New extensions to Kodak's Flexcel NX System will enable users in the postprint and pre-print corrugated markets to "drive significant print quality improvements while taking advantage of increased print stability and pressroom efficiencies".
Kodak developed the new Flexcel NX Wide 5080 System, and a new range of NX plates in response to customer demand.
Doug Edwards, president, digital printing & enterprise, explains: "We know that there are always strong cost pressures in this segment and have worked hard to deliver a solution that focuses on both quality and total delivered cost. Whether customers are focused on achieving high quality results in preprint and postprint or impactful, cost-effective postprint results on lower grade liners, we are confident that Kodak now has an innovative solution to meet those needs."
He adds: "Commercial print trials have already yielded an overwhelmingly positive response from both printers, and their brand clients alike."
The NX Wide 5080 System includes a newly designed imaging platform and laminator that enables plate making in formats up to 50 inch x 80 inch. Designed for operator ease of use, rapid throughput and robust performance, it features Kodak's Squarespot technology for precise, repeatable, high resolution imaging.
The new NXC Plates are formulated specifically for postprint applications and are said to deliver superior ink coverage, reduced fluting, improved highlight reproduction and cost-effective on-press performance. They are available in 50 inch x 80 inch format.
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