Agfa’s Onset Panthera FB3216, Onset Panthera Autoloader and Jeti Tauro MAX BOTS are amongst the 2025 Pinnacle Product Awards winners, run by North America’s peak printing graphic arts association, the PRINTING United Alliance.
Fully automated and accurate double-sided printing for substrates up to 5 kg is supported by the optional High 5 function
The Pinnacle Product Awards recognize products that ‘improve or advance the printing industry with exceptional contributions in quality, capability, and productivity’. Arnaud Calleja, Vice-President of Digital Printing Solutions at Agfa says: “Having won Pinnacle Product Awards in the past, including the Product of the Year award, we are immensely proud to receive this latest recognition, with three more Pinnacle Product awards. This is a testament to our continued commitment to innovation and excellence in inkjet printing. It also reinforces our mission to empower print service providers with cutting-edge print technology.”
“We look forward to showcasing these award-winning products at PRINTING United Expo 2025 in Orlando in October.” (October 22nd to 24th, Orange County Convention Centre, Orlando, Florida)
Powerful Onset
The latest addition to Agfa’s Onset product line, the Onset Panthera FB3216 is a flatbed press built for high-volume and high-performance jobs, serving the sign, display and packaging communities.
The press offers an integrated, energy-efficient*, staged LED curing approach – two LED units at the front, one at the rear – which facilitates strong adhesion and a wide colour gamut, enabling the machine to produce sellable production quality in 2-pass satin or 2-pass high gloss at 1514 sqm/h or 296 beds per hour.
*instantaneous activation and deactivation means the LED lamps consume no energy during returning passes, load/unload cycles, or while waiting for the next job, therefore using up to 60% less power than previous Onset printer model during printing, and up to 80% less in standby mode: this results both in lower operational costs and a reduced carbon footprint
Agfa’s Onset Panthera also comes with a range of smart automation options, including manual, ¾ automation (laytable + unload robot), autoloader + unload robot, dual robots (loading & unloading), and dual-flex (laytable + dual robots).
Another Pinnacle Product Award winner, the Panthera Autoloader, is an advanced automation system that automates the substrate feeding and handling processes. The Autoloader matches the printer’s maximum speed, reducing labour costs and enhancing operational efficiency. When combined with MAX Bot robotic unloading, it becomes an ideal solution for high-volume print operations in the sign and display and packaging markets.
Agfa Jeti Tauro H3300 UHS with MAX BOTSThe Jeti Tauro H3300 can have a single robot for loading or unloading media or a dual robot system to automate printing operations completely. The Jeti Tauro MAX BOTS also won a Pinnacle Product Award, for their ability to handle up to 150 load cycles per hour with minimal interruption, switching seamlessly between rigid and roll printing when combined with Agfa’s MAX Flex RTR module which handles sheets, corrugated and rigid boards up to 2.1x3.3m.
