Mouvent to showcase two digital label printers

Attendees will have the opportunity to bring and test own jobs on the LB701-UV (by appointment). In addition, a new launch by Bobst at Labelexpo Europe 2019 – a new hybrid label press called Master DM5 – is driven by Mouvent inkjet technology. 

‘Attendees at Labelexpo will have the opportunity to see the full potential of digital label printing for themselves,’ said Thierry Martin, CEO of Mouvent. ‘The LB702-WB is a really remarkable advance in digital label production as it uses only water-based inks, while the LB701-UV is extremely compact and ergonomic and enables highly flexible label production. These machines are the future of digital label printing.’

LB702-WB uses only 100 percent water-based, in-house developed Mouvent Inks, making it free of VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and 100 percent indirect food contact compliant. The machine can run with up to 100m/min on a broad range of substrates of up to 360mm wide, from self-adhesive to wet-glue labelstock especially targeting applications where migration and recyclability could be an issue, washable labels being just one example.

The LB702-WB’s print quality of 1,200 x 1,200 DPI results in high quality printing on complex substrates such as textured natural wine label papers and others. And thanks to its all-new coating station applying the proprietary Mouvent Primer, even cheaper and more standard substrates can be used without compromising the printing quality, according to the company. Configured with six colors, the Mouvent water-based press allows for excellent ECG printing and Pantone matching. Paired with the in-house developed Mouvent DFE, customers benefit from easy file preparation, perfect color consistency and variable data printing for real-time customization. 

The LB701-UV is the smallest label printer within the Mouvent range, matching the well-known letterpress format. This mini label machine has a compact design, but neither compromises on print resolution (1,200 x 1,200 DPI), nor on productivity (up to 100m/min and 5,000sqm/d). This latest version of the LB701-UV on display at Labelexpo is equipped with six colors and for the first time with white Mouvent UV ink. This enlarges its capabilities even further in terms of print job design and the variety of substrates that it can process, such as metalized and transparent labelstock up to 190mm width. 

At the heart of all of Mouvent’s digital printers is the Mouvent Cluster, which uses clusters instead of fixed size print bars by color, arranging them in a modular, scalable matrix. The result is one system that can be simply adapted for all substrates, of all widths, for all markets. 

This technology is also at the heart of another innovation on show at Labelexpo. The new Master DM5 – a hybrid label press from Bobst combining digital and DigiFlexo printing in a single press – has ‘Mouvent Digital Ink-Jet Technology Inside’. 

The digital print engine inside the Master DM5 is made up of Mouvent’s proprietary Cluster Technology integrating Fuji Dimatix Samba print heads. The Mouvent Cluster heads are compact and simple to change for easy and accessible maintenance, and have all-in-one fully integrated inking, conditioning and electronic circuits.

‘The quality of the two Mouvent label printers on display at Labelexpo, along with the application of Mouvent technology inside the Master DM5, show how effective the Mouvent Cluster technology is, and we are looking forward to showing attendees the high-quality outputs it provides at Labelexpo,’ said Thierry Martin.