Versatile new Inkcups printer hits the market
Inkcups has introduced the industrial availability of a flexible new printer that may print immediately onto pliable reusable luggage and different gadgets comparable to arduous items.
The Inkcups XJET Change is a flatbed printer with 4 rotating platens. It prints in CMYK plus two whites, utilizing UV inks and with the white described as “extremely opaque”.
The brand new system is obtainable now, with the primary models simply arrived at Inkcups’ European HQ in Germany.
“We’re prepping these machines now for the primary set up in Europe,” defined Inkcups Europe managing director Bobby Grauf.
“It’s a fully unbelievable machine since you might be constantly printing with hardly any makeready time in any respect, and you may in a short time swap from one product to the following.”
The XJET Change has customisable platens and might print onto quite a lot of merchandise together with the extra-sturdy ‘luggage for all times’ which are discovered at many supermarkets and retailers, and the clear PVC luggage required by massive occasion venues.
Mattress measurement is 650x350mm, whereas most half top is simply over 200mm.
Grauf mentioned the digital, on-demand manufacturing would lend itself to, for instance, seasonal or native promotions.
The XFLEXX UV ink is cured “immediately” utilizing two 16W adjustable lamps.
“It’s an additional versatile UV ink,” he added, which avoids points with cracking or distortion.
The Change can print onto polyester, PVC, nonwovens, canvas, quite a lot of plastics, “and extra”.
The strong system is designed to function over three shifts.
Pricing is from round £155,000.
The system was previewed finally yr’s Printing United present within the US and might be proven on the upcoming Printing United in Atlanta, Georgia, which takes place from 18-20 October.
CEO Benjamin Adner mentioned the producer hoped to exceed buyer expectations with the brand new system: “This direct-to-bag printer generated an amazing quantity of pleasure amongst our clients, who’ve been eagerly in search of a constant and sustainable solution to beautify reusable luggage.
“We enthusiastically anticipate the artistic prospects that our clients will carry to life with the XJET Change.”
Individually, Grauf has expanded his group within the UK with the appointment of Nick Macfarlane as regional gross sales consultant for the UK and Eire.
Grauf mentioned: “Inkcups’ strategic development plans for Europe are properly underway, and the addition of Nick Macfarlane to our thriving European group is additional proof of that. We’re thrilled to be strengthening the assist and repair we offer within the UK and Eire and delighted to have an skilled and results-driven salesperson like Nick serving an vital area for Inkcups Europe.”
Macfarlane was most just lately UK gross sales supervisor at Kornit Digital, and previous to that spent eight years at Ricoh. He brings appreciable know-how in direct-to-garment printing to his new position.