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DURST'S new Tau 330 digital UV inkjet label press<br />
OMET JetPlus UV inkjet module<br />
widths from 36mm to 352mm. IIJ, which<br />
has a technical partnership with KM, also<br />
launched the XYPrint 200 stand-alone<br />
module fitted with either KM512 or<br />
KM1024 printheads. It is a type of test<br />
rig for process development for product<br />
decoration or materials deposition, or for<br />
investigating UV curing properties, with<br />
an option for LED pinning.<br />
Memjet's printheads are associated with<br />
wide-format inkjet printer/cutters, such<br />
as the Roland VersaUV series. They also<br />
feature on Colordyne Technologies' new<br />
CDT-1600 PC Sprint label press. It has<br />
five printheads – CMYK plus spot color –<br />
stacked in a row, rather than across the<br />
web to give a single-pass speed up to<br />
49 m/min (160 ft/min) on a 10-inch web.<br />
Each printhead contain 70,400 nozzles<br />
and print with water-based inks to give a<br />
claimed resolution of 1,600 x 1,200dpi.<br />
The roll-to-roll press uses an AzTech web<br />
platform and can run with pre-die-cut<br />
labels.<br />
Reflecting the wider acceptance of<br />
single-pass inkjet printing, Agfa has<br />
LABELS&LABELING<br />
revamped its Agora and Altamira<br />
UV-curable inks to cover a broader range<br />
of label and packaging applications.<br />
The different formulations involve<br />
partnerships with piezoelectric printhead<br />
manufacturers to meet the demands<br />
of system integrators and OEMs for<br />
specific market sectors. In a similar<br />
vein, EFI Jetrion's ink division reports<br />
a 'significant increase' in year-on-year<br />
UV-curable ink sales. Apparently Jetrion<br />
users are experiencing rapid growth<br />
and an accelerated rate of innovative<br />
applications.<br />
Interestingly, we are seeing more<br />
inkjet presses that include UV LED<br />
curing, rather than curing with traditional<br />
mercury UV lamps. A much lower heat<br />
generation without IR light emissions<br />
makes it ideal for printing heat-sensitive<br />
substrates on compact inkjet presses.<br />
Honle Group showed the LED Powerline<br />
array for pinning – a partial inter-color<br />
cure – and final curing of inkjet printing.<br />
Phoseon Technology introduced the<br />
FireFly FF200 25 x 20mm and 50 x 20mm<br />
air-cooled lamps with an output of 4 W/<br />
cm². The FE200 has half the Wattage<br />
for pinning purposes. Phoseon's more<br />
powerful FirePower UV LED lamps are<br />
suitable for UV flexo production using<br />
inks and coatings from Flint Group.<br />
The growth in demand for LED-cured<br />
DOMINO N600i<br />
inks prompted Bordeaux to introduce<br />
a 9-color series, including white, to suit<br />
specific printheads and curing rates.<br />
The Israeli ink maker also supplies<br />
conventional UV inks and coatings, as<br />
well as water-based inks and coatings<br />
for wide-format printer/cutters. Its new<br />
Latex inks achieve the same quality<br />
levels of solvent-based inks, but offer the<br />
environmental advantage of water-based<br />
inks. They are customized for specific<br />
printers or printhead technologies.<br />
PRESS DEVELOPMENTS<br />
Screen marked its entry into roll-fed<br />
labels with a prototype Truepress Jet<br />
L350UV. It joins a new sheet-fed inkjet<br />
press for producing folded cartons. The<br />
maximum speed is 50m/min for web<br />
widths of 322mm and 350 mm. Multi-level<br />
grayscale printheads are augmented<br />
with Screen's high definition inks and<br />
proprietary high-resolution screening to<br />
obtain a wide color gamut. The package<br />
includes Screen's Equios Universal<br />
Workflow color management technology.<br />
The L350UV will be seen at Labelexo<br />
Americas, by which time a white ink unit<br />
may be available.<br />
EFI Jetrion has begun installing the<br />
4900, following its Labelexpo Europe<br />
debut. The CMYK, plus opaque white,<br />
print engine uses Xaar 1001 printheads.<br />
It was the first inkjet press to combine a<br />
laser cutter (a dual-head system from SEI<br />
Laser Converting). This slows speeds to<br />
a maximum 24 m/min, but users obtain<br />
print-to-cut production with shorter setup<br />
times, lower material consumption,<br />
including that of durable substrates, and<br />
reduced stock-holding.<br />
Inx International Ink’s new NW140<br />
UV (part of Evolve Advanced Digital<br />
Solutions) also offers laser cutting within