Inkjet & Digital Printing
Screen launches Truepress Jet L350UV digital label press in Europe at Labelexpo 2013
Friday 18. October 2013 - New press expands Screen's packaging solutions portfolio to encompass specialist workflow, flexo platesetters, digital label printing and personalised B2 carton and gifting printing
Dainippon Screen celebrates the launch of the Truepress Jet L350UV digital label press in Europe at Labelexpo 2013 (Stand 9G50) today. Screen has developed the Truepress Jet L350UV to address the exploding demand from major brands for high value-added packaging that can provide greater product diversification. In addition to delivering the highest level of production performance, the press is also able to handle security printing to ensure product authenticity – a growing requirement from brands fighting illegal copying and counterfeiting.
The Truepress Jet L350UV is an innovative and easy-to-use inkjet label press delivers photo-realistic quality, fast job turnarounds and stable, colour consistent, output. The press prints widths up to 322mm (12.6in) and prints at a top speed of 50m (164ft) per minute and requires almost no daily maintenance. It leads the industry as an inkjet printing system for labels with productivity of 16.1sqm (173.2sqft) per minute. Combined with advanced colour management technology based on Screen’s EQUIOS universal workflow, the Truepress Jet L350UV creates smooth, vivid gradations.
To provide a wider colour gamut than is typical with the four-colour process, the Truepress Jet L350UV uses Screen’s proprietary high-definition UV inks. Optional opaque white ink further boosts colour vibrancy while enhancing application versatility by allowing printing on transparent film and metallic foil. The press incorporates single-pass greyscale piezo printheads with a minimum droplet size of 3 picolitres. Printing resolutions of 600 x 600dpi combined with the very small droplet size gives sharp, well-defined images and text. Its high definition accuracy has led to the press being approved by Advanced Track & Trace to reproduce its precise SEAL VECTOR authentication codes used globally in traceability and distribution management systems.
In addition, lamination, die cutting and other post-press processing devices can be connected inline to automate label production from beginning to end. The press is engineered as either a roll-to-roll press for near-line finishing, or with the ability to feature automated in-line finishing such as lamination, die-cutting, foiling, coating and embossing etc.
Dantex, a leading supplier to the packaging sector, is also demonstrating the Truepress Jet L350UV on its booth at Labelexpo (Both 5D20). Dantex distributes the press in Austria, Benelux, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK.
“The global label printing industry is projected to grow from $31.5 billion in 2012 to nearly $40 billion by 2016. It’s a dynamic market and Screen is committed to supporting its diverse needs with quality digital printing systems,” says Brian Filler, President, Screen Europe. “Our focus is on delivering cost-effective solutions that deliver maximum quality, reliability, flexibility and productivity.”
The Truepress Jet L350UV is available immediately at 585,000 RRP.