Hungarian inkjet printer debuts in Australia

Budapest, Hungary-headquartered Own-X Kft has appointed Queensland, Australian-based Label Print Systems as a distributor of its SpeedStar 3000 mono and color inkjet printer. 

Launched into the Australian market last week, the ultra-fast (18 meters/59ft every 60 seconds at 1600 dpi) roll-fed machine, powered by Memjet technology, received an enthusiastic reception from local converters. 

Label Print Systems’ marketing manager Lindsay Nutley is quoted as saying that inkjet printers have long been considered too expensive per label to compete with thermal technology while the SpeedStar meets industrial label printing demands with low imaging costs. The advent of the SpeedStar 3000 will make it viable for people to enter the short run label market, he said.

Pictured: the SpeedStar 3000 inkjet printer