Paul Sanelli, Fuji Xerox Australia business manager, inkjet program, gave the PacPrint Daily a demo of the machine, which is being shown as a technology preview.
Sanelli said those who already attended demos were surprised and impressed when he revealed that during his 10-minute presentation, the machine produced around 13,120 pages.
The dual engine press, which is not yet commercially available, is capable of churning out 1,312 full-colour A4 pages per minute (ppm), about half the speed of the Fuji Xerox 2800 inkjet web press, which has a running speed of 2,624ppm.
Sanelli explained that the smaller machine being shown at PacPrint opened up more prospects for Fuji Xerox Australia. “There aren’t that many customers with the volumes to do 2,624 pages a minute.”
Another machine getting its first-ever Australian showing at PacPrint is the Xerox iGen 150.
The toner-based digital press, which runs at 150ppm, offers high productivity, more automation and better quality than its predecessor, the iGen4, said product marketing manager Mark Williams.
He said it was the only press on the market to offer 2,400×2,400 one-bit resolution – “the same as an offset printing plate”. The iGen 150 also takes a larger 660x364mm sheet as standard.
The configuration being shown at PacPrint is hooked up to a cutting-edge CP Bourg finishing line.
It starts with the BSFEx sheet feeder, an innovative device that answers a digital finishing dilemma, said Williams. “The beauty is you don’t have to make a decision about offline, nearline or inline finishing – you can have all three.”
The unit is fitted inline to the iGen 150 so it can take work directly from the printing engine. However, printed sheets from the digital press can instead be delivered to the iGen’s stacker, fitted before the Bourg sheet feeder, allowing the user to manually load sheets from other machines into the BSFEx.
The iGen 150 configuration at PacPrint also includes a Bourg crease-bleed module, bookletmaker and square-fold module.
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