Inkcups has introduced the business availability of a flexible new printer that may print straight onto pliable reusable baggage and different gadgets similar 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 gadget is out there now, with the primary items 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 may be repeatedly printing with hardly any makeready time in any respect, and you may in a short time swap from one product to the subsequent.”
The XJET Change has customisable platens and might print onto quite a lot of merchandise together with the extra-sturdy ‘baggage for all times’ which can be discovered at many supermarkets and retailers, and the clear PVC baggage required by giant 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 gadget is designed to function over three shifts.
Pricing is from round £155,000.
The gadget was previewed ultimately 12 months’s Printing United present within the US and can 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 gadget: “This direct-to-bag printer generated an incredible quantity of pleasure amongst our prospects, who’ve been eagerly in search of a constant and sustainable option to enhance reusable baggage.
“We enthusiastically anticipate the artistic prospects that our prospects will deliver to life with the XJET Change.”
Individually, Grauf has expanded his staff within the UK with the appointment of Nick Macfarlane as regional gross sales consultant for the UK and Eire.
Grauf mentioned: “Inkcups’ strategic progress plans for Europe are properly underway, and the addition of Nick Macfarlane to our thriving European staff 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.