Epson will use Drupa to showcase quite a lot of product choices for industrial printing in addition to highlighting rising alternatives for localised manufacturing on the level of demand.
A brand new direct-to-shape printing idea utilizing robotics and printheads that transfer to comply with the form of curved gadgets equivalent to crash helmets can even be proven.
Individually, Epson is concentrating on quite a lot of high-speed industrial markets with its new PrecisionCore D3000 single-pass printhead, which is appropriate for each aqueous and UV ink purposes.
It’s Epson’s first native 1,200dpi head, and options nozzle-level ink recirculation.
Goal purposes embody folding cartons, corrugated packaging, versatile packaging, labels, textiles and décor.
Hybrid Software program has already introduced that its subsidiary Meteor Inkjet has developed a head driver card for the brand new head, and it’ll present a 4m-wide take a look at rig at Drupa.
A robotic arm strikes the merchandise being printed, whereas the printheads comply with the curvature of its form –
Epson has made enhancements to its SurePress label press that promise increased productiveness and high quality, and has additionally launched a brand new direct-to-fabric printer, the Monna Lisa 13000.
The latter is focused at localised manufacturing purposes and boasts a small footprint and is described as “an inexpensive single-step printing resolution”.
“We are going to begin promoting it this summer season. It’s Epson’s first inline pigment printing textile printer,” defined Duncan Ferguson, vp at Epson Europe’s industrial and industrial printing division.
“There are three separate fluids, not two, so we have now a pre-treatment fluid and we even have a density enhancer and overcoat fluid. That’s essential since you not solely have to have good high quality look, you want good high quality really feel.
“You may have completely different ratios of fluids relying on the substrate you’re utilizing. It means you’ll be able to do away with all of the post-treatment features – washing, steaming, drying and many others – which implies it’s inexpensive not solely as a printer itself however as a course of for different individuals to come back into the market apart from conventional textile printers,” he defined.
The SureColor F1000 dye-sub beneficial properties a brand new jumbo roll possibility – up from 60kg to 300kg – to allow continuous manufacturing at as much as 255sqm/hr.
Its large-format manufacturing vary has been boosted by the brand new uprated SureColor SC-P20500 64-inch extensive aqueous printer which beneficial properties a 12-colour inkset. It’s focused at advantageous artwork, posters and indoor signage purposes and prints at 19.2sqm/hr and has a 1.6-litre bulk ink resolution.
It succeeds the present SC-P20000 mannequin.
The Japanese producer can even showcase a bunch of compact and easy-to-use units focused on the micro manufacturing and personalisation of things equivalent to promotional items, together with the brand new SureColor V1000 A4 flatbed UV printer and the entry-level SureColor F1000 DTG printer launched at Fespa earlier this yr.
A brand new transportable scanning desk, the SD-10, is restricted to Epson units and permits media profiles to be created rapidly and simply.
Epson additionally goals to spice up its sustainability credentials by increasing its ‘Use, Use & Reuse!’ programme.
This includes a mixture of reconditioning units at buyer websites, refurbishment the place units are prepped for return or resale, reuse of printer components and cartridges, and the refilling of ink cartridges.
Ferguson mentioned Epson meant to broaden its personal refurbishment services in addition to working with companions.
A brand new choice to recondition units at a buyer’s personal premises has additionally been launched.
“We now have simply stared a reconditioning programme with two fashions, the SureColor S80600 and S80600L, that are our greatest promoting signage printers in Europe.
“Any printer approaching 5 years previous is eligible for the programme if they’re in a serviceable state. This has been began within the UK and we intend to roll it out in different international locations in Europe throughout this yr.”
A few of Epson’s different Drupa product launches stay beneath wraps in the intervening time.
