06.08.18
Canon has launched the new Océ LabelStream 4000 series, an industrial-scale UV inkjet press with optional flexo printing, embellishment and finishing units. With a productivity range of 950 - 1672 sqm/hour, the press looks to carve out a significant presence in the growing label printing market.
The latest addition to the production printing portfolio underlines the Canon and Océ combines UV inkjet printing with conventional technologies.
The new press has a key role to play in the wider company strategy, as Crit Driessen, vice president and head of Digital Packaging PPP, explains, “Océ is keen to break into forward-looking markets, and industrial packaging printing offers excellent opportunities for new revenue streams. Digital products currently account for only a relatively small part of this market worldwide, but the share expected to grow rapidly. We are confident that market players will appreciate the Océ LabelStream’s productivity and customizing abilities as a way to add value to label printing.”
The Océ LabelStream 4000 series is a 5-color UV inkjet press (CMYK and white) with a print speed of 48 m/m. It offers print widths of 330 mm (13”) or 410 mm (16”) and an optional performance mode of 68 m/m for less demanding print jobs. Providing a one-pass digital high opacity white of more than 80% at standard press speed the opacity of analog printing technologies, such as rotary screen and flexo, can be matched.
The latest Xaar 2001 UV inkjet printheads, with a resolution of 720 x 600 dpi and different quality modes, provide fine details, smooth tones, vibrant color and solids on a wide range of standard labelstocks including PP, PE, BOPP plus selected special substrates.
The system can be expanded to a full hybrid configuration with a custom mix of additional flexo, embellishment and finishing units turning it into a fully integrated single-pass label conversion line to meet various demands and budgets.
This mix of conventional and digital technologies enables fast, affordable production of high-quality self-adhesive labels – for example, for fast moving consumer goods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Along with the ability to deliver cost-efficient print-to-order run lengths to avoid overproduction digital printing offers an unbeatable advantage in this segment: customization.
Commercial availability of the Océ LabelStream 4000 series in Europe will take place at the end of 2018.
The latest addition to the production printing portfolio underlines the Canon and Océ combines UV inkjet printing with conventional technologies.
The new press has a key role to play in the wider company strategy, as Crit Driessen, vice president and head of Digital Packaging PPP, explains, “Océ is keen to break into forward-looking markets, and industrial packaging printing offers excellent opportunities for new revenue streams. Digital products currently account for only a relatively small part of this market worldwide, but the share expected to grow rapidly. We are confident that market players will appreciate the Océ LabelStream’s productivity and customizing abilities as a way to add value to label printing.”
The Océ LabelStream 4000 series is a 5-color UV inkjet press (CMYK and white) with a print speed of 48 m/m. It offers print widths of 330 mm (13”) or 410 mm (16”) and an optional performance mode of 68 m/m for less demanding print jobs. Providing a one-pass digital high opacity white of more than 80% at standard press speed the opacity of analog printing technologies, such as rotary screen and flexo, can be matched.
The latest Xaar 2001 UV inkjet printheads, with a resolution of 720 x 600 dpi and different quality modes, provide fine details, smooth tones, vibrant color and solids on a wide range of standard labelstocks including PP, PE, BOPP plus selected special substrates.
The system can be expanded to a full hybrid configuration with a custom mix of additional flexo, embellishment and finishing units turning it into a fully integrated single-pass label conversion line to meet various demands and budgets.
This mix of conventional and digital technologies enables fast, affordable production of high-quality self-adhesive labels – for example, for fast moving consumer goods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Along with the ability to deliver cost-efficient print-to-order run lengths to avoid overproduction digital printing offers an unbeatable advantage in this segment: customization.
Commercial availability of the Océ LabelStream 4000 series in Europe will take place at the end of 2018.