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News Release from: Sun Chemical Europe | Subject: Fastjet Digital Ink
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 June 2004
Digital Ink Development For Corrugated
Packaging
Sun Chemical's partnership with Inca Digital Printers has yielded high-speed digital ink jet technology for the direct printing of corrugated packaging claimed Sun.
Sun Chemical's partnership with Inca Digital Printers has yielded high-speed digital ink jet technology for the direct printing of corrugated packaging claimed Sun The print technology is said to allow full-colour sheetfed printing on corrugated substrates at more than 10 times the speed of today's ink-jet technology
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 23 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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With its knowledge in corrugated and UV inks, Sun Chemical has partnered with Inca Digital to deliver a complete, integrated solution to this evolving market, which Sun Chemical has dubbed Fastjet.
It uses pigmented UV inks developed by Sun Chemical on an array of fixed ink-jet heads, producing colour at a linear print speed of 100 metres (300 feet) per minute and a resolution of 200dpi x 300dpi, at a print width of 520mm.
That equals 3,000 square metres (30,000 square feet) per hour of output, surpassing any product currently available in the market claimed the company.
"Sun Chemical supports its customers in a changing marketplace by leading the way with solutions," said Stefan Slembrouck, product director for corrugated inks at Sun Chemical Europe.
"With new digital printing technology coming online almost daily, we are poised to provide value to the customers who trust Sun Chemical to deliver innovative solutions," he added.
"Sun Chemical recognises that digital printing introduces a new dynamic to the marketplace," added Jim Wegemer, director of paper packaging at Sun Chemical North America.
"We also understand the impact digital technology will have in corrugated package printing, so we will continue to develop solutions to enable our customers to capture value in this marketplace." "This represents a significant advancement for the packaging industry and will allow greatly improved graphic capability that can be easily customised through the use of variable data in a single pass on the press," said Slembrouck.
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