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Roland DG VersaObject MO-240

A compact high-resolution colour printer for 3D objects, Simon Eccles
fine text, and gradations. There’s an auto-
matic cleaning function.
The eight colour inkset includes CMYK
plus orange and red for an approximately
20% gamut increase over CMYK alone,
though this will be in the red-yellow
hues. There is also white and clear in the
set. The clear ink produces “premium
gloss” or matt finishes and can create tex-
tures, including 3D embossed effects. A
primer fluid is optional for some materi-
als, especially glass and metals. This
replaces once of the other colours.
Various combinations of the mix of
orange, red, white, clear and primer are
offered, including double white and dou-
ble clear together. Inks can be swapped,
but it’s not easy and requires thorough
cleaning, so most users will stick with
their original choice, feels Lozano.
The Roland EUV5 ‘eco-UV’ inks are
What does it do? electrical items including phone cases supplied in 750ml pouches.
This is a compact ‘benchtop’ A2-plus for- Specifications and gaming equipment, or nameplates,
mat flatbed UV-cured inkjet that can signage, bottles, flasks and trophies. The The printable area is 610x458mm and
print in high resolution colour directly Process Flatbed MO-240 is the latest and smallest of the height is adjustable to take objects up
onto 3D objects up to 204mm high. UV-cured inkjet Roland’s new family of VersaObject flat- to 204mm high. The optional 360˚ rotary
Roland claims it is the fastest small UV beds that are replacing its earlier axis unit handles cylindrical objects such
printer in its class. 3D in this case mainly Max resolution VersaUV models. The first of these, as bottles from 10mm to 121mm diame-
means that slight curves can be accom- 1,200dpi called the CO series, were announced ter. When it comes to multiple small
modated, such as phone cases or USB last year, four with fixed flatbed tables objects, Roland doesn’t supply jig layout
sticks, although it can print on cylindri- Inks Roland DG EUV5 in and two with belt systems. They have
cal objects such as flasks via an optional 750ml pouches either 762mm or 1,625mm print widths software or cutters, but Lozano says “we
rotator accessory. The printer can handle and bed lengths of 2,050mm, 3,065m, or can support by offering advice on how to
most materials including metal, plastic, Colours CMYK, red, 3,625mm. All can take objects up to create these, whether makeshift or creat-
glass, wood, canvas, vinyl and paper. It orange, white, clear, 200mm high. Prices start at £44,999. ing bespoke jigs. We can also recommend
primer
can print multiple small objects held in third-party suppliers.” Jigs can be made
jigs on the bed. How does it work?
Max print size from a variety of materials from rigid
When was it launched, who is it 610x458mm It is a flatbed inkjet with a fixed printhead foamboard to hard plastics.There’s a 7in
carriage gantry and a moving vacuum
aimed at? full-colour touch panel said to give intui-
Max object depth bed. The compact overall configuration tive operation, while Roland’s
The MO-240 was launched on 11 January 204mm means it can fit on a suitably sturdy
2024. It is aimed at manufacturers and bench, while the clamshell front cover VersaWorks 6 RIP is part of the package.
industrial printers that want to print Max object weight 8kg prevents UV light straying outside. Roland also offers cloud-based print
directly onto objects, as opposed to using (4kg with vacuum bed) Throughput is 2.07sqm/hr in CMYK management software called
transfers. “Our core target market for mode, thanks to newly developed large PrintAutoMate to users who take out its
this product is PSPs, particularly those RIP Roland VersaWorks 6 heads in a staggered layout, ‘potent’ Premium Plan in the Roland DG Connect
producing promotional products,” says UV-LED curing, and new dot control support package. This automatically con-
Francisco Lozano, product manager, UV Footprint 1.6x1.3m technology for optimised high-speed out- verts printing data into pre-registered
& Cutters for Roland DG EMEA. “This 210x297mm/600x400mm put.
printer is also aimed at factories and Roland says that productivity for simulta- fixture layout data, assigns print jobs to
brands that produce or outsource prod- Feed capacity 30mm neous white printing has doubled to operators, and integrates with the
ucts with screen or pad printing.” 1.83sqm/hr compared with the outgoing VersaWorks 6 RIP. Roland says this
The MO-240’s format is suited to appli- model, with shorter curing times giving “vastly improves efficiency and mini-
cations such as control panel covers, sharper reproduction of intricate details, mises errors in production processes.”
“The MO-240 was launched on 11 January 2024.”

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