IIJ to launch wide print bar

The wide print bar will launch in September and a prototype will be shown at Labelexpo Americas 2014, which runs September 9-11. It has been developed in direct response to increasingly sophisticated customer requirements.

The benefits include a compact size and ease of integration, coupled with the ability to print process and spot colors, white, varnish and security inks. All these make it suitable for a wide range of packaging applications.

IIJ will be showing the print head assembly for the system on its booth, which it said will bring new opportunities in general packaging for label convertors.

John Corrall, IIJ managing director, said: ‘Although in the narrow web label market 280mm to 350mm print width is standard, there are opportunities in packaging that demand much wider widths. This new system is targeted at the wider packaging industry, of which labels is obviously a key part. The target for us was to produce a wide array – obviously using a large number of printheads – without losing any of the outstanding reliability and low down-time that our customers have come to expect from our narrow-width products.

‘From initial customer feedback and our own exhaustive testing procedures, we know this new system will be welcomed by the industry.’