Start building a t-shirt, poster, sticker, and decal graphics printing business, all from the comfort of your desktop. With the VersaSTUDIO BN-20, you can print, cut, and create high-quality graphics without the high price tag.
Easily the most versatile print device in its class— print and cut on a huge range of vinyl, films, and media
In addition to traditional graphics, you can create heat transfer graphics for jerseys, hoodies, bags and more
Legendary Roland DG machine reliability combines with exceptional image and color quality to give you the solution you need to succeed
Creative People Love the BN-20
Despite a low-price tag that makes it comparable to “art and graphics printers” on the market, the BN-20 printer/cutter is a serious machine that offers seriously great results. Used by everyone from hobbyists who are looking to take their home business to the next level, to graphic design professionals who need quality and versatility from a desktop device, to businesses that want to create custom graphics from their stores and offices, the BN-20 empowers creative people to do amazing things.
Create Print and Cut Graphics
with One Awesome Machine
Not only does the BN-20 print quality graphics up to 1440 dpi, but it cuts them as well! This means you can create labels, decals, t-shirt transfers and other products that are cut to the unique compositions of your designs. You can also print and cut laminated graphics as part of a Quadralign® optical registration system workflow that automatically compensates for skew and distortion— remove your prints, laminate them and reload them for cutting.
Distinguishing Features
Compact 20-inch inkjet with integrated printing and contour cutting
A versatile machine for printing t-shirt graphics, decals, stickers, signs, posters and more
Ink options include CMMYK, CMYK+White and CMYK+Metallic Silver
Legendary Roland reliability for continuous, economical production
Simplify Graphics
with Easy RIP Software and Operation
The BN-20 has been engineered to make print production easy for users of all skill levels. In addition to a simplified control panel for operating your device, it includes VersaWorks 6 RIP software for managing all your print and cut output. With a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface and powerfully simple RIP production tools, it takes all the complexity out of digital printing.
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Get Your Start in Custom Graphics
with So Many Products
Build a business from your home, studio or office space with the compact VersaSTUDIO BN-20 that’s perfect for applications such as labels, decals, heat transfer apparel prints, and posters. It easily handles the following materials in rolls up-to 20-inch by 50-foot:
Keep on Producing with Low Running Costs and High Reliability
Built with Roland DG’s legendary reliability, the BN-20 features the following machine advantages that ensure you’re always printing and profiting:
A gold-plated head to reduce static and prevent ink-clogging.
A wiper system that decreases wear and tear on the print head— prolonging its life by reducing ink buildup.
An automated ink circulation system reduces ink waste to dramatically lower running costs while ensuring consistently professional image quality
Professional Ink Options
in a Desktop Device
Roland Eco-Sol MAX ink offers fast drying time, high density, a wide color gamut, rugged scratch resistance, low cost per square foot, and flexible media options. The BN-20 can be set up for printing on both standard and luxury media substrates.
Eco-Sol MAX ink is available for the BN-20 in the following configurations:
CMYK
Four-color standard process color inkjet printing
CMYK+W (White)
For use with clear or colored media on packaging comps, labels, window signs, and other popular applications, white ink can be printed as a spot color or an undercoat to increase the brightness and opacity of full-color images
CMYK+Mt (Metallic Silver)
Metallic Silver ink can be printed as a spot color or combined with CMYK to produce over 500 striking metallic and pearlescent colors, including Roland’s Metallic Texture Library of different texture fills
CMYK (aqueous ink)
High-density water-based ink creates brilliant colors and excellent print quality for short-term indoor applications
Professional Cutting Quality
in a Desktop Device
The ability to cut as well as print is what makes the BN-20 so different from many other desktop printer devices on the market. It features state-of-the-art cutting that provides consistent results and isn’t prone to the problems inherent in craft cutter devices with simple up/down electronic controls. The advanced cutting carriage on the BN-20 also prevents “bounce” against the media to ensure super-crisp cutting results.
Included VersaWorks 6 RIP Software
Featuring the latest HARLEQUIN dual-core engine for faster processing times, this easy-to-use RIP software is the hub of production for the BN-20 and allows even novice users to take full advantage of advanced capabilities.
Add cut lines directly in the RIP— change vector data into cut line data
Easy drag-and-drop interface allows you to quickly add jobs to the print queue
Integrated spot color libraries include Pantone and Roland Color libraries.
And many more intuitive tiling, cropping, nesting and other features that have made VersaWorks the world’s favorite software RIP.
One-Year Trouble-Free Warranty and Assurance
The VersaStudio BN-20 is warranted for a period of one year, including parts and labor. Roland’s international ISO certifications are your assurance of quality and reliability backed by first-rate customer service and technical support.
Making profit on custom short run apparel is all about versatile and easy-to-use t-shirt equipment. And that’s where the VersaStudio BN-20 stands out, delivering vibrant printing, contour cutting and metallic ink all from one affordable device. Choose our specialized HeatSoft® Transfer Material (ESM-HTM2) and Polyester Transfer Mask (PGM-PTM), specifically designed to work with Eco-Sol MAX ink for print/cut inkjet transfers to cotton or cotton blend garments.
Custom Labels
Available for the VersaStudio BN-20 printer/cutter, Metallic Silver Eco-Sol MAX can be printed as a spot color for vibrant silver text and graphics or combined with CMYK to create an entire spectrum of metallic hues including gold, bronze and a host of pearlescent colors. This breakthrough silver ink technology delivers high density and enables you to produce stunning labels and packaging prototypes that command premium prices. The BN-20 also comes with a white ink configuration for printing crisp white text and graphics on clear and reflective media. When printed as an undercoat, white ink also increases the brightness and opacity of four-color images for results that really pop.
Eye-Catching Decals
The 20” VersaStudio BN-20 desktop printer/cutter is ideal for producing full color logos, stickers and other print/cut graphics. The VersaStudio streamlines the production process by automatically contour cutting printed graphics, eliminating the need to reload and reposition graphics. For laminated graphics, our Quadralign® four-point optical registration system allows users to remove prints, laminate and simply reload them for precision cutting. Quadralign automatically realigns the cutting path and compensates for skew and distortion.
Printed and Contour Cut Window Signs and Other Graphics
The BN-20 features Roland's integrated print/cut technology that facilitates a one-step seamless production cycle for both the high-resolution printing and contour cutting required to produce sophisticated window signs. Users equipped with the white ink option can also add white text, graphics and other accents to a variety of clear and reflective media options commonly used for window signs. Our 20" rolls of Clear and White Static Cling media are specifically formulated for eco-solvent ink printing with the BN-20. ESM-CSC and ESM-WSC are self-clinging films which require no adhesive, apply quickly to glass and most smooth polished surfaces, and are easily removed.
*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 emdia, 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).
