JR Labels installs Digital Pro Max

JR Labels has installed a Mark Andy Digital Pro Max at its Irish facility, becoming the first converter in Ireland to operate the press, nine years after the family-owned trade printer installed the country's first Mark Andy Digital One toner and flexo hybrid in 2017.

The Digital Pro Max prints at speeds of up to 39 m/min across paper, BOPP, PET, PP, vinyl and foil on web widths from 254 to 330mm. It features CMYK plus an innovative white dry-toner, two flexo stations for print, lamination, cold foil or varnish, a semi-rotary die station and a bypass function allowing the line to run with or without the digital engine.

'Digital One showed us what a hybrid could do in one pass,' said Robbie Carson, managing director of JR Labels. 'As demand for digital work grew, we knew toner and flexo hybrid was the right way to go, so turned to Mark Andy for advice.'

General manager David Duffy noted that the press's color management and narrow web flexo-style operation make it a natural fit alongside the company's existing flexo presses, with interchangeable tooling further simplifying workflow management across the fleet.

The original Digital One, installed in 2017, remains in daily production.

'JR Labels was one of the first converters to buy into the concept of single-pass production that a digital hybrid press offers and has capitalized on their initial investment,' said Antony Cotton, UK and Ireland sales manager at Mark Andy.