The company says the new AlphaJet B2 sheetfed digital inkjet press effectively bridges the gap between the advantages of offset (speeds, accuracy and quality) and the benefits of digital technologies (on-demand, no make ready and variable data), while providing flexibility and versatility. Features include production speeds of up to 3,000sph, six colour UV inkjet printing, spot or flood UV coating, resolutions of up to 1200 x 1200 DPI, cut sheet sizes of up to 52 x 74 cm, substrate weights up to 500 gsm and full variable data printing.
It previewed the latest member of the Meteor series of multi-substrate digital presses, the Meteor DP9800 XL. Designed for a high production environment, it prints up to 5,000 A4/letters per hour at 3600dpi x 270lpi resolution with adjustable lpi, including stochastic. It prints paper up to 400gsm, plastic up to 450 micron and C4/C5/C6 and DL envelopes. It also auto-duplexes up to 300 gsm with a duty cycle of 800,000/month with no click charge.
The new JetVarnish3D is designed to produce textured and raised effects on digital or offset prints up to 52 x 105 cm. For printers interested in higher volume spot UV coating without the raised effects, the Jetvarnish 3D can provide this capability via an additional row of print heads.
MGI says its Jetcard inkjet card factory provides card manufacturers with an all-inclusive production solution, from printing through encoding, adding that it is less expensive than offset, even on runs in excess of 500,000 cards and is also faster than offset. Key specifications are production speeds up to 8,000 cards per hour in simplex, pre-print coating, 720 x 2160dpi inkjet printing in six plus UV colours; spot or flood UV coating for card protection; security inks revealed only under a black light; signature panel printing; choice of flat or textured background; read & write on HiCo/LoCo magnetic stripes; automated quality controls; print on blank CR-80 format cards from 300 to 1000µ; and drop-on-demand (piezo) technology. Options include white, custom colours and 3D effects.
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