Anatol owners...chime in?

[IntegrityShirts]

In my Trident manual it shows a screen cap image of the flash cure options as:

SHUTTLE FLASH
RAPID WAVE FLASH
Q-RUNNER FLASH


On my physical machine on the same menu it reads:
IR FLASH
QUARTZ FLASH

Anyone have the same menu as me?  Wondering if there's a software update or something mine missed as it's an older press 2003-2004 era.

[Parker 1]

Bad pic with my phone hope this helps. 

MAIN SETUP MENU
MACHINE
PRINT HEAD
INDEXER
LIFT
SHUTTLE FLASH
RAPID WAVE FLASH
Q-RUNNERAIR FLASH

[IntegrityShirts]

Thanks Parker.  What year is your machine?

[Parker 1]

07' STRATUS. 

[Inkworks]

Didn't Anatol have to stop making/using shuttle flashes due to a patent infringement? Maybe they removed reference of it from their menu's too.

The description in this ebay ad seems to support that:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Quartz-Flash-Unit-Anatol-Q-runner-Screen-Printing-Flash-Unit-/110936389866?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d452f8ea

[IntegrityShirts]

Didn't Anatol have to stop making/using shuttle flashes due to a patent infringement? Maybe they removed reference of it from their menu's too.

The description in this ebay ad seems to support that:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Quartz-Flash-Unit-Anatol-Q-runner-Screen-Printing-Flash-Unit-/110936389866?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d452f8ea

True, but I'm not sure they removed the code from the machines, rather removed the flashes from the market.  My Trident has 4 (quartz) flash control ports on it but I only have the ability to assign parameters to one I think, unless I'm mistaken.

My software is probably old, as the physical hardware suggests things that the software can't do lol

[Gilligan]

I thought it was because the flashes were junk.  I have read about a ton of problems with the shuttles.

Maybe workhorse shut them down and that was just their way of "saving face" though not really the best method, if you ask me.

[Prosperi-Tees]

Workhorse sued them for patent infringement and won. I believe Anatol still can produce them but cant sell them on US soil.

[3Deep]

I don't know about the shuttles but the Q-Runner I know they had to stop making atlease over here, because it was very close to the Javlin flash unit...matter of fact they still make the shuttles I had the option of that or the Rapid wave and I got the Wave.

Darryl

[Gilligan]

Sorry, I meant Q-runner.

[3Deep]

hey I wouldn't mine having a Q-runner it saves a head I think Shannarchy on the forum here has an old one, has to be a first when they could still sell them, might ask him about his.

Darryl

[Gilligan]

I only know what I know because I too like the idea of one and looked into it a bit.

[Parker 1]

Q-Runner will slow production WAYYYYY down. 

[beanie357]

From anatol:
Lost patent suit. Stopped making for us mkt.

I asked when we bought a Titan.

[Gilligan]

Q-Runner will slow production WAYYYYY down.

Not more than trying to print a 6 color job with only 5 colors.