Trials demo low-cost digital label printing using Herma materials and Trojanlabel TrojanTwo

This saw Dortschy, the Trojanlabel sales partner for Germany and Austria, test materials from Herma intended specifically for inkjet printing, as well as standard self-adhesive materials. The tests ran the papers HERMAinkprint gloss (211) and HERMAinkprint matt (137) and the film Herma PE inkjet (811), and the HERMAwhite (601) and HERMAlaser sheet (135) standard self-adhesive materials, on a TrojanTwo. The tests produced 'excellent results', it is claimed, not only with the tailored inkjet materials, but also with the standard self-adhesive materials. Inkjet printers using water-based ink usually require a special primer on the material for better ink absorption.

‘Our products HERMAwhite (601) and HERMAlaser sheet (135) can immediately absorb the ink, and the print image is excellent and the ink dries immediately,’ explained Wolfgang Klein, a member of Herma’s technical service team.’

‘This opens up great potential for experienced label printers as well as newcomers in this field,’ added Frank Ackermann, responsible for technical sales at Dortschy. ‘Combined with these materials, the TrojanTwo is an ideal solution, especially for economically printing small and very small runs.’

The materials specially designed for use with inkjet printers, HERMAinkprint gloss (211), HERMAinkprint matt (137) and Herma PE inkjet (811), can also be used with other standard inkjet printers, both sheet- and web-web. This range is suitable for Memjet technology, and, even at speeds of over 300mm/s, Herma said images, codes and identification symbols can be printed clearly and distortion-free when combined with the right self-adhesive material from its portfolio.

Dortschy invites customers who wish to see the results of the trials for themselves to its demonstration center in Bielefeld, Germany.

Trojalabel has detailed the success it saw at Labelexpo Europe 2015 with TrojanTwo, which uses Memjet printheads. This followed its launch, and positive reception, at Labelexpo Americas 2014.

Pictured (from left):  Dortschy’s Frank Ackermann and Bernd Potrick, and Herma’s Wolfgang Klein, with a Trojanlabel TrojanTwo