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DS Smith Iberia recently installed the EFI Nozomi C18000 Plus six-color single pass-LED inkjet printer from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in its facility in Lisbon, Portugal.
“The EFI Nozomi C18000 Plus completes the wide range of current products that DS Smith Iberia offers,” said Jorge Requejo, DS Smith Iberia managing director. “This solution will help our clients to promote their brand, personalize packaging and messaging, adapt to the seasonality of their demand, and gain in reaction capacity and impact specific promotions – with photographic printing quality and in batches adapted to what their end-customer demands.
“The productivity of the Nozomi enables a reduction in time to market,” Requejo added. “With the press, we will enjoy the quality of printing that achieves a solution equivalent to offset printing technology without the need for litho lamination. In addition, variable printing is another inalienable competitive advantage to digital printing.”
DS Smith is a provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services worldwide with over 80 years of history and expertise.
DS Smith Iberia’s Nozomi C18000 Plus is 71 inches wide and prints up to 246 linear feet per minute, producing up to 10,000 35x35-inch boards per hour two-up. Its single-pass, piezo inkjet imaging system delivers accurate, high-fidelity color, including excellent, consistent reproduction on solid areas.
The advanced direct-to-board LED UV inkjet printer includes a new transport feed and patented vacuum table systems that eliminate warping while maximizing printer productivity and uptime. The Nozomi C18000 Plus also features an improved post-print quality inspection system to help users monitor quality and quickly identify inkjet nozzle issues or other defects.
DS Smith Iberia’s new printer has a six-color configuration (CMYK, orange and violet) for superior-quality and expanded-gamut imaging with matte, satin or glossy finishes.
EFI Nozomi technology is the only ultra-high-speed, single-pass corrugated inkjet solution to have its output certified for OCC recyclability and repulpability by the Western Michigan University Recycling, Paper and Coating Pilot Plant – a leading certification organization for corrugated recycling. Additionally, Nozomi inks are GREENGUARD Certified, meeting some of the world’s most rigorous and comprehensive standards for low emissions of volatile organic compounds into indoor air.
