Hot Products for In-plants
Digital Web Label Press
The new OKI Data Americas pro511DW digital web press is a compact, easy-to-operate web printer that can produce thousands of production-quality, full-color labels per day. It delivers fast, customized printing that can be run in both continuous and cutsheet modes, and produces HD color printing—even on ordinary paper. The press also supports variable data printing for optimum productivity. A heavy-duty rewinder with a pre-assembled slitter is also included. —www.okidata.com
Catfish Web-to-print Platform
Page Technology Group, in partnership with software developer ISL, unveiled the Catfish Web-to-print platform at PODi’s AppForum, featuring an intuitive design and simple user interface. The Catfish platform boasts full mobile optimization, adjusting automatically to the screen size of the computer, tablet or mobile device used to view it. No technical knowledge is needed to build document templates using its standard Adobe PDF design tools. A single document template can then be used across both print and digital communications. Catfish also offers full integration with social media channels. —www.pagetechnology.com
Critical Communications Software
At Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne, Switzerland, last month, Ricoh launched its centralized Critical Communications software and services portfolio. The portfolio offers precise tracking capabilities that will allow printers to easily pinpoint errors in jobs; jobs requiring manual intervention; or documents that need to be reprinted due to downstream finishing issues. The first module is Track and Trace, a feature of DocEnhancer, which provides printers with a way to barcode and scan every printed piece, and create a report showing that every piece was produced correctly, while also allowing printers to control every other part of the production print process.—www.ricoh.com
Mobil Printing Solution
EFI’s M500 Self-Serve Copy and Print Station allows printing from mobile phones, iPads, USB drives and cloud accounts like Google Drive, Dropbox and EFI PrintMe. The M500 station accepts credit cards, campus cards and cash cards at the device, eliminating the need for coin-operated machines. The M500 station features a 10˝ color touchscreen, provides secure encrypted communications and works with any PostScript printer or multi-function printer. The station supports 1D/2D barcode scanning for mobile devices and discount cards. A simple user interface with support for multiple languages speeds transactions. —www.efi.com
Color MFDs With Cloud Connectivity
The new Canon U.S.A. imageRUNNER ADVANCE C2230 and C2225 color multifunction devices produce up to 30 pages per minute (ppm) and 25 ppm, respectively, for both color and monochrome letter-size prints, with a scan rate of up to 51 images per minute. Both models have a maximum paper capacity of 2,270 sheets and can handle up to 12x18˝ paper. They are built on the next-generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE platform, designed to be the core of digital business communications, where imaging technology, cloud connectivity and mobile solutions converge. —www.usa.canon.com
Single Engine Duplex Inkjet
Last month at Hunkeler Innovationdays, Xerox introduced the CiPress 500 and 325 Single Engine Duplex (SED) production inkjet systems. The CiPress SED’s compact configuration—suitable for operations with limited floor space—prints duplex jobs, one-up on a narrow 9.5” web at 500 or 325 feet per minute. Using Xerox’s waterless inks, the CiPress SED produces vibrant, full-color images and graphics on low-cost, plain papers. An ink optimization mode reduces the amount of ink coverage on pages that have more text and fewer graphics. Ink monitoring reports let in-plants know the exact amount of ink used for precise job costing. — www.xerox.com/printing
Paper Lines Combined
Neenah Paper’s new Royal Sundance paper collection is a combination of Neenah’s Sundance line of papers and Wausau Paper’s Royal Fiber, Royal Linen, Royal Resource and Royal Laid papers. The new offerings have been enhanced to include a range of basis weights to mix and match finishes and colors, along with matching envelopes. The collection is available in five finishes—Felt, Fiber, Smooth, Linen and Laid. Neenah Paper’s Universal Digital Finish has also been added to the collection, making Royal Sundance Digital Papers compatible with all digital presses. Every Royal Sundance item is FSC certified, made with 100 percent renewable electricity. —www.neenahpaper.com
Scuff-free Laminate
To protect packaging and publications from blemishes, AmeriLam Supply Group has introduced ScuffProof Matte Laminate, a matte film reengineered at the molecular level that uses no coating to achieve a 5H hardness. Traditional “scuff-free” laminates use a top coating that will burnish with use. Additionally, ScuffProof Laminate can be UV coated, is glueable and stampable, and features a no-hassle product replacment or refund if customers are not satisfied. —www.amerilamsupplygroup.com
Numbering, Scoring, Perfing and Slitting
The Rollem Auto-4 CPS numbering system performs perforating, scoring and slitting simultaneously and comes equipped with a computer program system. With the touch of a finger, multiple numbering on a single sheet, job storage for easy retrieval and batch counting can be easily activated via the computerized panel. With a sheet size of up to 18x23˝, the Auto-4 is ideal for scoring the fold on an 11x17˝ sheet. —www.rollemusa.com
Trimmer With Speedy Changeover Time
Operating at 4,500 cph with 85mm trim thickness capacity, Muller Martini’s Solit three-knife trimmer boasts a changeover time of less than three minutes. It offers complete automation from the book infeed to the trimming center, including the pressing plates and knife cassettes without the use of tools. Patented SmartPress Technology produces a gentle, controlled pressing procedure in which the air between the sheets of paper can fully escape from the product. This eliminates chipping and spine wrinkling and is the optimal pre-condition for the perfect trim. —www.mullermartiniusa.com
Six-up Sheetfed Offset
The new, six-color Ryobi 760E series printing press is now being distributed by Ferrostaal Equipment Solutions North America. Printing at speeds up to 13,000 sheets/hour, the sheetfed press is available in up to six colors with perfector, and has double-diameter impression and transfer cylinders. It also features a large delivery pile capacity and a 26 percent smaller total footprint than comparable six-up presses. Maximum paper size is 30.12x23.62˝. Natural and synthetic substrates, from onion skin to lightweight packaging grades, can be used. —www.ferrostaal.us
