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Digital
Lumejet to unveil LumeBar single pass printer at InPrint 2014
Lumejet will showcase a high-speed single pass version of its photonic printing technology as a tech demo at next month’s InPrint 2014 show in Hannover, Germany.
Dr Trevor Elworthy, a former Kodak research scientist devised a way to ‘print’ a 4 micron dot onto light sensitive media. The media is silver halide-based and unlike any other print technology it creates an RGB image (from red, green and blue dyes embedded in the paper) which has a much wider gamut than CMYK.
The result is continuous tone photographic quality with an equivalent half-tone resolution of 8,000dpi from an exposure of just 400dpi. The manufacturer launched its first product, the LumeJet S200, last year and announced that it was looking at wider web and duplex
- Staff Writer, 12 April 2014
Pitney Bowes develops parcel sortation offering
Pitney Bowes has entered into an OEM partnership with a third party to develop bespoke parcel sortation lines for courier firms and postal operators.
The agreement, which is already delivering to clients in the US, involves third party-developed hardware badged as Pitney Bowes who will provide software implementation and sales services for the products.
“We will supply the complete operating system that will drive the sortation lines as well as data capture services so we can provide our
- Staff Writer, 26 March 2014
Montex to launch KBA-built die-cutter later this year
KBA has secured a partnership with German die-cutting kit specialist Montex-Print Ost to develop a dedicated B1 rotary die-cutter based on KBA’s flagship Rapida 105.
The DC-R105 will be available as a single or double unit die-cutting machine that incorporates Montex’s established magnetic cylinder and toolless die technology.
Both options will have a maximum mechanical speed of 14,000sph and maximum production speed of 12,000sph and be capable of handling substrates from 0.03-0.7mm. The machines
- Staff Writer, 25 February 2014
EFI and Konica Minolta launch two DFEs
EFI and Konica Minolta have announced the availability of two new digital front ends (DFEs) - the EFI Fiery IC-308 and IC-415 - designed to drive the Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C1060, C1070 and C1070P family of digital presses.
“The new additions to the Fiery line-up for the Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS family deliver almost 2.5 times performance improvement over their predecessors,” said John Henze, vice president, Fiery marketing, EFI. “This means that print service providers can increase
- Staff Writer, 24 February 2014
