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SCREEN Truepress Jet SX
SCREEN Truepress Jet 350 UV label printer
model for print-on-demand books
and transactional print. Both devices
are supported by Pasharp software
with trapping tools, specialized stepand-repeat,
and a series of editing
tools. PhotoPack is based on Adobe
Photoshop for dealing with complex
image processing, including trapping,
line extraction and color separation
functions.
Inkjet printing is synonymous with the
individual coding and serializing of all
forms of packaging. Atlantic Zeiser's
Digiline Web 300 extends the concept to
include security features by integrating
its Delta 105i and Omega 36i high-speed
inkjet printers. The Digiline Sheet 300
uses an Omega 36i printer. Both systems
use AZ's Smartcure Air UV LED curing
system. A partnership with press maker
KBA see the integration of Delta 105i
modules on Rapida 105 sheet-fed offset
presses for coding sheets, including
labels, and flat packaging. AZ's Vericam
verification system can be optionally
integrated.
KONICA MINOLTA’S prototype KM1 B2
inkjet press developed in combination with Komori
LABELS&LABELING
HYBRID INKJET/FLEXO
FFEI introduced a separate white/spot
color print unit for placing before or
after the CMYK Caslon print engine.
Cambridge-based FFEI also featured
an upgrade to the RealPro Workflow
software. The Caslon was jointly
developed with Nilpeter. Both companies
share the sales and marketing functions.
Nilpeter typically sells the Caslon as part
of a hybrid press with FA-4 UV flexo print
units, die-cutting and other finishing units
in web widths up to 420mm. Caslon's
top speed is 25m/min or 50m/min
depending on resolutions using Xaar
1001 printheads. Nilpeter has installed 15
Caslon hybrid lines since its introduction
five years ago. Caslon units also operate
in a stand-alone mode using Nilpeter's
FA Line web transport system.
From the oldest hybrid press to the
newest: the d-Flex from Focus Label
Machinery. It prints CMYK with an
optional opaque white at up to 50 m/
min using Konica Minolta printheads.
LED UV curing allows printing on
clear and metallic films. The press is
available in widths of 142mm, 250mm
and 330mm. The press includes inline
servo-driven flexo units, die-cutting,
cold foiling, laminating and varnishing in
roll-to-roll or roll-to-sheet formats. Offline
overprinting and varnishing with accurate
re-registration at 100m/min is possible.
The d-Flex package includes software
and a RIP with variable data and color
management.
Omet launched the CMYK JetPlus
inkjet module, shown integrated with an
8-color XFlex X6 430 combination press.
It can also run inline with Varyflex V2
platform presses for flexible packaging,
at a claimed average speed of 60m/
min. The JetPlus module allows users to
switch between digital printing and UV
flexo printing according to run lengths
with end-to-end production. This includes
Omet's Monotwin Cut die-cutting system,
which is said to reduce downtimes for die
or cylinder changes. JetPlus includes an
automatic washing system that prevents
the ink from drying during stoppages.
SHEET-FED INKJET
Drupa 2012 will be remembered for the
emergence of sheet-fed inkjet presses for
producing folded full-color cartons and
print-on-demand packaging applications
to a B2 format (500 x 707mm or 19.66
x 27.83 inches). Examples include
Fujifilm's new Jet Press 720 fitted with the
company's Samba printhead technology.
Using water-based pigment inks, it prints
process colors at 1,200 dpi resolution
with four levels of grayscale for an
extended color gamut. Fujifilm claims
offset-type quality for print runs of less
than 100 units upwards, including paper
and filmic prime labels.
MGI Digital Technology displayed
another sheet-fed prototype. The French
company's Alphajet B2-format press
offers six colors and spot UV-cured
coatings (of the type offered for its