NAGANO, JAPAN—  Mimaki has unveiled a direct-to-film (DTF) UV printer that can effectively produce stickers made of just ink and varnish – which can be applied to objects of all shapes and sizes. The 650mm-wide UJV300DTF-75 prints onto film at up to 1,200dpi. Fitted with six colour channels, the machine uses a combination of Mimaki’s new generation of UV inks to produce a ‘hard’ layer of white, printed over in CMYK ‘soft’ inks, with a ‘hard’ layer of clear ink over the top. The setup allows printers to produce print on film that can then be peeled and directly applied to objects of irregular shapes or sizes that would otherwise be impossible to print on in a rotary ‘kebab’ style printer or flatbed. No curing is required to adhere the print to the object.