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