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XAAR DRIVES THE FUTURE OF INKJET AT FESPA DIGITAL
Tuesday 29. March 2011 - Visitors are invited to understand the power of inkjet and help shape the future of profitable digital inkjet printing
Xaar, the world’s leading independent supplier of industrial inkjet printheads, invites visitors to its stand at FESPA Digital (Hall A4/Stand E10, 24-27 May, Hamburg) to help shape the future of profitable inkjet printing.
Xaar is synonymous with robust and reliable inkjet printheads and has delivered leading technologies such as TF Technology, XaarDOT and a highly efficient actuator design, which have transformed digital inkjet wide-format printing performance.
“The wide-format sector is a significant part of our business and we are investing heavily to drive further innovative developments to meet the needs of the next generation of printers,” says Mark Alexander, Director of Marketing, Xaar plc. “This is why we are inviting visitors to FESPA to get involved and to help shape the next revolution of inkjet by participating in our Voice of Customer (VoC) programme.”
Visitors are also invited to learn about the development of inkjet in “Xaar, the Va Va Voom of Inkjet” in the Showcase Theatre every day (for full details visit www.xaar.com/fespadigital2011.aspx). As the driving force of inkjet, Xaar takes a look under the bonnet and finds intriguing parallels between the evolution of inkjet and the development of the car. “This is a great way of looking at the important inkjet milestones over the past 10 years and understanding just how far the technology has come,” says Mark.
Xaar printheads in action
The impact of Xaar inkjet technology on the wide-format digital print market can be seen throughout the show. Visitors to the Xaar stand can find out about its range of binary and greyscale printheads for a variety of wide-format and other industrial inkjet applications, including the latest wide-swathe Xaar Proton and the variable-drop Xaar 1001 with TF Technology.
Xaar Proton printers at FESPA Digital include the Neolt Aster-JET (Hall A3/ Stand A50), a scalable and affordable platform designed to deliver quality results with low ink consumption and low maintenance requirements. Companies demonstrating the power and quality of the Xaar 1001 include the single-pass Stork Prints DSI UV five-colour inkjet, single-pass digital label printer (Hall A1/ Stand B31); the versatile Neolt X-JET printing quality display graphics on both roll and rigid media; and the GRAPO Gemini and Shark printers (Hall A1/ Stand D10). These GRAPO UV printers (with 10 and 8 Xaar 1001 printheads respectively) are designed for high resolution printing at industrial speeds to deliver single-pass printing with greyscale quality.
The success of the latest Xaar Proton printhead, which was developed in response to customer feedback, is growing within wide-format digital printers and is a highlight at FESPA Digital. This wide-swathe 54mm binary printhead is designed for high-volume indoor and outdoor graphics and is available in 35 and 60 picolitre versions. Featuring Xaar’s latest “chevron” piezo actuator combined with the innovative nozzle processing methods from the revolutionary Xaar 1001, the Xaar Proton delivers excellent and consistent print performance. The design and flexibility of the Xaar Proton, and its compatibility with a wide range of solvent, oil and UV inks, enables Xaar’s partners to bring quickly to market competitive printers that combine the highest levels of quality and speed with maximum cost-effectiveness and low cost of ownership.
“Xaar technology, and particularly the latest Xaar 1001 and Xaar Proton printheads, lie at the heart of the industry’s most innovative printers,” says Mark. “We will continue to stay at the forefront of printhead development and one of the ways that we do this is by listening to what the industry needs. So come along to our stand at FESPA Digital and get involved in shaping the future of inkjet.”
Visit the Xaar stand for a free map of where to find Xaar technology in action, participate in the VoC programme and pick up a free copy of ‘Industrial Inkjet for Dummies’.