Variable Data Printer With Standard Presses

Nipson displayed the its digital printing technology at Graph Expo 2004 with a demonstration of its new generation Varypress.

Nipson displayed the its digital printing technology at Graph Expo 2004 with a demonstration of its new generation Varypress.

The Varypress 400 is the latest in a series of digital presses designed to integrate with a standard printing press to add variable data to the printed web.

"Digital printing is no longer a stand-alone application and it is a key part of a comprehensive approach to creating documents that integrates variable information in large volumes on a wide range of substrates, utilising many different printing and finishing technologies.

Nipson helps printers efficiently and effectively move beyond the limits of traditional printing into the realm of full variable document production," said Alfons Buts, managing director of Nipson Digital Printing Systems.

Nipson also demonstrated its new Varypress 200 digital printer, highlighting its capability to produce variable output on a variety of materials.

The Varypress 200 and 400 feature claimed 600 dots per inch (dpi) production at claimed speeds of up to 410 feet per minute and Nipson's combination of magnetographic imaging and cold flash toner fusing.

The combination is said to produce offset-quality output at full rated speeds on a variety of stocks, including papers from light to heavy weights, synthetics, foils, labels and carbonless materials.

The Varypress was also demonstrated in-line with a Muller Martini line to illustrate direct mail and transactional documents production.

Nipson claimed that the Varypress's variable controls allow operation in line with traditional offset presses as well as in multiple stand-alone configurations.

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