Print News | Packaging News | Wide Format news | Print | i-grafix | Australia, New Zealand and Asia Print and Packaging news from Australia, New Zealand and AsiaFuji Xerox has launched a new wide format printer with a blistering output speed of 320sqm a hour, targetting print runs of between 50 and 1000 posters.
The company says the new DocuWide C842
takes productivity to a whole new level with its output speed of 152.4mm per
second, which translates to an A0 sheet every 8.6 seconds at 1600×1600 dpi
resolution.
The speed comes from the five fixed Memjet
printheads in zig-zag formation each containing 70,000 nozzles. Colour
management is provided by Caldera.
The roll fed DocuWide C842 prints and cuts,
and will output 999 sheets in one go. It has the facility for up to four rolls
of media, each 150 metres long. Maximum print width is 42”, 1067mm, maximum
print length is five metres. It can print on stocks between 64gsm and 190gsm.
Media at present is paper only, coated and
uncoated, but by PacPrint the company expects it to be calibrated to print on
polyesters and other substrates. Fuji Xerox is recommending the use of its own
stocks, which are being branded under the Acclerator moniker.
Peter Collings, national business manager
for Fuji Xerox says, “The DocuWide is a game changer. It will drive revenue and
markets for printers. The ease of use, rapid speed, and variable data
capability will prove a winning combination for print businesses looking to
open new revenue streams.”
Describing it as a ‘disruptive technology’
Collings says the DocuWide will take poster work from offset presses and screen
printing, and ‘bridge the gap’ for runs between 50 and 1000.
The DocuWide C842 will be on the Fuji Xerox
stand at PacPrint. It will cost $156,000 for the four roll version, $125,000
for the two roll. Ink comes in 500ml catridges which cost $250 each.
The printer has been tested at Sydney based
Pegasus Printing for the past six weeks, with CEO Wayne Finkelde present at the
launch to give it the thumbs up, although he quipped he wanted to restrict
sales only to Pegasus. He says, “It has changed our poster printing. We have
seen processes streamlined and turnaround times greatly reduced. The technology
has the potential to create markets and create value for our customers, in fact
we are already seeing that.”
The DocuWide C842 is the first iteration of
Memjet printheads in mainstream technology. Canon-Oce had a Memjet powered wide
format printer, the Velocity, at drupa, but no release date or details have yet
been given. Korean developer KIP has an A0 printer which pumps out around four
A0 pages a minute, but uses a different technology.
