Digital Printing

Screen and Lintec raise the bar for food packaging safety

As the interest in food packaging safety grows across the world, so does demand for package and label printing technology that protects packaged food from toxic substances. Responding to this trend and ever-stricter regulation, inkjet printer manufacturer Screen has teamed up with adhesives specialist Lintec to ensure the safety of low migration (low permeability) labels and adhesives for packaged food.

Development of the world's fastest high-powered laser marker capable of variable image printing

Printing of individual information on labels and packages of mass-produced products
Ricoh (President and CEO: Yoshinori Yamashita) has developed a new high-powered laser marker that can print variable information while tracking the speed of high-speed production lines.

Screen enables remote and on-site ‘corona-proof’ testing of new SAI label-printing technology

Remote demonstrations likely to remain relevant and in demand after Covid-19 pandemic.
Screen has turned necessity into a virtue, making its new Truepress Jet L350UV SAI label printer available for remote demonstrations from its Technology Centre in Amstelveen.

Canon Labelstream 4000 series is Fogra certified

Canon and the Fogra Media Technology Research Institute are proud to announce that the LabelStream 4000 series is the first digital press with a 6-color printing system (W + CMYK + O) certified according to Fogra PSD Print Check specifications . The certification confirms the color and print run accuracy as well as a visual check for homogeneity and sharpness of detail.

Koenig & Bauer Durst announces beta testing for VariJET 106

Market launch plans include first beta site for new B1 VariJET press
High performance possibilities also available with Delta SPC 130 and CorruJET 170

Screen develops Beversa aluminum roll press

Development of UV inkjet type aluminum roll printer for PTP sheets that improves traceability by adding information on changes in the packaging unit of each tablet.

Chromos partners open demo center again

This is good news, which Chromos GmbH announced at the end of June. The partner companies of the Augsburg-based trading and service company are reopening their demo centres for visits from customers and interested parties after they had to remain closed for around three and a half months due to Covid-19.

Kyocera receives Osaka Industrial Research Association's 70th "Technology Award" for development of automatic maintenance of inkjet printheads

KYOCERA Document Solutions Corporation (President: Norihiko Ina; hereinafter referred to as "KYOCERA Document Solutions") is pleased to announce that it has become a general incorporated association. We are pleased to announce that we have received the 70th "Industrial Technology Award" sponsored by the Osaka Industrial Research Association. The Industrial Technology Awards are given to promote science and technology and to foster young researchers and engineers.

Add value to your labels with Domino’s new K600i embellishment solution

Domino Digital Printing Solutions is excited to announce the official launch of its next generation digital embellishment solution after its initial preview at Labelexpo Europe 2019. Visitors to the Domino stand were extremely impressed with the quality of the highly embellished labels that were created using Domino’s new, unique UV-curable clear ink UV67CL with two of Domino’s market leading K600i ink jet printers installed on an AB Graphic’s Digicon Series 3 finishing line.

BIXOLON Launches XD3-40t Direct Thermal or Thermal Transfer Desktop Label Printer to the European Market

BIXOLON Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of BIXOLON Co. Ltd, a leading global Mobile, Label and POS printer manufacturer, today announced the launch of the XD3-40t, a 4-inch (118mm) cost-effective Direct Thermal or Thermal Transfer Desktop Barcode and Label printer. Featuring a compact, clamshell design paired with high reliability which is ideal for labelling applications within the Manufacturing, Retail, Transport and Logistics and Healthcare industries.

Sustainability: EFI Nozomi White Ink Delivers Unique Vibrant Full-Colour Print on Brown Board and Achieves OCC Certification from Western Michigan University

High-graphic, efficient digital inkjet corrugated printing on EFI™ Nozomi C18000 ultra-high-speed single-pass inkjet printers continues to reach new benchmarks for packaging providers, including the achievement of another important certification addressing key recyclability needs. Electronics For Imaging, Inc. has received an additional validation from the Western Michigan University (WMU) Recycling, Paper and Coating Pilot Plant – a leading certification organisation for corrugated recycling – that further verifies the recycling and repulpability of boards printed with white EFI Nozomi UV LED inks.