Not one but two supersized Fujifilm inkjet presses to land at PacPrint13

Fujifilm's stand will feature demonstrations of the Jet Press 540W digital inkjet web press and its sheetfed sister machine, the B2-format Jet Press 720.

The Jet Press platform was one of the first inkjet machines developed in the larger format. A prototype of the sheetfed version press was first shown at Drupa 2008, when its only true rival was the Screen Truepress JetSX.

At Drupa 2012, competition heated up, with HP, Miyakoshi, Landa, MGI and Xeikon all entering the B2 space with various machines.

[Feature: The rise of B2 inkjet]

Fujifilm also used Drupa 2012 to demonstrate new technology, when it launched the web version of the Jet Press.

The single-tower Jet Press 540W can run at a maximum speed of 127 metres per minute and allows a maximum print width of 540mm.

It uses Fujifilm's Vividia ink, which the manufacturer said "allows high-density images to be printed at a high speed, with less ink transfer from sheet to sheet, [and] with high quality reproduction possible even on thin paper.

"A variety of ink types, including pigment and dye-based inks, have been developed for use with this press, maximising the application flexibility and versatility of the machine."

Fujifilm recently announced the first two orders for Jet Press machines in Europe, the first models sold outside of Japan and the US.

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