Name: VersaSTUDIO BN-20A Desktop Inkjet Printer/Cutters
Brand: Roland DGA
SKU: ROBN20A
Price: 3995.00 USD
Availability: InStock

VersaSTUDIO BN-20A Desktop Inkjet Printer/Cutters

by Roland DGA

SKU ROBN20A

$3,995.00 - $3,995.00

$3,995.00

$3,995.00 - $3,995.00

$3,995.00

Quantity

Availability:

In stock

Backordered Until January 2025

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VersaSTUDIO BN-20, BN-20A

Desktop Inkjet Printer/Cutters

Start building a t-shirt, poster, sticker, and decal graphics printing business, all from the comfort of your desktop. With the VersaSTUDIO BN-20 t shirt graphic printing & cutting machine, you can print, cut, and create super high-quality graphics without the super high price tag.

Easily the most versatile print devices in their 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 quality and color to give you the solution you need to succeed

BN-20

PRINTER/CUTTER

ECO-SOL MAX

INK TYPE

CMYK + White
CMYK + Metallic

APPLICATIONS

GRAPHICS, APPAREL, LABELS
DECALS, SIGNS, DISPLAYS,
POSTERS, VEHICLE GRAPHICS,
ART AND WALL DÉCOR

APPLICATIONS

AN AUTOMATED INK CIRCULATION SYSTEM
RECIRCULATES WHITE INK
AND REDUCES INK WASTE

ADDITIONAL PRINTING ON DARK, CLEAR, AND METALLIC MEDIA

SPECIAL FEATURES

BN-20A

PRINTER/CUTTER

ECO-SOL MAX2

INK TYPE

CMYK

INK CONFIGURATIONS

GRAPHICS, APPAREL, LABELS,
DECALS, SIGNS, DISPLAYS,
POSTERS, VEHICLE GRAPHICS,
ART AND WALL DÉCOR

APPLICATIONS

A HIGH-SPEED PRINT MODE
FOR INCREASED
PRINT SPEED

APPLICATIONS

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BN-20’s Love

Creative People

Despite a low-price tag that makes it comparable to “art and graphics printers” on the market, the BN-20 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, BN-20 technology empowers creative people to do amazing things.

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Create Print and Cut Graphics

with One Awesome Machine

Not only do BN-20 devices print quality graphics up to 1440 dpi, but they can automatically contour cut 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.

A state-of-the-art cutting operation provides consistent results and isn’t prone to the problems inherent in craft cutter devices with simple up/down electronic controls. Instead, they ensure super-crisp cutting results on a wide range of products— supporting rolls up-to 20-inches wide by 50 ft. and weighing up-to 13 lbs.

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Heat Transfer Graphics and Apparel

Customize t-shirts, jerseys, gym bags, aprons, hoodies and so much more using a BN-20 and heat-transfer media as part of a heat-transfer workflow. Put your own artwork on fabric products or create company branded merchandise.

Die-Cut Labels and Decals

Print and cut on a huge range of adhesive vinyl and film to produce car stickers, logo stickers, product labels and so many more die-cut products— create individual stickers or sticker batches with ease.

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Signs Displays and Posters

Create everything from promotional signs and company displays to custom posters and photographic prints with media flexibility on a huge range of coated and uncoated materials.

Vehicle Graphics

Add company branding, promotions, and business messaging to cars and other vehicles with the ease of integrated print/cut— create die cut products by printing and cutting a wide variety of adhesive and self-clinging film media.

Window Graphics

Produce professional quality window clings and graphics for stores, restaurants, and other businesses— print and cut with a wide variety of adhesive and self-clinging film media for profitable displays and sales promotions.

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Art and Wall Décor

Add your art, designs, and photography onto a world of media— print/cut vinyl graphics or put your designs on artistic substrates like canvas, gloss paper and matte paper.

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Distinguishing Features

Now compatible with True Rich Color presets in VersaWorks 6 to widen your color gamut and achieve bolder and more targeted color results.
A simplified media feed system automatically aligns roll media for printing— ensuring proper placement and tracking.
Print, cut and laminate graphics— remove prints, laminate, and reload for cutting— automatically realigning and compensating for skew and distortion.

The BN-20’s Energy Star® seal of approval guarantees maximum energy efficiency to lower your electric bills.
Roland DG OnSupport automatically manages your production— e-mailing you when ink is low, a job is finished, or when you need to download a firmware upgrade.
The BN-20A model features a streamlined installation process for easy set-up.

Produce and Profit from Graphics with the BN-20

BN-20 devices are perfect for prints, posters and stickers and producing on-demand, heat transfer custom graphics for t-shirts, hoodies, bags and many more popular and profitable items.

Apparel Profit Calculator

Numbers shown are estimates based on averages only and will vary by each job and use.

Blank Item Cost

Material + Ink Cost

Graphic Size

Retail Price

Pieces per Hour

Profit per Hour

Hoodies

$15.00

$1.20

9" x 5"

$30.00

20 $276.50

Jerseys

$15.00

$2.40

9" x 5" (2 sides)

$35.00

10 $176.00

T-Shirts

$2.00

$0.72

6" x 4.5"

$11.00

30 $248.40

Warmups

$50.00

$2.40

9" x 5" (2 sides)

$75.00

10 $226.00

Bags

$15.00

$2.40

9" x 5" (2 sides)

$50.00

10 $326.00

Decals/Labels

N/A

$0.04

3" x 3"

$1.00

67 $64.32

Included VersaWorks 6

RIP Software

BN-20 devices have been engineered to make print production easy for users of all skill levels. In addition to a simplified control panel operation, it includes VersaWorks 6 RIP software, with powerfully simple RIP production tools, for managing all your print and cut output.

HARLEQUIN RIP dual core engine and 64-bit native processing for enhanced speed and file handling.

Easy drag-and-drop interface allows you to quickly add jobs to the print queue.

Add cut lines directly in the RIP— change vector data into cut line data.

Integrated spot color libraries include Pantone and Roland DG Color libraries.

A variety of profiles designed for different types of application, enable high-quality print output without difficult settings.

Intuitive tiling, cropping, nesting and other features that have made VersaWorks the world’s favorite software RIP

VERSAWORKS 6

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Included VersaWorks 6

RIP Software

HARLEQUIN RIP dual core engine and 64-bit native processing for enhanced speed and file handling.

Easy drag-and-drop interface allows you to quickly add jobs to the print queue.

Add cut lines directly in the RIP— change vector data into cut line data.

Integrated spot color libraries include Pantone and Roland DG Color libraries.

A variety of profiles designed for different types of application, enable high-quality print output without difficult settings.

Intuitive tiling, cropping, nesting and other features that have made VersaWorks the world’s favorite software RIP

VERSAWORKS 6

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Roland DG Connect App

For Everything Creative

Gain a detailed understanding of your entire print operation while keeping your device running at optimum performance with a user-friendly app specially designed to integrate seamlessly with your VersaSTUDIO BN-20. Reduce downtime and improve efficiency with a machine monitoring assistant that works in complete harmony with your device.

LEARN MORE

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Roland DG’s Industry-Leading Warranty and Support

For over 35 years, Roland DG has earned a reputation for building long-lasting, high-performance devices. BN-20 devices are no exception and feature legendary Roland DG reliability for continuous, economical production—all backed with first-rate customer service and support.

For added assurance and peace-of-mind, BN-20 printer/cutters are supplied with a One-Year Trouble-Free Warranty upon registration.

Additional Information

VersaStudio BN-20 Series

Model	Table header 1	VersaStudio BN-20 Series
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)
	Core Diamater	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-20)	Roland ECO-SOL MAX, 220ml
	Four colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black)	Four colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black)
	Type & Capacity (BN-20a)	Max. 1,200 dpi
	Colors (BN-20)	5 Color – CMYK + White (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, and White) 5 Color – CMYK + Metallic (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black and Metallic)
	Colors (BN-20 & 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	During Operation62 dB (A) or less
	During Standby	42 dB (A) or less
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 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

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).

VersaSTUDIO BN-20A Desktop Inkjet Printer/Cutters

Take advantage of year-end tax savings! Ask us about Section 179 tax savings →

VersaSTUDIO BN-20, BN-20A

BN-20

BN-20A

BN-20’s Love

Creative People

Create Print and Cut Graphics

with One Awesome Machine

Heat Transfer Graphics and Apparel

Die-Cut Labels and Decals

Signs Displays and Posters

Vehicle Graphics

Window Graphics

Art and Wall Décor

Distinguishing Features

Produce and Profit from Graphics with the BN-20

Blank Item Cost

Material + Ink Cost

Graphic Size

Retail Price

Pieces per Hour

Profit per Hour

Hoodies

$15.00

$1.20

9" x 5"

$30.00

20

$276.50

Jerseys

$15.00

$2.40

9" x 5" (2 sides)

$35.00

10

$176.00

T-Shirts

$2.00

$0.72

6" x 4.5"

$11.00

30

$248.40

Warmups

$50.00

$2.40

9" x 5" (2 sides)

$75.00

10

$226.00

Bags

$15.00

$2.40

9" x 5" (2 sides)

$50.00

10

$326.00

Decals/Labels

N/A

$0.04

3" x 3"

$1.00

67

$64.32

Included VersaWorks 6

RIP Software

Included VersaWorks 6

RIP Software

Roland DG Connect App

For Everything Creative

Roland DG’s Industry-Leading Warranty and Support

Additional Information

VersaStudio BN-20 Series

Download Your VersaStudio BN-20 Series Brochure