The new Screen Truepress Jet L350 UV Inkjet press was the lead attraction at Jet Technologies open house at its architect-designed premises in Rosebery, Sydney, last Friday. Over 120 visitors attended live demonstrations of the new equipment and its near line finishing system (the Smag E-Cut, courtesy of Gulmen Engineering) to see first hand the benefits of digital inkjet printing for diversified, short run, short turnaround output in labels and packaging.
Pleased with the high turnout at the event, Jack Malki, director of Jet Technologies commented that “it was great to see both existing clients as well as clients from outside of the label and packaging industries who are looking to diversify into those fields. Even better, many clients have booked additional time to return in private, with a view to printing and finishing their existing jobs in the privacy of our Demo Centre here in Sydney”.
According to manufacturer Screen, whose proven inkjet technology has been optimised for label printing on this machine, “high throughput, high image quality, simple operation and stability” describe the solution embodied by the Truepress Jet L350UV.
What about cost? Preprocessing savings are significant: Printing digitally means no plates, and also reduces the output of waste sheets caused by registration and colour adjustment during printing. Further savings are achieved on inks. The LV350UV uses Screen's proprietary Truepress inks, which the company says “reduces ink usage to a minimum to achieve top quality finishing”.
Costs associated with increasing sheet counts are also minimised.
In summary, there are six key benefits of the Truepress Jet L350 UV
- Optimised for diversified short run output, enabling printing of the required number of sheets, at the required time and quality.
- High speed printing of up to 50 metres per minute (for a resolution of 600x600 dpi), enabling throughput of 16.1 square metres per minute for 350mm-wide paper.
- Reproduction of wide CMYK colour gamut, with Truepress inks providing coverage of a much wider gamut than previous process colour inks, enabling a natural finish and higher level of quality even for label designs with subtle colour differences.
- Smooth output of gradations. The adoption of grayscale printheads allows droplets to be printed in four steps. This provides smooth reproduction on half-tone images, from highlights to shadows with minimal graininess.
- Straightforward operation and maintenance: all output-related processing can be performed from the front touch panel, ensuring any operator can achieve excellent print quality. Daily cleaning of printheads can also be performed at the touch of a single button.
- Easy on the environment: With digital printing, paper and other material resources are not required for plate creation or colour adjustment, and the use of Truepress inks means low ink volumes are required to achieve a high quality finish.
