New products
A more economical digital sublimation printer An ultra-fast desktop label printer
Mimaki’s new TS55-1800 is
“a revolutionary new digital
heat-transfer sublimation
printer that brings high-end
features to the entry and
mid-level market.” Features
include high-speed, one-
Mimaki TS55-1800
pass printing at a high
resolution and high ink-
density, unattended printing via a new mini jumbo roll, and
Mimaki’s nozzle check and recovery system for continuous
operation. The new model prints at 480 x 600 dpi using one-
pass printing at 140 square metres per hour (1,506 sq. ft. per
hr.). Its unique advanced pass system improves the quality of
two-pass printing by eliminating banding. The TS55-1800
achieves all this with low running costs and high productivity.
One of its key features is the optional mini jumbo roll unit that
can continuously feed 2,500 linear metres of heat-transfer
paper to the printer. This enables users to substitute small
plotter rolls with mini jumbo rolls – which can save over 20%
in print-media costs. Its 10 litre ink tanks ensure fail-safe,
continuous unattended operation for extended periods,
including overnight. AstroNova’s digital colour desk-
top printer—the QuickLabel Kiaro!
QL-120 label printer—marks the
company's expansion into prod-
uct identification. Built on the
company’s original colour label
printer, the Kiaro, the QL-120 sur-
passes it with ease of use and
faster print speeds up to 300 mm
per second – making the QL-120
the fastest desktop colour label QuickLabel Kiaro!
printer in the QuickLabel Series QL-120 Label Printer
by AstroNova. Its 1,200 dpi reso-
lution ensures clean, sharp reproduction of small font sizes and
images. The printer's water-based ink and its colour range
facilitate printing on a wide variety of materials. The QL-120
also offers greater durability as well as resistance to water, oil
and solvents. It has an electric cutting feature for post-printing
label web cutting, and can print individual labels with zero label
loss. Its simple integration into existing label-dispensing sys-
tems and networks, and its automatic periodic cleaning feature
which requires no separation of the label web, enables smart
label printing and easy integration into most automated label
production environments.
Exceptionally productive 3D printing technology
Aimed at high-volume manufacturing of production-grade
metal parts, HP metal jet technology “provides up to 50 times
more productivity at a significantly lower cost than other 3D
printing methods,” said the company. Groundbreaking voxel-
level binder jetting technology leverages more than 30 years
of HP print head and advanced chemistry innovation. With a
bed size of 430 x 320 x 200 mm, four times the nozzle redun-
dancy and two times the printbars, and significantly less
binder by weight, HP metal jet “delivers greater productivity
and reliability at a low acquisition and operational cost com-
pared to other metal 3D printing solutions.” HP metal jet will
start with stainless steel finished parts, delivering isotropic
properties that meet or exceed ASTM and MPIF Standards.
“We’re in the midst of a digital industrial revolution that’s
transforming the $12 trillion manufacturing industry,” said Dion
Weisler, CEO and president of HP. “HP has helped lead this
transformation by
pioneering the 3D
mass production of
plastic parts, and we
are now doubling
down with HP Metal
Jet, a breakthrough
metals 3D printing
technology.”
A coating machine for the HP Indigo 20000
AB Graphic International’s ILC760 is a new coater for fully
integrated inline coating on the HP Indigo 20000 digital press.
Supporting water-based or UV coating, it’s a cost-effective,
easy-to-operate, top-coating technology with slitting and
rewinding suitable for production of unsupported film applica-
tions – such as sleeves, IML, wraparound labels and various
flexible packaging top-coated applications. The 760 mm-wide
ILC760 joins the Digicon 3000 in AB Graphic’s growing finish-
ing portfolio for mid-web digital production. “The demand for
digitally-printed packaging is growing well beyond the pres-
sure-sensitive label market into areas such as sleeves, IML
and various flexible packaging applications,” said Tony Bell,
AB Graphic sales director. “AB Graphic is pleased to continue
collaborating with HP Indigo to redefine the boundaries of
digital production by offering cost-effective innovations for
simplified and efficient production.”
HP Metal Jet 3D Printer
AB Graphic ILC760 inline coating machine
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