Matan releases SpotBoard

Matan Digital Printers has released the SpotBoard, enabling innovative features for its thermal transfer digital printers: Matan SpringPro and the new Matan Spot36.

The company said in a statement: ‘The SpotBoard is a new electronic board that provides significant benefits to Matan's Thermal Transfer line users. First and foremost, it enables individual control over the energy levels of each printing station separately. This maximizes the print quality of spot colors and combinations of process colors and spots. This is especially important in the case of spot white or metallics that require higher energy levels than most other colors. Secondly, the SpotBoard offers automatic energy leveling compensation across the width of the print, enhancing print quality for uniform areas. The SpotBoard also allows operating the Matan Spring from a variety of computer platforms, including laptops, offering maximum flexibility and eliminating the need for a dedicated PC for the printer. The card uses USB2 communication between the printer and the computer.’

The SpotBoard card was developed by Matan's R&D team and was originally designed for the Matan Spot36, the new 2-color wayfinding signage printer. It has been further implemented in the Matan SpringPro and will be integrated by default in all new Matan Spring printers as of March 2006. Matan also offers an upgrade option for the Spring install base.

The Matan SpotBoard was installed and tested at four US customer sites, all of which ‘are reporting great satisfaction from the new capabilities’, according to the company.