The UK’s first Xeikon 3000 digital label press will be the star attraction of an open house event to be held at Hine Labels, in Rotherham, on Wednesday, May 20. Staged in conjunction with Punch Graphix UK, the event - entitled ‘Digital and Flexo, a Perfect Match’ - will focus on the compatibility of digital with traditional flexo printing. Tests produced during the day will include running the same job on both processes “to illustrate the similarity of the results produced”.
Xeikon will be partnered at the open house by EskoArtwork and Fasson. Hine utilises EskoArtwork’s Backstage software to process artwork for both digital and flexo production, as well as a CDI plate maker. Leading self-adhesive label supplier Fasson will be providing materials for the event. A crucial parameter in obtaining similar results from both printing processes, and same label materials will be used to demonstrate both flexo and digital.
MD of Hine Labels Bill Hine comments: “Our business comes from trade customers. They generally don’t have a preference with regard to the printing process that we use. What they want is high quality, colour consistent labels in the shortest possible production time.
“However, we have to face the fact that run lengths are decreasing across many of our markets, and this is what tends to determine which print process we use for a given job. The Xeikon 3000 was the next logical step for us and, in our market, this press provides the ideal digital companion to our flexo printing equipment.”
The Xeikon press produces images at 1,200 dpi, with four bits per spot, to ensure the highest possible colour quality, and offers an increased imaging width of 322 mm, against the 307mm imaging width of the 330 machine. The web based press has a top speed of 31.5 ft of label production per minute, and a monthly duty cycle of 1.5mn ft.
For full details of the Hine Labels / Xeikon event on May 20 email annette.malt@punchgraphix.com or call +44 (0)1904 520 555.
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