| 2nd Balkan Open House in Tirana |
| «Going Digital with new applications» |
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GRAPHCOM is keeping up the successful sequence of events to promote company’s products by announcing the 2nd Balkan Open House “Going Digital with new applications” in Tirana this March.
Supported by MGI, Seiko Instruments and Xante, GRAPHCOM will showcase its updated portfolio of digital printing offerings through live demos and real time production of applications. The speakers’ panel will be composed of industry experts in the graphic arts field and editors of leading magazines and electronic press, while major Balkan printing companies are invited to share their experience and comment on latest market trends and business opportunities.
During the extensive product tour, visitors will have the chance to watch a full plastic cards production with Meteor DP8700XL digital press and MGI finishing solutions. We will premiere Xante’s new IMPRESSIA Multi-Media Digital Press, developed for lower cost per print, with advanced color quality. Seiko ColorPainter W series featuring new, innovative NEON inks will show the way for a new, exciting market: black light graphics
MGI Meteor DP8700XL digital press
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Counting hundreds of installations in 2012 only, in North Greece and Albania among them, the Meteor series of digital presses is becoming the solution of choice for graphics professionals in a wide range of industry segments, including commercial printers, plastic card manufacturers, in-plants, book printers, photo printers, governments and envelope printers, to name some. Meteor range is powered by Fiery® digital front ends for maximum productivity and processing speed, ideally suited for high-end production print environments demanding workflow automation and efficiency, variable data printing and industry-leading color management tools.
The most versatile digital press in the global graphics market, the Meteor DP8700 XL offers users key differentiators including the widest range of substrates (paper, plastics & envelopes), the largest sheet size among production sheetfed digital presses (up to 40" in production), laser-safe prints via oil-free, dry toner, no click charge and an economical total cost of operation, and a print resolution of 3600 DPI / 270 LPI with 25 different line screens (including stochastic), including the ability to select 2 different line screens within the same job. The latest XLS upgrade speeds up the time needed to print XL format sheets by 6 times at some cases.
During the show there will be production on XL format, envelopes of different sizes, with or without window, labels, plastic cards and much more. |
| Plastic card production |
The combination of Meteor DP8700 XL with PressCard Pro laminating unit and PunchCard Pro card punching system offers a complete and cost-effective solution for the production of up to 2000 plastic cards (ISO CR-80)/hour, fully personalized, with magnetic stripe, barcodes, RFID e.t.c. Variable data management is fast and efficient thanks to powerful Fiery® Pro80 9 RIP system.
The PressCard Pro laminates plastic substrates such as PVC, Polycarbonate, Vinyl and Synthetic Papers for the manufacture of plastic cards from 200 microns up to 1000 microns thick, for a wide range of applications such as membership cards, loyalty cards, IDs, hotel keys, POP e.t.c. The PunchCard Pro can yield up to 6000 ISO CR-80 plastic cards per hour, with rounded corners. |
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PunchCard Pro |
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| New printing solutions by Xante for reduced cost per print |
The new Impressia Multi-Media Color Digital Press by Xante, engineered to deliver lower cost per print, addresses to the high volume, commercial-quality market segment. It features a multi-bit print engine that delivers outstanding color and print quality your customers expect with resolutions up to 2400 with CMYK Colors, up to 50 ppm (80 full color Monarch envelopes per min.) and handling of a variety of stocks, including uncoated, coated, NCR, card stocks, textured stocks, label stocks and envelopes. The system is driven by the iQueue Prepress Workflow that makes it handle complex digital files, make critical color adjustments, apply screening, imposition and much more. For a fully decked-out system, Impressia is equipped with an optional feeder and conveyor.
Impressia Multi-Media Color Press, paired with the popular Xante Ilumina for heavy stock, will be producing standard and special applications on textured, coated, metallic or oversized paper, labels, envelopes, synthetic media (PET), magnetic media and much more. |
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| Innovations for the large format printing |
The world’s first solvent-based fluorescent inks for wide-format printing, new NEON Yellow and ΝΕΟΝ Pink inks developed especially for the Seiko ColorPainter W series, provide sign makers and digital printers with the ability to explore a whole new application – blacklight graphics.
Simply setting the inks on the standard ColorPainter W printer (6-color configuration), no special cleaning practices or other complicated mechanisms required, professionals will be able to create easily exciting new graphics for night clubs, bowling alleys, special events, parties, sporting venues, amusement parks e.t.c.
For heavy production needs, ColorPainter H2-Series is the answer for those seeking unparalleled productivity, robust design, reliable technology, 4 or 8 colors and high speed high density printing. Equipped with bulk ink system and new VX solvent inks, 4-color ColorPainter H2P-series is ideal for high volume printing |
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| Seiko ColorPainter Η2 / H2P series |
Seiko ColorPainter W-series |
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