Domino paves the way for part personalization at Labelexpo

Domino Amjet used Labelexpo Americas 2008 to demonstrate how its fully integrated solutions for mailing and addressing applications offer opportunities for label and narrow web specialists to gain a competitive advantage through part personalization.
 
Labelexpo provided the opportunity for North American label printers to experience first hand the new Domino Bitjet version 4.5 binary printer. The flexibility of Domino’s L-Series thermal inkjet technology was demonstrated, while its latest serialized and variable data capabilities were showcased by the versatile K200 piezo system and the Domino A-Series continuous inkjet printer.
 
Since its global launch in May at drupa 2008, the design and numerous product enhancements which characterize the Bitjet version 4.5 have attracted a huge amount of interest around the world, and in the North American market in particular, reports the company.

The speed boost afforded by the new version – which offers linear throughput of up to 3210 feet per minute – makes it suitable for installation on the fastest presses and in high speed applications such as slitter-rewinders.
 
Easily integrated with a variety of print and finishing equipment, including label and sheet-fed presses, rewinders and mailing lines, the Bitjet version 4.5 provides text, barcode and graphics printing capability at resolutions from 100 to 240dpi across a print width of 2.13 inches. Complemented by a wide print head-to-substrate throw distance and very fast drying inks, the printer is suitable for almost every substrate
 
‘The key benefits of the Bitjet version 4.5 derive from its ability to deliver increased print quality combined with extremely high print speeds and improvements in operational efficiency,’ said David Ellen, Domino Amjet’s vice-president sales commercial printing, North America. ‘In addition, our US customers can benefit from the capability of the Bitjet to print to USPS specifications, such as the new Intelligent Mail barcode, which allows them to take advantage of postal discounts available through co-mailing solutions.’
 
Extending from part personalization to complete printing of whole documents, Domino’s K-Series features a flexible configuration and a number of design and performance enhancements, responding to increasing market applications requiring high speed variable data printing without compromising print quality.
 
The K200 offers fast and accurate 316 dpi printing of text, graphics and linear or 2D bar codes at 300 feet per minute, for high efficiency in applications such as direct mail and ticket production. Where line speeds are lower, print resolution can be increased to 520dpi and print heads can be stitched together to increase the print area if required.
 
For part personalization applications, where overprinting of addresses and other variable data is required, the K-Series is easy to install on both offset and flexo presses.  For standalone applications in the label printing sector, the compact print heads can be easily accommodated on slitter-rewinders. 
 
With more than 100,000 installations worldwide, Domino’s A-Series is designed to meet the stringent product specifications of commercial printers. The A-Series CP is typically used for numbering and personalization in a wide range of applications including bindery, mailing, tickets, tags and labels and postal management. At Labelexpo the printer was shown on a rewinder, demonstrating the ease of integration onto existing narrow web printing lines to easily provide variable data capabilities.