New Xeikon 3050 digital label press offers wider format

Xeikon has launched the 3050, the fourth model in its 3000 Series of digital label presses. The new press is said to offer users entry-level digital printing technology for applications that benefit from a wider web width capability.  

‘The Xeikon 3050 offers label converters an attractive entry-level investment into high quality digital label printing, with the additional flexibility of greater width,’ said Filip Weymans, business development manager, labels and packaging. ‘It completes our Xeikon 3000 Series. We can now offer entry-level and high productivity versions in two print widths, all with the same high quality of printing.’ 

The flexible print width of the Xeikon 3050 allows customers to print according to the job requirements. The Xeikon 3050 can print on scalable web widths from 250mm (9.8") up to 516mm (20.3"), including the popular 330mm (13") width.  

The press speed of 9.6 m/min (31.5 ft/min) can be maintained regardless of whether four or five colors are printed. Along with the other Xeikon 3000 Series models, the Xeikon 3050 is a LED-array-based digital press, printing at 1200 dpi imaging resolution. The full rotary printing, with variable repeat length, ensures that the printing speed is not affected by the label size nor the number of colors used.  

The Xeikon 3050 is able to print on a wide range of substrates, including various self-adhesive materials such as co-extruded films, Bopp, PVC and PET, paperboards, paper with weights ranging from 40 to 350 gsm and transparent and opaque foils. 

As with the other Xeikon 3000 Series models, the Xeikon 3050 runs the latest QA-I toner, which meets all the applicable FDA guidelines for indirect food contact under room temperature and less severe conditions as well as direct food contact for dry food substances containing no surface oil or fat under the same conditions. This toner also exhibits excellent lightfastness, as confirmed by independent laboratory tests. 

The 3050 joins Xeikon’s 3000, 3030 and 3500 digital presses for the label market.  

‘All Xeikon presses are designed to be upgraded, which prevents obsolescence,’ Weymans concluded. ‘Any of the entry models can be field-upgraded to the higher specifications. So a printer can enter the digital label market with the Xeikon 3030 (max 330 mm/13" width) or Xeikon 3050 (max 516 mm/20.3" width) and – when business grows – upgrade to the higher specifications. A Xeikon 3030, for example, can be upgraded to the faster Xeikon 3300 or to the wider Xeikon 3050/3500 models.’ 

The Xeikon 3050 will be commercially available from Q1 2011. 

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