中文If you run a print shop and you have ever watched a job crawl through because you had to reverse-feed the media between layers, Roland DG’s new TrueVis MG2 Series is the kind of launch that makes you sit up. The headline numbers are impressive on their own — roughly double the productivity of the previous MG Series — but the detail that matters is the part about printing up to five layers at once.
The MG2 Series comes in two sizes: the 64-inch MG2-640 and the 30-inch MG2-300. Both are UV printer/cutters, meaning they print and contour-cut in a single streamlined workflow. The pitch is straightforward: help print businesses move beyond commodity signage into higher-value, customised UV applications without sacrificing speed or margin.
Let’s talk about that five-layer trick, because it is the genuine leap here. Using single-pass multi-layer printing, the machine stacks combinations of CMYK, White and Gloss inks simultaneously — so you can lay down a full-colour graphic with a white undercoat, a gloss finish, and a textured or embossed effect all in one go. No flipping the media. No reverse-feeding. No praying the layers line up after the second pass.
Why does that matter to your bottom line? Every reverse-feed is a chance for misalignment, a media jam, and a wasted sheet. Eliminating those steps is not just a convenience — it is the difference between a job that prints clean the first time and a job that eats your afternoon. Combined with an integrated take-up system, the MG2 can run continuous multi-layer production, including unattended overnight printing. For a shop that wants to take on more without hiring more, that is the whole value proposition in one feature.
Roland DG has also leaned hard on image quality. Improved ink placement accuracy, Variable Dot Technology, and “True Rich Color” settings promise vibrant graphics, smooth gradations, and fine detail. Optional Orange and Red inks widen the colour gamut and push Pantone coverage higher, which matters when a brand client hands you a strict colour spec and expects it matched exactly. True Rich Color aims to balance vivid reproduction with natural skin tones and neutral greys — the stuff that separates a “good enough” print from one a client actually pays a premium for.
Running costs got attention too. New 1,000ml ink pouches bring the per-millilitre cost down while cutting how often you swap cartridges — a small thing that, across a busy month, adds up to real labour savings. Automated media setup and calibration reduce the fiddly manual steps that slow operators down, and a new automatic fabric wiper helps keep print quality consistent with less routine maintenance. There is even “Direct Print” functionality so operators can fire off jobs straight from the device.
The software ecosystem is where Roland DG is clearly playing the long game. VersaWorks 7 handles colour management and production controls, while Roland DG Connect offers remote monitoring, production analytics, and business insights. For shop owners who want to know, from their phone, whether the machine is actually running at 2am, that visibility is genuinely useful.
Ryugo Nimura, executive officer for global sales and marketing at Roland DG, framed the launch around opportunity rather than specs: “By combining approximately twice the productivity of the previous generation with outstanding image quality, advanced multi-layer capabilities, integrated print & cut functionality, and lower running costs, the MG2 Series enables customers to produce higher-value applications more efficiently while increasing profitability.”
The target buyer is broad: sign makers, display graphics specialists, label producers, and packaging converters who want to expand what they can sell. Window graphics, backlit displays, stickers, labels, packaging prototypes, promotional materials, and decorative graphics are all on the menu.
Here is the practical takeaway for any print service provider weighing an upgrade. The UV market is growing because clients increasingly want things that look expensive without costing a fortune to produce. A machine that doubles your throughput AND lets you sell premium multi-layer effects is not just a productivity win — it is a margin win. The shops that thrive over the next few years will be the ones that stop competing on price for flat signage and start competing on what they can make that their neighbour cannot.
If your current UV kit is more than a few years old, this is the kind of launch worth a demo — because the five-layer trick is not a gimmick, it is a direct attack on the most expensive waste in your building: time. And time, as every shop owner knows, is the one input you can never buy back once it is gone.
Source: WhatTheyThink
For the wider market, the MG2 is another signal that the mid-range UV segment is heating up. Buyers no longer have to choose between an affordable entry machine that caps their ambitions and a top-end system they cannot justify. Roland DG is pitching the MG2 squarely at the profitable middle, where most independent shops actually live. The risk for competitors is that the five-layer, unattended-overnight story is exactly the capability that turns a print room from a cost centre into a profit engine. Shops sitting on ageing kit should run the numbers: if a faster, multi-layer machine lets you say yes to jobs you currently subcontract, the payback is rarely as long as it looks on paper.
