Videojet's New Printer For High Resolution

The new Marsh 320Si from Videojet Technologies is a modular, medium to large character industrial digital printer that is claimed to print a higher resolution code.

The new Marsh 320Si from Videojet Technologies is a modular, medium to large character industrial digital printer that is claimed to print a higher resolution code for the same price as an average drop-on-demand system.

Ease of use, very low ink consumption and low maintenance complement these qualities.

There are several factors that Videojet believes differentiate the printer from alternatives.

The company said the Marsh 320Si is able to deliver a 40dpi code at a speed of up to 60 metres per minute.

Its speed may be similar, but a typical drop-on-demand printer can only offer a resolution in the order of 16dpi.

At 30mm, the throw distance of the 320Si is more than twice that of drop-on-demand, without compromising print quality.

That allows the new Videojet printer to be used for effective coding on uneven or curved surfaces such as sacks or drums.

Missing drops, tails on drops, over-spray and inconsistent drop sizes are problems encountered by a variety of coding methods but thanks to micro-valve print head technology, repeatable quality is said not to be an issue for the Marsh 320Si.

Videojet believes that the choice of coding technology is often a trade off between cost and quality but with its new printer industry users can enjoy the best of both worlds.

It is a modestly priced printer with low running costs that delivers consistent, quality coding.

Micro-valve technology allows the Marsh 320Si to print characters from 6mm to 24mm in height with up to two lines of text per printhead.

It can run both water and MEK based inks with out compromising the reliability or increasing the maintenance required to run the system in normal operation.

Even when running solvent based inks that dry in four seconds (subject to material,) the system requires minimum, if any, print head cleans even on the start up in a morning or prolonged periods of time.

The integrated microprocessor controller is designed to run up to a total of four print heads and has the ability to dual-task - for instance, the concurrent control of two independent production lines.

Printer control is via a 187mm or 264mm colour touch screen with graphical user interface.

That makes operation easy and enables languages and character sets to be changed simply and without lengthy software reconfiguration.

The controller is housed in a stainless steel enclosure and has an Ethernet connection to enable communication with the second print station at up to 100 metres away.

The print heads industrial sealed design carries an IP-65 environment rating which is ideal for those dusty cardboard coding applications, which can cause nozzle blockages on older styled drop-on-demand based products.

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