Durst 131 HS manual Key Features

The Key Features

Direct digital printing with unsurpassed image and text quality

Durst Lambda Series combine the advan- tages of classical silver halide photography with the potential of the latest laser and digital technology, without an intermediate film stage - and without the compromises of CMYK output, This technology offers superior color saturation and fidelity, bet- ter image quality, more details and sharper type than other alternatives (customer statement). It also provides a number of advantages over conventional enlarge- ments, including improved image quality with no image distortion and no loss of image sharpness, perfect edge to edge sharpness and evenness, a reduction in time spent handling images, and a decrease in the cost of materials.

The Durst Lambda Series operate with

afull 36-bit RGB color space (68 billion colors) to ensure excellent control over the light source and to produce faithful color reproductions.

Sharp images, text and graphics with exceptional details at full contrast

The Durst Lambda Digital Imaging Techno- logy ensures a constant pixel size and in- tensity over the entire image. The patented Durst continuous roll to roll laser exposing system ensures no parasite light during the exposure for perfect image white and highest contrast range.

Apparent resolution up to 4000 dpi The Durst Lambda series feature a dual, autoswitchable resolution of 200 and 400 full continuous tone pixels per inch (ppi) with on-the-fly pixel interpolation. The

400ppi full continuous-tone resolution of the Durst Lambda Series is comparable with a resolution of 4000 dpi of printers with half-tone dots.

High output speed

Exposes all media with the same high linear speed of up to 65 cm (26 in.) per minute. Compared with other digital systems the Lambda is „remarkably faster“ (approx. 40 prints 100 x 130 cm/40 x 50 in. per hour).

Print production without size limitations Thanks to the patented, continuous roll to roll exposure system with perfect edge to edge sharpness and evenness, the Durst Lambda have no print size limitations it can virtually generate any print size from icons to large murals (with auto- and custom panelling functions). One seamless print can be as long as one entire 127 cm (50 in.) roll (50 m/164 ft). Print sizes exceeding the max. paper width are automatical-

ly divided-up and exposed in sections. Operator can select how oversized panels are split. The desired overlap is adjustable. This allows you offer new print sizes, create new and exiting products and to enter new market segments.

On-the-fly image corrections and pixel interpolation

All image sizing and image corrections, such as color, density, contrast, sharpening as well as cropping is done on-the-fly wit- hout any additional computing time.

Sharp images, text and graphics with exceptional details at full contrast The digital imaging technology ensures a constant pixel size and intensity over the entire image. The patented Durst conti- nuous roll to roll laser exposing system ensures no parasite light during the expo- sure for perfect image white and highest contrast range.

All in one

The unique size flexibility does no longer require to split the orders because of dif- ferent print sizes. With the Durst Lambda you can handle all print sizes for one order with the same device with perfect color and density match and reduced production costs.

Fully automatic take-up system

With almost no media waste.

Large customer base and high customer satisfaction

With close to 1000 units sold worldwide (as per End of July 2006), the Durst Lamb- da has the highest install base of all large format digital photo printers. In addition, more than 80 customers have multiple units up to 5 Lambda in the same location and lab chains have up to 20 Lambda run- ning successfully, which confirms the high customer satisfaction.

Durst Lambda has become quickly a new industry standard for high-end large for- mat printing. It has rapidly gained a repu- tation for high productivity and flexibility, producing the finest quality of small and large format reflective and backlit prints from digital files.

Multiple applications

The Durst Lambda Large Format Digital La- ser Imagers are successfully used in many different imaging applications, such as:

•Large format reflective and backlit printing in any size for point of purchase displays, tradeshow graphics, etc.

•Silk Screen Printers

•Reprographics (Blue Printers)

•Satellite and aerial photography (Remote

Sensing to Lambda RS)

•Mapping (cartographic applications)

•Digital printing in portrait/social, wedding and photofinishing labs

•Litho and Printing Industry

•Printing large quantities of small print sizes

•Producing large volume backlit prints for vending and gaming machines

•Graphics Arts Trade Shops (Pre-press)

•Etc.