Direct Color Systems DCS Printers
DCS E-Newsletter March 2013
Create Durable Dial Faces with Direct Jet UV LED Printers

DCS Direct Jet UV LED inkjet printers allow you to print durable full-color, photo-quality images, logos and text directly onto custom dial faces. Our compact UV LED printers offer several unique benefits for dial face printing. These models are capable of producing small, yet highly readable text, with prints that are very resistant to solvents and abrasion, especially when created using our InkMark™ UV Plastics and InkMark™ UV Metals.

Our UV printers produce a very opaque white and crisp, bright colors, even on dark and translucent dials. Use your Direct Jet UV printer in conjunction with RIP 9 to create TEXTUR3D™ dials for a unique look and feel. Designs with a TEXTUR3D™ finish have the same durability as our standard prints. Dial face applications include: instruments, gauges, scales, speedometers, counting, elevators, drums, telephones, meters, clocks, watches and machine tools.

Click here to see samples of printed dial faces.

Create durable custom dial faces

 
Tech Tips: Maintaining Your DCS Printer
DCS Tech Tips

Maintaining Your DCS PrinterYour purchase of a Direct Color Systems printer may be one of the significant investments you make in your business. With a little dedication to maintenance, you can keep your printer working like new for years to come.

Initial Setup
Setting up your printer correctly is the first step towards ensuring longevity. All of our printers ship with a user's guide detailing the ideal environment for your printer, including temperature, humidity and ventilation. You should also be sure that your printer is placed on a stable, level surface so that it does not move during operation and ensure that you are using the correct voltage and a surge suppressor.

Cleaning
Regular cleaning and lubrication of your printer will keep it running smoothly and reduce wear on its parts. Our user's guides provide instructions for cleaning your printer.

Maintenance
While your printer is built to last, it still has consumable parts that require replacement. Regularly check for wear and damage on these parts and keep a spare on hand.

Extended Warranties (available in the USA and Canada only)
DCS offers both parts-only and parts-and-labor extended warranties for our customers in the USA and Canada. DCS sets the cost of the warranty to make sure that customers are getting a fair value for their dollar. Including an extended warranty in your annual budget can help control the cost of keeping your printer in like-new shape. Owners of a Millennium badge printer can send in their printers for a yearly "tune up" that is covered under the parts and labor warranty. You just pay shipping.

Ask Us
If you are still not sure about how to maintain your printer, ask us! DCS offers training on all of our printers at a reasonable hourly rate. Spend a little now to save a lot in the future. Keep a log of your printer maintenance to help us pinpoint any problems. For owners of a UV printer, a maintenance log is included in the user's guide.

   
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International Distributor Profile – Prodigital – Instanbul, Turkey
With our Europe, Asia and Africa (EAA) office as well as distributors located in more than 30 different countries around the world, thousands of DCS printers have been placed into service internationally since the company was founded in 1995.
   
Prodigital - DCS Distributor - Istanbul, Turkey

Above: Prodigital Area Sales Executive Serkan Tezeren and a customer, Ersin Surmeli (General Manager of Umit Copy)

P Reklam (Prodigital)
Istanbul, Turkey
Phone: (+90 212) 325 7589 or (+90 212) 325 7127
info@prodigital.com.tr

DCS authorized distributor serving Turkey

P Reklam (Prodigital) has more than 20 years of experience serving the region, growing from an importer of Far East media and display systems into Turkey's leading equipment supplier for the sign and digital textile printing market.

Prodigital began distributing DCS products late in 2012 after discovering that our small-format UV LED printers (such as the Direct Jet 1024UV) provided a nice complement to its existing wide-format offerings. The Direct Jet UV line's compact size, flexibility and ease-of-use have been major selling features for their customers in the promotional materials production and copy center industries.

"Our business is built on trust, close relationships and friendships," says Shahsen Kazanci, Prodigital's International Business Development Director. "We have reached that level of synergy with the team from DCS in a very short period of time."

Prodigital's headquarters and main showroom are located in Istanbul. The company also maintains a sales and training center in Ankara and a CNC router production and warehouse facility outside of the capitol.

 
SE Michigan Technology Showcase: March 19 & 20

Upcoming DCS Technology Showcases Please join us for our free upcoming Technology Showcase in Southeast Michigan! This is your chance for an up-close look at our cutting-edge Direct Jet 1024UVHS UV LED desktop inkjet printer. Feel the difference that both raised TEXTUR3D™ printing and standard flat UV printing can offer to your business.

SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, USA
March 19th & 20th – 9 am to 5 pm
DCS Showroom at Cav Tool Company
22605 Heslip Drive
Novi, MI 48374

RSVP to Jim Thrush
Jim.Thrush@directcolorsystems.com
Phone: 248-921-8976

 
Upcoming DCS Trade Shows & Events
DCS Technology Showcase – Southeast Michigan
March 19 - 20, 2013
Novi, MI
Please see details above
INCOM Nantes
March 20 - 21, 2013
Nantes, France
DCS distributor Thermoflan
will be exhibiting
Visit DCS at the ISA International Sign Expo

ISA International Sign Expo
April 3 - 6, 2013
Las Vegas, NV
Booth #3743

 
PhotoDigital – CNR EXPO
April 11 - 14, 2013
Instanbul, Turkey
DCS distributor P Reklam Urun San. Tic. Ltd. STi. will be exhibiting
Industrie Lyon 2013
April 16 - 19, 2013
Lyon, France
DCS distributor Thermoflan
will be exhibiting
Graphispag Digital
April 17 - 20, 2013
Feria Barcelona, Spain
DCS distributor Gravograph
will be exhibiting
 
INDOMAX 2013 - JIEXPO
April 24 - 27, 2013
Kemayoran, Indonesia
DCS distributor Advance Image Technologies – Malaysia will be exhibiting
Sign & Digital UK
April 30 - May 2, 2013
Birmingham, UK
DCS distributor CSI Manufacturing Limited – Ireland and UK
will be exhibiting
 
 
View our complete trade show schedule »




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