The Roland DG VersaSTUDIO BN-20A offers a fantastic opportunity for individuals looking to start a home-based business or for those seeking to expand their production workflows into print and cut applications. With its versatility, the BN-20A is capable of producing a wide range of profitable applications, including custom apparel decoration, decals and labels, wall graphics, POP displays, and much more. Despite its compact size and affordability, the BN-20A is the most versatile print device in its class, delivering quality that rivals even the full production-sized units available in today's market.
The BN-20A is easy to use and affordable to run, providing amazing print and cut quality that can help users stand out from their competitors, test new markets, and achieve stunning results, without requiring a huge initial financial investment. Roland DG has once again demonstrated its commitment to meeting the needs of its customers by evolving the BN-20 to the BN-20A, delivering a product that surpasses the expectations of even the most demanding users.
Model | VersaStudio BN-2A | |
Printing method / Cutting method | Piezoelectric inkjet / Grit roller feed | |
Acceptable media | Width | 5.9 to 20.3 in. (150 to 515 mm) |
Thickness | Printing: Maximum 39 mil (1.0 mm) with liner | |
Cutting: Maximum 16 mil (.4 mm) with liner | ||
Roll Weight | Maximum 13.2 lbs (6 kg) | |
Roll Outer Diameter | Maximum 5.9 in (150 mm) | |
Core Diameter | 2 in (50.8 mm)or 3 in (76.2 mm) cores | |
Printing/cutting width1 | Maximum 18.9 in (480 mm) | |
Ink Cartridges | Type & Capacity (BN-20a) | Roland ECO-SOL MAX 2, 220ml |
Colors BN-20a | 4 Color - CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) | |
Printing resolution | Max 1440 dpi | |
Cutting Blade | Type | Roland CAMM-1 series cutter blade |
Cutting speed | 0.4 (10 mm/s) to 5.9 in/s (150 mm/s) | |
Blade force | 30 to 300gf | |
Software resolution (when cutting) | 0.000984 in/step (0.025 mm/step) | |
Distance accuracy (when printing)2,3 | Error of less than ± 0.3 % of distance traveled, or ± 0.3mm (0.012 in), whichever is greater. | |
Distance accuracy (when cutting)2,4 | Error of less than ± 0.4 % of distance traveled, or ± 0.3mm (0.012 in), whichever is greater. | |
Repetition accuracy (When cutting)2,5 | ±0.004 in (± 0.1mm) or less | |
Alignment accuracy for printing and cutting2,6 | ±0.020 in (± 0.5mm) or less | |
Alignment accuracy for printing and cutting when reloading media2,7 | Error of less than ± 0.5% of distance traveled, or ± 0.012 in (3mm), whichever is greater | |
Print Heater Temperature8 | Fixed at 95o F (35oC) | |
Connectivity | USB 2.0 | |
Power-saving function | Automatic sleep feature / AC 100 to 240V ± 10%, 1.0 A, 50/60 Hz | |
Power Consumption | During Operation | Approx. 90 W |
Sleep Mode | Approx. 5.5 W | |
Acoustic Noise Level | During Operation | 62 dB (A) or less |
During Standby | 42 dB (A) or less | |
Dimensions/Weight | 39.7" W x 22.9" D x 11.5" H in. | |
(1009 W x 582 D x 293 H mm), 79.4 lb. (36 kg) | ||
Operating Conditions | Power on | Temperature: 68o - 90o F (20 to 32o C), humidity: 35 - 80% RH (non condensing) |
Power off | Temperature: 41o - 104o F (5 to 40o C), humidity: 20 - 80% RH (non condensing) | |
Included Items | Power cord, USB cable, blade, blade holder, downloadable software and manual library— including VersaWorks RIP and User's Manual |
*1 The length of printing or cutting is subject to the limitations of the program. | ||
*2 Using Roland specified media, loaded correctly, temperature: 25°C (77°F), humidity: 50 %RH, all pinch rollers are used, 25 mm or more for both right and left margins and 35 mm or more front margin, excluding expansion or contraction of the media, and all correction and adjustment functions of this machine have been made properly. | ||
*3 Using Roland specified media, print travel of 1m. | ||
*4 Using Roland specified media, cut travel of 1m. | ||
*5 Range for assured repetition accuracy: Length 1,000 mm. | ||
*6 Provided that media length is under 1,000 mm. Excluding possible shift caused by expansion/contraction of the media and/or by reloading the media. | ||
*7 Using Roland specified media, data size: 1,000 mm in the media-feed direction, 480 mm in the carriage-movement direction. No lamination. Automatic detection of crop marks at 4 points when media is reloaded. Excludes the effects of skewed movement and of expansion and contraction of the media. | ||
*8 Warm-up is required after power up. This may require 5 to 20 minutes, depending on the operating environment. The preset temperature may fail to be reached 35°C (95°F) depending on the ambient temperature and media width. | ||
*9 Roland Software Package includes: Windows driver, OnSupport software, utility software and R-Works design software |
Roland VersaWorks 6 System Requirements | ||
Operating system | Windows® 10 (32/64-bit) | |
Windows® 8.1 (32/64-bit) | ||
Windows® 7 Professional / Ultimate (32/64-bit) | ||
CPU | Intel® Core™2 Duo, 2.0 GHz or faster recommended | |
RAM | 2 GB or more recommended | |
Video card and monitor | A resolution of 1,280 x 1,024 or more recommended | |
Free hard-disk space | 40 GB or more recommended | |
Hard-disk file system | NTFS format | |
Optical drive | DVD-ROM drive | |
Other requirements | Ethernet or USB port Internet connection and web browser to use Roland@NET |
Please note: Considering that you will be using software such as Illustrator, we recommend that you use as high performance computer as possible to reduce RIP processing time. We also recommend using a hard disk that has large enough capacity, as print files are often tens of GB in size (or larger) when data is high resolution.
* Roland VersaWorks 6 is a 32-bit application, which runs on 64-bit Windows® with WoW64 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit).
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