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Print innovations
Compact photo printers for small format
Epson’s new SureLab D1070-Series of Minilab Photo Printers offer fast, high-volume output and exceptional print quality in a compact design, to meet the growing demand for small-format photos. Epson’s SureLab D1070 and SureLab D1070DE Minilab Photo Printers are designed for retail, event and e-commerce applications. The SureLab D1070DE adds a duplex feeder to provide automatic double-sided printing that’s ideal for photo books, greeting cards, invitations, postcards and more. The SureLab D1070 and D1070DE deliver print speeds up to 460 4”x6”, 275 5”x7” or 140 8”x10” photos per hour, and are up to 10% faster than the previous generation. An enhanced 6-channel MicroPiezo print head, AccuPhoto image processing technology, and vivid UltraChrome D6r-S dye-based inks deliver vibrant, true-to-life images and can accurately reproduce subtle tones in portrait photos with smooth transitions and crisp, sharp details. When coupled with Epson Genuine Photo Media, prints are also water, smudge and fade resistant. The D1070 will be available this fall and the D1070DE in Epson SureLab D1070 Photo 2022. Printer
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An ultra-fast multi-purpose folder-gluer
Bobst’s Expertfold 110 A3 Folder-Gluer offers more versatility and saves packaging converters more time. It adds new, integrated and dedicated modules that produce crash-lock, 4-corner and 6-corner boxes. With these modules, job changeovers from one box type to the next are simplified and can be done much faster. Set-up times can be reduced by up to 80% and changeover times are lessened as well – which is a major advantage when dealing with short runs. The 110 A3 delivers carton production speeds up to 450 meters per minute – and when running 4-corner boxes, can produce up to half a million boxes per day. The A3 version is the newest configuration of Bobst’s Expertfold 110. Until now, the range included versions for the production of straight-line, crash-lock bottom, 4-corner and 6-corner boxes. As a result, changeovers took longer because most of the tooling and conveyors needed to be swapped out. Now, the same module can be used for each box type. With advances built into the new 110 A3, users can save much more time.
A coreless rewinder, trimmer and label printer
Supply55’s new Nepata UA770 30” Coreless Rewinder/ Trimmer delivers fast and accurate rewinds, precision cuts and automatic label printing for lot-number traceability, while eliminating the cost of cores when rewinding. A wide range of materials can be processed – including selfadhesive vinyl films, sandblast mask, vehicle-wrap films, magnetic films, flex films, flock, heat-transfer vinyl, banner materials, VHB tape, photo paper, engineering paper, wallpaper, reflective films, window tint film, and other non-woven films. Benefits include: up to 140 5-foot rewinds per hour; support for coreless or 40-mm core rewinds; rewinding and trimming up to 30” widths; 99.9% rewinding accuracy; precision cuts with a variance of less than 1% for less waste; fewer rejects and reduced customer complaints. Productivity gains of over 40% compared to analogue methods can be achieved. Other advantages include automatic label printing (including bar codes for professional inventory control, reduction in shipping errors and elimination of roll-length errors), metric and imperial system data that’s supported concurrently, and more.
Nepata UA770 Coreless Rewinder/Trimmer
Kern’s new 3200 Automatic Inserter is a multi-format system that introduces automatic switching between different envelope sizes for smoother, uninterrupted processing. Kern’s 3200 comes in three versions, maximum output is 24,000 envelopes per hour, and the technology can be used for both transactional and direct mail. With a newly developed inserting module at its core, Kern added that this is the only system in its performance class that can be equipped with more than one envelope feeder – so automatic envelope changeovers between C4, C5 and DL envelopes while running multiple jobs can be done. A wide variety of modules can also be accommodated – including multi-channel solutions for special applications, multiple inputs in different performance classes, single-sheet inputs and various feeders for inserts. The 3200 can be equipped with up to 16 insertion stations (friction or rotary feeders), while at its exit, it can include a Print@Exit digital printing system.
