Inkjet & Digital Printing
Screen shows the power of creative personalised cartons and gifting products at Labelexpo 2013
Thursday 17. October 2013 - Screen shows the creativity and power of personalised cartons and gifting products that can be produced with the innovative digital Truepress JetSX sheet-fed B2 press in its 'Gifting Gallery' at Labelexpo Europe 2013. The Gallery displays a wide selection of personalised gift and carton products ranging from confectionary and drinks cartons, personalised countdown chocolate calendars, event delegate/guest packs, celebration packs and more.
The Screen Truepress JetSX is the world’s first full-colour, duplex B2-size sheet-fed inkjet press. Its latest-generation high-precision inkjet head minimum droplet size just 2 picolitres can output at 1440 x 1440 dpi to produce text and images that rival offset for quality. The maximum sheet-size of 740 x 530 mm makes it versatile enough to print everything from standard A4, through calendars, folders and book covers, to A2/B2 posters, cards and cartons. The press has a straight-feed, precision vacuum flat-bed paper transport mechanism that enables it to handle media from 0.08 mm up to 0.6 mm, including pre-creased and pre-cut boards. This allows carton printers to print very short and personalised run-lengths without the need to die-cut and score after printing. The Screen Truepress JetSX is the only B2 duplex press that can print inside both horizontal and vertical creases of pre-creased and pre-cut packaging boards. The press also features low energy consumption and efficient ink consumption with minimal waste to meets strict environmental standards.
The first Screen Truepress JetSX B2 sheet-fed inkjet press in Europe was installed last year at UK commercial printer RCS and the second will be installed shortly at Vögeli in Switzerland.
RCS MD Michael Todd described the press as “a game changer for the business, a compelling and unique product that opens the door to more specialised applications and more rewarding business opportunities. Traditional high-volume, low-margin print is declining while consumers’ demand for premium-quality personalised print is growing. Ideally, our target market is the high-added-value print run of one. In the future we would be delighted for every piece of print we produce to be different, a premium product commanding a premium price. The Truepress JetSX lifts digital quality and flexibility to a new level. It is the only duplex B2 inkjet press that can print onto pre-scored and pre-creased boards which allows us to produce dozens of web2print packaging solutions very efficiently and extremely competitively. The press is perfect for producing premium personalised and promotional print and gifts, such as playing cards, count down calendars and packaging.”