Technological efforts of swissQprint ensure low environmental impact

Strategically harnessing its technologies and processes to protect the environment is the mission statement of swissQprint. The company has set customer benefit and environmental compatibility equally high priorities in developing the large-format printers. swissQprint Greentech shows how this works in practice. The result is that swissQprint users attain high added value with the lowest possible environmental impact. Four main factors contribute to swissQprint large-format printers leaving a small ecological footprint—short shipping distances, high durability, low maintenance requirements and UV LED printing technology.

The swissQprint printers are developed and manufactured from start to finish at the headquarters in Switzerland, with the involvement of mostly local suppliers. UV LED technology requires neither heating for drying processes nor ventilation for extracting volatile pollutants (VOC). Furthermore, the LED UV lamps that cure the ink are economical on electricity. This minimises the system’s overall energy requirement. A fully equipped swissQprint large-format printer with a 2 × 3.2 m flatbed draws the same amount of electricity as two ordinary electric kettles – just 3 kWh. The printer makes extraordinarily efficient use of this electricity, as evidenced by measurements and ISO 20690 certification. The current UV standard inks from swissQprint are Greenguard Gold certified.