UK printer takes Europe’s first Screen Truepress Jet L350UV

Ongoing investment in new technology over the last couple of years has led to a 26 percent growth in print turnover last year at the converter. To drive the next phase of growth, to become a leading European all-digital label printer and to ensure it can deliver high-quality, decorative labels fast and at competitive prices, Springfield Solutions started its search for a high-volume digital label press two years ago. After testing all the presses on the market using identical files, it chose the Truepress Jet L350UV + high-opacity white.

The company has also streamlined design-to-print production to maximize efficiency and flexibility while minimizing turnaround times. GMG color management tools ensure that the Screen Truepress Jet and HP Indigo presses are calibrated to deliver exactly the same results on metallic foil, transparent film, PP, PET and paper substrates. 

The 570,000 GBP (940,000 USD) investment in the Truepress Jet L350UV doubles the company’s label printing capacity, boosts productivity and enables it to develop new label applications.

The new single-pass Screen Truepress Jet L350UV, installed earlier this month, is already in production and complements Springfield Solutions’ existing trio of HP Indigo digital label presses.

‘The decision to become an ‘all-digital’ label company in 2011 is the reason why Springfield Solutions is successful,’ said the company’s operations director Dennis Ebeltoft.

‘The market for labels is changing rapidly as retailers take advantage of the creative and production benefits of digital printing. While run lengths are decreasing, the number of label variants is increasing quite significantly. In just a year the number of jobs we handle has jumped from 800-1,000 a month to 1,500 a month at an average run length of circa 300m each – although run lengths can go as high as 10,000m. Our clients are constantly requesting faster turnaround times and without digital printing technology we couldn’t meet these tight deadlines.’

Brian Filler, president of Screen Europe, said: ‘It’s a significant endorsement of the Truepress Jet L350UV that such a leading digital label printing company has chosen it to drive the next phase of growth.

‘Springfield has huge confidence in how the press can expand production capacity and enable them to develop new label products and open up new creative market opportunities.’