Roland DG AP-640 Resin Printers Streamline Production for Custom Striping

Sydney, Australia, 16 June, 2023 - Roland DG Australia, a leading manufacturer of wide format inkjet printers and 3D devices, has published a new customer case study focusing on Custom Striping, owners of two Roland DG TrueVIS AP-640 resin printers.

Melbourne-based Custom Striping (Automotive Stripes Australia) was formed in 2011 as a supplier of caravan stripes and graphics, growing to become one of the largest suppliers of pinstriping in the country. Their current fleet of 3 Roland DG printers also produce a wide range of signage applications to the caravan industry.

With the announcement of the TrueVIS AP-640 resin printer in early 2023, the company showed immediate interest based on their confidence in the Roland DG brand. With the assistance and support from their local supplier, Spicers, the decision was made to purchase the AP-640 and owner Ryan Smith was immediately impressed with the results, noting ‘We are absolutely amazed with the production speed, quality and also colour gamut…maintenance and cleaning is much easier and down time due to problems is very rare’.

Three months later Custom Striping made the decision to purchase a second AP-640 to keep up with the company’s workload, with the immediate benefits of zero outgassing time helping to streamline their production. Ryan also notes that ‘the dryer has a very fast heat up and cool down time compared to what we have heard about other brands, and very little of that heat is lost into the room due to an efficient air recirculation system in the drying unit’.

Overall the experience with Roland DG and Spicers has been a very positive one, with Ryan’s recommendations leading to at least two other companies purchasing the AP-640. After a long relationship with the Roland DG brand Ryan concludes ‘They have always looked after us, and their communication is very good, which is a massive part of feeling valued as a customer’.

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