Komori Announces World’s 1st Beta Site for Impremia NS40

Komori Corporation announced it reached an agreement with Shinwa Factory to conduct field testing of the 40-inch Sheetfed Nanographic Printing System, Impremia NS40.

Shinwa Factory is a manufacturing company with annual sales revenue of 3.2 billion yen that provides across-the-board services from designing creative packaging, displays and sales promotion material to high volumes of printing, processing and delivery.

The Impremia NS40, which was a technical exhibit at drupa 2016 and is slated for a sales launch at drupa 2020, is a 40-inch sheetfed Nanographic printing system that uses Nanography technology licensed from Landa.

The press was developed incorporating the know-how and technologies that Komori has cultivated over a long period through its offset printing business.

The press has a printing speed of 6,500 sheets per hour, a true resolution of 1,200 dots per inch (dpi), can handle four to seven colors, with UV, LED or aqueous-based in-line coating and Komori’s well-known quality. The press can handle paper sizes up to 750 x 1050 mm, sheet thickness of 0.06 mm to 0.8 mm, and can print on a wide range of offset paper without any special pre-processing.

“We had two specific requests and when Komori assured us that the press would meet these requirements, we decided to embrace the new Impremia NS40,” said Yasunari Yamazaki, representative director of Shinwa Factory. “One of our requests was the support for small lot production of packages. About 40% of jobs of the total volume of packages that we manufacture are 2,000 sheets or less, and there is a limit to one day’s production (in terms of setup and efficiency). We can expect that the production volume of the Impremia NS40, with a print speed of 6,500 sph and an extremely short changeover time, will far exceed our current offset printing capabilities.

“The other request was to reduce manual steps and fail costs during the production of signs and displays, which is our main business,” Yamazaki continued. “Although proofing is currently used as standard, the colors often do not line up, which wastes a lot of time. With the Impremia NS40, there is almost no blurring of the proof and mass production colors, so we can confidently provide printed items that meet our customers’ expectations without manual checking.

“Even when there is a longer-run production, we will perform color matching of digital and offset color tones as much as possible and aim for a situation in which hands-on print checking is not necessary,”  Yamazaki said. “There are many other advantages such as the press is easy to operate, thin paper also can be printed in-house and there are no variations in color even with additional surface treatments after printing.”

Added Satoshi Mochida, president, representative director and CEO of Komori: “The Impremia NS40 is a digital printing press is powered by Landa Nanography in conjunction with Komori offset technology. Not only does this 40-inch Sheetfed Nanographic Printing System achieve a level of quality and high productivity that was previously unheard of, but it also brings to life gloss and luster on applications, which is the feature of nano ink, as well as the texture that the printing paper possesses. The press can also print minutely detailed expressions accurately.

“Moreover, Komori plans to launch the general availability of Impremia NS40 at drupa 2020.”