Xaar announces drupa plans

A large number of Xaar printhead-enabled printers is due to be demonstrated at drupa by key industry suppliers, including at least six new products making their worldwide debut. This sets a new record for Xaar, an independent supplier of industrial inkjet printheads, inks and peripheral equipment.

Designed for high-speed, single-pass and scanning applications, the latest Xaar 1001 printhead is based on Xaar's Hybrid Side-Shooter and TF Technology. All the new products to be launched at drupa rely on either the Xaar 1001 or the Xaar 760 and XaarDOT (Xaar Drop Optimization Technology) for their performance.

Products at the show include:

• UV wide format printing: the One Solution Meital 3000-10 wide format UV flatbed printer has the ability to vary the drop size from 6 pl to 42 pl. It delivers photo-realistic quality and production speeds of up to 410 sqm/h.

• UV single-pass web printing: the FFEI/Nipleter Caslon label printer; the Beijing Founder Web Printer, the JF Machines Narrow Web Press and the EFI Jetrion 4000 - all printing labels and narrow web packaging at speeds that match that of conventional print.

There will be numerous other Xaar-enabled wide format, narrow web, label, textile and ceramics inkjet products at drupa.