Focus moves into digital

UK-based flexo press manufacturer Focus Label Machinery has launched d-FLEX, its first digital inkjet press.

The d-FLEX press is a full-colour, UV digital inkjet press, with in-line servo-driven flexo print heads and converting facilities. It incorporates the latest high-quality piezo “drop on demand” inkjet head from Konica Minolta, and offers in-line flexo printing/coating, corona treatment, cold foil, laminating, varnishing and die cutting, either in roll-to-roll or roll-to-sheet applications.

'The launch of d-Flex coincides with emerging inkjet single-pass print technology'

 
The modular inkjet system is available in 142mm, 250mm and 330mm widths, with running speeds of up to 50m/min. In addition to process colors, a white option is also available, with LED curing for printing onto transparent filmic substrates. The high-end software and RIP,  with variable information and color management is included as part of the overall package, whilst global support comes through Focus and the Konica Minolta networks of industrial inkjet support companies.
 
The flexo print and converting section of the press also enables off-line overprinting/varnishing of pre-printed webs, with accurate re-registration, at speeds of over 100m/min due to efficient UV curing and full rotary die cutting. If required, customers are also able to pre-coat their substrates, via the flexo print head.
 
Focus said the launch of d-Flex coincides with emerging inkjet single-pass print technology.
 
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