FFEI Graphium – modular digital UV inkjet press with high opacity digital white
Graphium, a modular digital UV inkjet press with high opacity digital white, for the production of labels, packaging and speciality print has been launched by FFEI.
The press is to be revealed at Print13 and LabelExpo, as a machine that gives printers and converters the ability to respond to dynamic product and market changes.
Andy Cook, managing director said, ‘Graphium represents a new generation of digital inkjet press aimed at the narrow web market, low capital investment, high quality print, unparalleled productivity and the most versatile range of applications. Bring all of these factors together and you have a ‘cost-in-use’ that defines Graphium as the most productive, high opacity digital white press on the market.’
The press uses a range of technologies that allow users to convert complex jobs that are not economically viable with standalone conventional or inkjet presses. It combines workflow, prepress, colour management software and head calibration technology, ensuring consistent quality through repeatable production.
‘When developing this press, we wanted to bring our many years of software and inkjet expertise together to create a complete solution that transforms the print process. With Graphium, converters can now achieve greater efficiency from prepress to production and benefit from reduced start-up costs, minimal waste and increased productivity. The return on investment over conventional printing is huge, not only for short runs, but longer also,’ added Mr Cook.
The press offers convertors increased flexibility and productivity, enabling them to accept complex projects requiring a wide gamut of colours on virtually any substrate. Supporting up to six digital modules and six flexo stations, it offers the capability of being able to integrate optional flexo and finishing stations inline for conversion in a single pass. This capability significantly reduces production time and cost in comparison to traditional offline finishing.
