Vital Concept significantly accelerates with Jetrix LXi8

Wide Format Solutions

The arrival of the newest addition to Vital Concept, based in Perivale in London, has led to a significant increase in production capacity. Largely led by the new printer enabling the business to save time and media which in turn has resulted in increased revenues.

Building on the positive experience of purchasing a Jetrix KX7 flatbed printer back in 2018, Vital Concept needed to upgrade its kit. It was seeking greater speeds and the ability to print on a multitude of different media types with even better quality. So, whilst it took the time to explore various other large format printer brands with the help of Perfect Colours, it kept coming back to a Jetrix.

Now after owning the Jetrix LXi8 for a few months the company is finding that the capacity of the printer means it can offer a lot more. While about 60% of production is board printing for the construction and exhibition trade, the company is now working a lot more with exhibition designers, space designers and retail. The biggest benefit being the speed of the printer combined with the lack of heat from the LED-UV technology. Whereas much of the corrugated board jobs had to previously be taped down to avoid head crashing due to the heat, now because of the vacuum bed it simply doesn’t have to do this – saving time, money, and media waste. Equally the company is actively increasing capacity to produce jobs involving glass, PVC, foam, and corrugated board for a broad spectrum of point of sale and window display signage.

Ravi Patel, managing director at Vital Concept, said: ‘We loved our KX7, but the Jetrix LXi8 has taken everything to a completely new level. It is great to invest in a bit of kit like this and it actually lives up to the expectation. It has an amazing white, which has significantly improved the clarity and quality of what we now produce. And the printer just ploughs through the jobs and takes on whatever we throw at it. One minute it can be producing a construction hoarding and the next it might be tackling some glass signage.’