Taco Vision sets up lenticular and speciality printing unit in Kandivili

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Lenticular or 3D printing which requires very high resolution and precise printing on plastic lenticular substrates, has started to gain traction in the Indian market. Taco Vision in Mumbai has become one of the largest suppliers of 3D lenticular printing to large Indian companies including many of the pharmaceutical companies for their high value gift items and publicity material. For large size products the the plastic lenticular substrate is printed using wide format inkjet while for smaller sizes offset printing is used. Currently Taco Vision is using a Komori 4-colour press but a huge expansion is also underway for not only lenticular-3D but all kinds of speciality printing on plastics including packaging.

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• L-R: TP Pandey and Vineet Jadhav of Taco Vision and Jayant Pardiwala (center), Nippon Color

Taco Vision has bought a Heidelberg 6-colour plus coater full UV press with four inter-deck UV systems that is under installation at their premises in Kandivili in Mumbai. The company also recently installed Kodak’s Variable Mainscan Resolution software for its new Kodak Trendsetter 800 Quantum (F) Speed CtP. The VMR software is meant to enhance the resolution and precision of the CtP output in conjunction with Kodak’s Squarespot for lenticular printing. For processing the plates imaged on the Trendsetter, Taco Vision has ordered a Glunz & Jensen Gecko 85T processor.

VMR for lenticular
The Variable Mainscan Resolution (VMR) option lets you adjust the pixel resolution of the platesetter in the mainscan (around-drum) direction in order to align the pixel boundaries to the frequency of the lenticular lens boundaries. VMR combines accurate registration capabilities with fine adjustments (± 3.2%) by stretching or shrinking the pixel size to fit minor variations in the lens frequency. Apart from one of the specified platesetters, it requires a workflow system that is capable of creating files with asymmetric resolutions (different resolutions in the mainscan and subscan direction), and plate media that support the high line-screen (resolution) requirements of lenticular printing.

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