board sizes. ‘Some materials come in really warped, curvy or curled. It’s so inconsistent,’ added Mr Lam. ‘I can’t say enough good things about the high flow vacuum table on the F67. Typically we just throw the material on the bed, push a button and then zoom, it just pulls it down and we print.
‘The expectations are high for speed and turnaround time because a majority of the projects we handle for our customers are time-sensitive,’ Mr Lam finished. ‘High output quality is definitely an expectation, and the Acuity F gives us the speed, as well as the quality. Fujifilm hit it right on.’
