A UV printer is four systems working together: how the carriage moves, how the ink leaves the head, how it is cured, and how the file becomes a colour-managed bitmap. Marketing language tends to skip all four. This page does not.
Motion: magnetic levitation
Hanray belt printers (2208 / 2512 / 3318) and flatbed printers (1216 / 2513 / 3220) are built on a magnetic-levitation motion platform. On a wide machine, carriage stability is what keeps droplet placement consistent from one end of a 2.5 m pass to the other; banding across a large panel is almost always a motion problem before it is a printhead problem.
Printheads: three ecosystems, one machine platform
The factory publishes three head families across the range. Which one you buy changes the colour count, the droplet size and the practical output, so it is quoted per machine rather than fixed in a catalogue.
| Head family | Models offered | Published output |
|---|---|---|
| Epson | i3200 (HR2208E), B200 (HR2513G) | 20–30 m²/h |
| Ricoh | G5 / G6 | 20–30 m²/h with G6 |
| Konica Minolta | 1024i / 1024A | Quoted per configuration |
Ink: ten channels including white and varnish
Both flagship sheets publish the same ink configuration: C M Y K + LC Lm + LK LLK + W + V — cyan, magenta, yellow, black, light cyan, light magenta, light black, light-light black, white and varnish. The ink types are imported eco-friendly UV inks in flexible, neutral and rigid formulations.
White and varnish are the two channels that turn a printer into a production machine. White lets you print on transparent acrylic and dark board; varnish adds surface effects and scuff resistance without a separate laminating step.
Curing: water-cooled LED UV
Curing is a water-cooled LED UV system. LED lamps run cooler than the mercury lamps they replaced, and the water loop removes the heat that remains, which matters most on thin film and on any board that warps when it is warmed. Ink is cured rather than dried, so a printed panel leaves the machine ready to handle.
Ink delivery and cleaning
Both machines use automatic negative-pressure regulation to hold the ink meniscus at the nozzle. Together with the on-demand piezo variable-dot jetting, that is what keeps a head printing cleanly through a long run instead of drifting rich or starved as the cartridge level changes.
Resolution, RIP and colour
Resolution is selectable at 720 × 900, 720 × 1200 and 720 × 1800 dpi. Files are processed through Ruiyin, PrintFactory, ColorGate RIP or PhotoPrint, with ICC colour profiles controlling the output. Accepted file formats are bitmap, TIFF, QuarkXPress, JPEG, EPS and PDF, and the workflow machine runs Windows 7 or Windows 10 in 64-bit.
Environment and power
The published operating range is 20–80% relative humidity, with paper substrates kept below 60% and other mixed substrates recommended above 40%. Power is AC 220 V, 50–60 Hz, at 6 kW maximum. Confirm both against your own site before the machine ships — power configuration and room humidity are the two things that most often delay a commissioning.