Packaging

IIJ launches ColourPrint 282 with 11 inch full-colour print width

Tuesday 02. March 2010 - At the end of November last year Industrial Inkjet Ltd successfully completed testing of their new inkjet print engine, the ColourPrint 282. This print engine has a print width of 282mm or 11 inches - an ideal size for digital label printing.

The standard module provides full colour print using CMYK inks. ColourPrint uses the compact and reliable KM1024 printheads from Konica Minolta, and in line with customer requests the unit can be fitted with different printhead models using 6, 14 or 42 pl drop sizes. All KM1024 printheads can run in greyscale or high-resolution binary modes; the ideal mode can be quickly selected in software for any particular print job.

The total number of printheads used in the ColourPrint 282 is 16, or 4 printheads for each colour.
“Our previous model, the ColourPrint 142 has only half that print width, and for many industrial sectors we found that 142 mm is just not enough. Particularly in the label and packaging market a wider solution was needed. Our new print engine comes very close to the A3 sheet format.” Says John Corrall, Managing Director of Industrial Inkjet Ltd., “We do not offer full stand-alone printing systems. Instead our print engines are sold to machine builders or system integrators who are looking for a simple easy and reliable inkjet solution. To our customers using our Print Engines is a way of hugely reducing the lead time before they can deliver a finished product. Our print engines are very simple and easy to integrate.”

A ColourPrint 282 unit is now on demonstration in the UK office of Industrial Inkjet Ltd, near Cambridge. IIJ welcomes customers to try the print engine, printing their own images on their own media. The print engine will be shown on a new reel-to-reel system at the IPEX and FESPA shows this year.

IIJ believes their clients will find the new print engine a very good solution for many different applications including white carton and direct product decoration (including glass). Industrial Inkjet will use its very extensive experience to help their clients achieve their project goals in record time.
Industrial Inkjet believes in keeping inkjet simple!