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A cleaning module to reduce newspaper maintenance Agfa’s new Attiro Cleaning Module for violet newspaper printing plates significantly reduces prepress maintenance, giving newspapers the freedom to clean their Attiro clean-out unit after 12,000 m² of plates. This reduces the workload for most presses to three to four full cleaning interventions per year. The module further streamlines the ease of use of Agfa’s violet platemaking technology. “Prepress staff of newspaper printers worldwide appreciate Agfa’s Attiro cascade clean-out unit, which is characterized by a minimal use of clean-out fluid, easy maintenance and limited energy consumption,” said Rainer Kirschke, Market Manager of Newspapers for Agfa. German newspaper printer Main-Post, an early adopter, added: “The results of the automated cleaning process are excellent,” said Thomas Gabel, Production Manager. “The Attiro Cleaning Module enables us to expand the cleaning cycle from 8,000 m² to 12,000 m². This reduces our workload and costs, as well as products needed to clean the processor. The two au tomated intermediate cleanings can be executed with a simple push on the Attiro COU Display.” Agfa Attiro Cleaning Module
A faster, higher resolution continuous-feed inkjet printer Canon’s new ProStream 1800 Continuous-Feed Inkjet Printer features increased speeds of up to 436 feet per minute and “the highest resolution and print quality of any digital printing press at that speed,” said the OEM. Combining new inkjet innovations with proven offset printing techniques, the press “strikes a unique balance” between high productivity, superior print quality, flexibility and media versatility. It can produce up to 115,000 letter-size or 210,000 6” x 9” impressions per hour while accommodating a huge range of media – including standard offset coated, uncoated and inkjet-optimized papers from 40 gsm to 300 gsm. Users can print calendars, posters and POS applications up to 22” wide and 60” long. The technology also eliminates the need to stop production to switch between different format lengths. By not coming into contact with the paper, the system ensures optimal print results and better preserves the gloss and paper surface. Artificial intelligence linked to a sensor continuously makes adjustments to the drying system during the print run.
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Canon ProStream 1800 Inkjet Printer
A lower-production-cost digital flexible packaging press Characterized by Kodak as “the first digital packaging press to match the productivity of flexo and the quality of gravure,” the new Sapphire EVO W is the first flexible packaging press using Kodak’s latest continuous inkjet technology. With a print width of 49.2”, it can inkjet-print at speeds up to 500 fpm on flexible plastic films, paper and more, in full-colour at 600 x 1,800 dpi. The new press combines Kodak Ultrastream CIJ (Continuous InkJet) technology with Uteco’s rugged press design, gravure priming unit, flexo-white and post coating. Its water-based inks have minimal environmental impact while maintaining indirect-contact compliance for food packaging. Advanced solutions for material transport and drying are built in. Press configurations can be customized to the specific end application. With running costs that are “half the leading digital competitor,” printers can boost profits on higher-value digital jobs. Users can print on paper, PP, BOPP, PE, PET, PETG, PVdC PET, OPA, PVC and more.
Kodak-Uteco Sapphire EVO W Packaging Press
A desktop colour label printer with digital die-cutting Primera Technology’s LX610 Color Label Printer/Cutter is “the only inkjet desktop colour label printer in the world to combine high-resolution colour label printing with digital die-cutting.” Images can be printed at up to 4,800 dpi onto a variety of label materials, then cut to the desired size and shape with a high-precision, carbide-steel knife blade. The printer comes with easy-to-use software for laying out print-and-cut files. In addition, standard pre-die-cut labels and tags can also be fed through the LX610 similar to any other colour label printer. The new printer is ideal for producing samples, prototypes, short runs for client approval, or test marketing before ordering expensive hard-tooled or flexible dies. Dye-based ink prints bright and vibrant colours that are ideal for prime label applications, and pigment-based ink prints labels that stand up to sunlight and water for extended periods of time. Substrates can include gloss and matte paper, PVC, polyester, polypropylene and more.
