The upgrades – including new software, hardware and finishing features – are designed to make the Truepress Jet L350UV Inkjet Label Press even more productive and profitable for label printers. They include expanded colour gamut, end-to-end job management and inline/offline finishing capabilities. The Truepress Jet L350UV “delivers the smoothest gradations and sharpest detail with the thinnest ink laydown compared to other inkjet label devices,” said the OEM.
The press produces photo-realistic quality of fast-turnaround projects at a top speed of 173.2 square feet per minute. It accommodates web widths up to 13.7 inches and has a maximum imaging area of 12.6 inches. Single-pass grayscale piezo printheads emit Screen’s high-definition CMYK+white UV inks with a minimum droplet size of 3 picolitres. This tiny droplet size combines with printing resolutions of 600 x 600 dpi to create “sharp, well-defined images and text.”
To further extend the colour gamut achievable from the existing Truepress inks, Screen is also launching Vivid Color Mode that attains spot-colour values without the need for spot-colour inks. The simplified process uses Screen’s four-colour inkset in “a fast, efficient process.” Another new quality enhancement improves text printing on coated and uncoated substrates. The new text resolution function included in the Equios digital front end elevates text sharpness to high-definition quality by reducing ink spread across the whole job or on selected elements.
Finally, the Truepress Jet L350UV now adds a new link to the CRM management information system. Integration with the MIS allows JDF communication to Equios, eliminating many repetitive manual tasks and automating planning and step-and-repeat routines. The improvement in efficiency enables the label press to complete more than 25 short-run jobs in one shift. Information fed back in real time to a digital dashboard displays production data, printing speeds and feet of labels printed for all scheduled jobs.
