Label Tec invests in Epson SurePress L-4033A

The SurePress L-4033A uses Epson's SurePress AQ ink, which includes green and orange to give a wide color gamut for precise color matching and accurate reproduction of spot/specialty colors.

Based in Airdrie, Label Tec has been printing labels for the spirits, cosmetics, white goods and pharmaceutical markets for nearly two decades.

Paul Dunne, Label Tec director, said: ‘My mission while visiting Labelexpo last year was to find a digital press that would enable us to offer high quality labels on a wide variety of substrates without having to make a huge capital investment.

‘Having looked at the main stream offset digital presses and the UV inkjet systems available it became apparent that either the capital investment was too high, or the limitation of printable substrates and lower print resolution was prohibitive. The only machine I could see that was different was the Epson SurePress.

‘Although not the fastest machine, the print resolution is high, the resin coated pigments give a durable print, almost all materials can be profiled to the press, and the consumable costs are competitive.’

The Epson SurePress L-4033A is already in full operation at Label Tec, printing designs with fine gradations and using the variable data option to serialize and personalize labels.

Dunne added: ‘The color management system within the press can attain over 90 percent of Pantone colors using the four-color process, orange and green. Plus, there are no additional consumable parts within the machine which are going to affect colour consistency on repeat jobs.’