Durst Lambda 131 HS - Manual (Page 4)

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
a full 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
400 ppi 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.