Book cover produced using Xerox’s new white ink on dark stock
Xerox’s new White Dry Ink for the iGen 5’s fifth print station increases the range of specialist enhancements offered by the press.
With the addition of White Dry Ink to the iGen 5, printers can apply special spot effects that enhance the look and feel of printed pieces.
The new ink option offers the ability to print in white only, as well as placing white layers under or over CMYK print. Xerox says a single pass of white produces a “bright, opaque effect”, though there is an automated multi-pass mode for up to two layers; additional layers of white can be manually printed for custom applications such as texture building.
‘Designers will love the ability to use white on coloured and transparent substrates to create promotional items like brochures, business cards, greeting cards and invitations, point-of-purchase signage, direct mail postcards and letters, and book covers,’ said Jim Hamilton, group director at Keypoint Intelligence InfoTrends. ‘The opportunities also extend to packaging applications like folding cartons.’
‘We have been testing White Dry Ink with our iGen 5 and we see great promise for expanding our offerings to our customers,’ said Alan Roberts, senior vice president, Data Communications Management Corp. ‘White Dry Ink has great applications for printing on black and other stocks and as an underlay to create memorable cards, posters, signage and other marketing collateral.’
White Dry Ink will be available for installations from 2 October 2017.
