Anthony Locicero, Associate Editor08.25.17
Xerox’s White Dry Ink for the iGen5 Press' fifth print station is set to hit the market in October. But those interested can get a firsthand look during the Print 2017 Expo in Chicago.
“White Dry Ink can be used to add digital print enhancements to a wide-variety of applications on colored and transparent substrates that will broaden what customers are able to offer,”said Amy Stear, iGen worldwide product marketing manager, Xerox. “In many cases, it will be used for applications that customers are already using today, such as direct mail, greeting cards, invitations and postcards. It will also extend into folding carton and window cling applications.”
Stear touted the technology’s advantages, highlighting:
Laying down a layer of white under CMYK improves the gamut for four-color printing on a wide variety of specialty colored substrates, according to Hunter.
Another benefit, Hunter added, is the ability to “do everything” on one press.
“There’s no need to pre-print white layers on shells,” he explained. “The press prints in automated multi-pass mode for up to two layers of white. Additional layers of white can be manually printed for custom applications.”
The White Dry ink has been in the works for nearly a year – after the 2016 release of Clear Dry Ink – according to Stear.
“A few years back we sent out a survey to gather which digital print enhancements customers wanted to see next,” Stear said.
While installs won’t begin until Oct. 2, Xerox has been testing the White Dry Ink in the U.S. and Canada at three different customer sites, according to Stear.
“We’ve received extremely positive feedback so far in the applications we’ve shown to our customers,” she told Ink World. “They’re impressed by the range of applications we’re showing them along with brightness and opacity of white that can be achieved in one to two layers of white.”
According to InfoTrends, digital print enhancement volume is predicted to grow at a 27 percent CAGR from 2015 to 2020, reaching 25 billion pages by 2020 in the U.S. and Western Europe.
The Print 2017 Expo runs from Sept. 10-14. Xerox will be at booth #1302.
Photo courtesy Xerox
“White Dry Ink can be used to add digital print enhancements to a wide-variety of applications on colored and transparent substrates that will broaden what customers are able to offer,”said Amy Stear, iGen worldwide product marketing manager, Xerox. “In many cases, it will be used for applications that customers are already using today, such as direct mail, greeting cards, invitations and postcards. It will also extend into folding carton and window cling applications.”
Stear touted the technology’s advantages, highlighting:
- The ability to print White Dry Ink only, as well as white layers under or over CMYK;
- “Outstanding” brightness and opacity that’s achievable in a single pass of white;
- Automated multi-pass mode for up to two layers of white. (Additional layers of white can be manually printed for custom applications).
Laying down a layer of white under CMYK improves the gamut for four-color printing on a wide variety of specialty colored substrates, according to Hunter.
Another benefit, Hunter added, is the ability to “do everything” on one press.
“There’s no need to pre-print white layers on shells,” he explained. “The press prints in automated multi-pass mode for up to two layers of white. Additional layers of white can be manually printed for custom applications.”
The White Dry ink has been in the works for nearly a year – after the 2016 release of Clear Dry Ink – according to Stear.
“A few years back we sent out a survey to gather which digital print enhancements customers wanted to see next,” Stear said.
While installs won’t begin until Oct. 2, Xerox has been testing the White Dry Ink in the U.S. and Canada at three different customer sites, according to Stear.
“We’ve received extremely positive feedback so far in the applications we’ve shown to our customers,” she told Ink World. “They’re impressed by the range of applications we’re showing them along with brightness and opacity of white that can be achieved in one to two layers of white.”
According to InfoTrends, digital print enhancement volume is predicted to grow at a 27 percent CAGR from 2015 to 2020, reaching 25 billion pages by 2020 in the U.S. and Western Europe.
The Print 2017 Expo runs from Sept. 10-14. Xerox will be at booth #1302.
Photo courtesy Xerox