Agfa unleashes the power of the Onset Panthera FB3216
07 May 2025: With the speed and power of its namesake, the Onset Panthera FB3216 flatbed press prowls through high-volume print jobs with fierce precision, adapting seamlessly to the demands of both graphics and packaging applications.
Lightning-Fast, High-Quality Output
The Panthera FB3216 is built to sweep through print jobs at breathtaking speeds, reaching up to 1,514 m²/h (16,297 ft²/h) or 296 beds per hour. Its heavy-duty construction ensures non-stop operation, while the advanced print carriage delivers flawless, banding-free prints. Like a panther’s leap, each print is executed with smooth, fluid motion, eliminating bi-directional artifacts and boosting image quality through multiple bed movements.
Advanced LED Curing
The Panthera’s advanced LED curing system is its secret weapon. With a unique, staged curing approach – two LED units at the front, one at the rear – each layer is dried with predatory precision, ensuring strong adhesion, a wider color gamut, and dazzling high-gloss finishes. Existing Onset printers can be upgraded with this functionality, ensuring its benefits are accessible to everyone.
LED curing brings additional gains for energy efficiency. Instantaneous activation and deactivation means LED lamps consume no energy during returning passes, load/unload cycles, or while waiting for the next job. By using up to 60% less power than previous Onset printers with bulb curing during printing – and up to 80% less in standby mode – the Panthera significantly lowers operational costs while reducing yourcarbon footprint.
Smart Automation for Every Workflow
The Panthera adapts to your workflow with a range of automation options, including manual, automation (laytable + unload robot), autoloader + unload robot, dual robots (loading & unloading), and dual-flex (laytable + dual robots). The model shown at FESPA 2025 comes equipped with an autoloader and unload robot.
Versatility Across Materials
Whether tackling striking retail graphics, fast-turnaround POS materials or corrugated POP displays and packaging, the Panthera adapts effortlessly to any task. Its robust platform handles media from delicate 200 g/m² coated paper up to 46 mm thick board and sizes up to 3.22 x 1.6 m (126.8 x 63”).
Dieter Jancart, Segment Manager High-End Printing Systems at Agfa said “With the Onset Panthera FB3216, we’ve engineered a press that combines raw power and intelligent automation with unmatched speed, versatility and precision. This unique press delivers flawless prints across graphics and packaging while adapting seamlessly to any workflow, setting a new standard for flatbed printing.”
Agfa-Gevaert Group is a leading company in imaging technology and IT solutions with over 150 years of experience. The Group operates through three divisions: Radiology Solutions, Healthcare IT, and Digital Print & Chemicals. They develop, manufacture, and market analog and digital systems for the healthcare sector, for specific industrial applications and for the printing industry. In 2024, the Group achieved a turnover of 1,138 million.
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