Productivity and metallic speciality inks from new Xerox devices

Xerox has introduced two new digital colour devices, the Versant 80 and the Colour 800i/1000i, to offer improved productivity and metallic speciality inks respectively.

The Versant 80 combines new features and functionality to produce high-end applications faster on more media types. The Colour 800i/1000i presses now offer Pantone metallic gold or silver specialty dry inks. According to the company the increased automation on both devices keep print environments at peak performance level

The Versant 80 prints at 80 pages-per-minute (ppm), the device delivers Ultra HD, 1200 x 1200 x 10-bit image quality at 2400 x 2400 dpi and can handle a variety of media types with a compact Belt Fuser system and Xerox’s EA Low Melt Dry Ink.

For printers looking for extra productivity the Versant 80 will be available with a Performance Package which maintains top speeds of 80 ppm on all stocks up to 350 gsm along with an in-line spectrophotometer for increased colour automation.

‘We print everything from business cards to perfect bound books, and the Versant 80 enables us to fulfil these diverse, colourful jobs with an offset-quality results which some customers prefer,’ said Tim Sheppard, production director, Alphaset. ‘Additionally, the quality of the print means we’re able to produce short-run jobs more efficiently – saving both time and money for our customers and operation alike.’

The Versant 80 comes with a choice of two servers: the Xerox EX-i 80 Print Server Powered by Fiery or the Xerox EX 80 Print Server Powered by Fiery. Printers can produce variable data-driven personalised communications with the addition of XMPie uDirect Classic Pro software.

The latest Colour 800i/1000i presses include an optional Specialty Dry Ink Station that enhances documents with metallic gold or silver dry inks or applies spot or flood creative effects with clear dry ink.

With the presses, printers can migrate lucrative foil stamping applications, such as invitations, certificates and business cards, to short-run, high-value digital production. Multi-pass printing with clear ink adds an extra textural/dimensional feel and the silver and gold inks produces attention-grabbing effects on a wide range of applications.

Among the devices’ productivity enhancements is a full-width array to automate critical press functions, time to production operational improvements and a new Xerox EX-P 1000i Print Server Powered by Fiery.