NewProducts
Aug. 2009
Founder Electronics taps into on-demand marke
For on-demand commercial printers comes the EagleJet C4200, a single-pass UV inkjet press from China-based Founder Electronics. The EagleJet has a narrow web inkjet system featuring 1001 grayscale printheads from Xaar. The printheads produce resolutions of 1,080 dpi at speeds up to 25 m per minute. The printer, which handles paper web widths up to 420 mm, also enables duplex mono and 2-colour printing at the same time, and duplex 4-colour printing with a tandem configuration. www.founder.com.cn/en
Alwan and X-Rite team up to offer control and standardization
Alwan Color Expertise and X-Rite have come together to offer automated press quality control and standardization software for analog and digital presses, with X-Rite’s IntelliTrax and Alwan’s Print Standardizer. The combined offering, IntelliTrax with Print Standardizer, lets users set parameters based on the press and substrates used so real-time dot gain adjustments can be made. Any G7 and ISO standard printing condition can be matched on every job, so printers can cut prep time, and dramatically cut paper waste and ink consumption. www.xrite.com, www.alwancolor.com
Agfa’s Apogee Suite gets loads of new features
Apogee Suite 6.0 from Agfa has made its debut. The newest version is full of new enhancements and features, including Apogee Portal, a single-dashboard user interface with Adobe Flex technology, and Apogee Preflight, an integrated processing component that anticipates all the steps leading up to the final product. Apogee Digital Print Link is also new, and uses the enhanced Apogee DPL to control and drive digital presses. www.agfa.comMutoh serves up sharpness and speed with new press
Mutoh’s new RJ-900 dye sublimation printer promises to produce photo quality and advanced line sharpness, along with a wide colour gamut, compatible with a variety of CMYK ink sets. It prints at resolutions of 360, 720, 1,440, and 2,880 dpi, depending on the application, at widths up to 42", and uses a 4-colour drop-on-demand variable-dot single-print head. Also on the printer: Mutoh’s Intelligent Interweaving technology, with draft quality speeds up to 426 sq. ft. per hour. Mutoh says the RJ-900 is ideal for POP displays, banners, wall murals, and floor graphics, and costs less than US$9,000. www.mutoh.com UV flatbed from Mimaki: fast, accurate and flexible
Mimaki’s latest inkjet press is the JFX-1631 large-format UV flatbed. Its new UV LED curing system is designed to reduce heat, so a broad range of heat-sensitive media can be used. Ultra-violet rays instantly cure the ink, improving turnaround time and eliminating drying time. The JFX-1631 uses eight print heads to reach speeds twice that of previous models, and produces ultra-fine step accuracy of dot placement even on media up to 63.1" x 122". Direct printing on non-coated substrates up to 50 mm thick is also possible, and a choice of flexible or hard UV inks is an option. www.mimakiusa.comKerio Technologies simplifies mail
The cross-platform Kerio MailServer 6.7 from Kerio Technologies is distributed in Canada by Syncron Cyberkare Graphic Systems. It helps shops simplify e-mail with enhanced anti-spam protection and support for Ubuntu Linux, and Debian. Ideal for small and mid-sized companies, it also has a new IMAP Migration Tool that runs on Windows, Mac, or Linux, and transfers accounts, domains, folders and e-mails from hosted or local IMAP servers. www.kerio.comNew hybrid bookmaker from Zechini
Designed for the production of hard-cover books, finishing equipment manufacturer Zechini had introduced X-Book, a fusion of its Roby Junior case-maker, the Special 85 book press, X-case casing-in machine, and the Cimatic joint-forming machine. The Roby Junior produces hard cover books, round or square, up to extra large sizes. It also features an automatic board feeder, gluing station, and a turning-in station. The X-book produces 200 to 250 books per hour, at sizes up to 500 mm x 460 mm. Zechini says the X-book can be easily integrated with other finishing equipment for techniques like embossing. www.zechini.itCanon caters to monochrome market
From Canon Canada comes a series of black-and-white digital presses: the imagePress 1135, 1125, and 1110 presses render extremely fine highlight and shadow details, with no filling or plugging. They also produce rich deep blacks, halftones, and very fine lines, at resolutions of 1,200 x 1,200 dpi. The three modular engines come with several input and finishing options, including the single-pass duplex automatic document feeder and colour image reader that scans hard-copy documents in colour for archiving. All models have a paper capacity of 14,000 sheets. www.canon.ca
