Xeikon claims that its new Cheetah system is "the fastest 5-colour digital label press in the world". Dedicated solely to self-adhesive/pressure sensitive label production the new press can output high quality labels at 30m/min.
The new machine was revealed at Labelexpo Americas 2014 and will be available commercially during 2015.
"This increase in speed represents a huge leap forward in digital press technology," says Patrick Van Baelen, Xeikon's VP-WW marketing. "The Cheetah narrows the gap between digital printing and traditional flexo/offset methods for producing labels. The increase in speed also results in a lower total production cost."
The Cheetah can handle substrate widths of up to 330mm with a true print resolution of 1,200 x 3,600dpi. It utilises full rotary printing where the press speeds are independent of the number of colours used and/or the repeat length of the job. Full rotary printing also makes step-and-repeat and subsequent finishing operations straightforward.
In addition to the standard CMYK + white, the fifth station on the new press can be used to print gamut expansion colours or security toner. The imaging width is up to 322mm while the repeat length is variable from 0-55m. Media weights range from 40-350g/m².
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