What LED unit would you recommend? We have an old MH 6K NuArc, but sometimes the bulbs are hard to find. Is the Starlight or Saati a good choice? We do our own line of 4c process and simulated process. W use a Wasatch RIP and an Epson Surecolor 4900 printer. The printer occasionally needs repairs.
We use the Saati pro lite 450w and are pretty happy with it. With films you might need the fully enclosed version, dont know anything about those as we run the light source only.
We tested the Vastex unit and it had a good uniform field. M&R had really bad field consistency, but they did not care. All of this testing was done many years ago so it’s possible they fixed it.
As far as i know, Saati is the only one that has it set up as single point light source, all the others will create some under cutting, which might or might not be a big deal depending in the work you do.
Smaller MH units can be had pretty cheap and can be excellent value for the money. M&R Nuarc3140 is a great unit thats dropping in price. Yes, you need to replace the bulbs every now and then (i think we ran 2 years with about 50 screens per day), but the integrator works well so it’s easy to use.
Pierre
