Inkcups has introduced the industrial availability of a flexible new printer that may print straight onto pliable reusable luggage and different objects comparable to laborious items.
The Inkcups XJET Change is a flatbed printer with 4 rotating platens. It prints in CMYK plus two whites, utilizing UV inks and with the white described as “extremely opaque”.
The brand new system is on the market now, with the primary items simply arrived at Inkcups’ European HQ in Germany.
“We’re prepping these machines now for the primary set up in Europe,” defined Inkcups Europe managing director Bobby Grauf.
“It’s a completely implausible machine since you may be repeatedly printing with hardly any makeready time in any respect, and you’ll in a short time swap from one product to the following.”
The XJET Change has customisable platens and may print onto a wide range of merchandise together with the extra-sturdy ‘luggage for all times’ which can be discovered at many supermarkets and retailers, and the clear PVC luggage required by giant occasion venues.
Mattress dimension is 650x350mm, whereas most half top is simply over 200mm.
Grauf mentioned the digital, on-demand manufacturing would lend itself to, for instance, seasonal or native promotions.
The XFLEXX UV ink is cured “immediately” utilizing two 16W adjustable lamps.
“It’s an additional versatile UV ink,” he added, which avoids points with cracking or distortion.
The Change can print onto polyester, PVC, nonwovens, canvas, a wide range of plastics, “and extra”.
The sturdy system is designed to function over three shifts.
Pricing is from round £155,000.
The system was previewed eventually yr’s Printing United present within the US and shall be proven on the upcoming Printing United in Atlanta, Georgia, which takes place from 18-20 October.
CEO Benjamin Adner mentioned the producer hoped to exceed buyer expectations with the brand new system: “This direct-to-bag printer generated an incredible quantity of pleasure amongst our clients, who’ve been eagerly searching for a constant and sustainable strategy to embellish reusable luggage.
“We enthusiastically anticipate the inventive potentialities that our clients will convey to life with the XJET Change.”
Individually, Grauf has expanded his workforce within the UK with the appointment of Nick Macfarlane as regional gross sales consultant for the UK and Eire.
Grauf mentioned: “Inkcups’ strategic progress plans for Europe are nicely underway, and the addition of Nick Macfarlane to our thriving European workforce is additional proof of that. We’re thrilled to be strengthening the assist and repair we offer within the UK and Eire and delighted to have an skilled and results-driven salesperson like Nick serving an vital area for Inkcups Europe.”
Macfarlane was most just lately UK gross sales supervisor at Kornit Digital, and previous to that spent eight years at Ricoh. He brings appreciable know-how in direct-to-garment printing to his new function.