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Having firmly established itself as a pioneer and leading international manufacturer of inkjet printing technology, Xaar plc is now offering customers a wider variety of inkjet solutions which will enable, assist and support the production of high-specification inkjet printing machines. For the first time, at drupa 2004 Xaar will present its complete and expanded range of services: printhead and ink products, integration expertise, the new Xaar range of peripherals and licensing of its patented technology. Xaar will also be displaying its very latest inkjet printheads, the OmniDot series, along with three OEM industrial printers on its stand.

Xaar’s sales director, Hugh Baker-Smith says, “This drupa, Xaar will be demonstrating how, like its technology, the company has evolved over the past few years. From pure research and development beginnings, we have now also proven ourselves as a leading inkjet manufacturer.  Having combined our experience, knowledge and skill-set, today we are offering our customers a ‘one-stop shop’ which provides the solutions, service and support required to produce successful and competitive inkjet printers.”

Baker-Smith continues, “Looking back at drupa 2000, inkjet was still very much a newborn technology and the first digital printing machines were being shown to keen onlookers.  Four years on, digital inkjet components, media and machines have evolved at an extremely fast rate, enabling printers to produce high quality prints on a variety of substrates.  Digital print is now a strong participant in the graphic arts industry and its current market is predicted to continue to grow at a rapid rate.”

At drupa, Xaar will also be showing a wide format printer manufactured by Chinese OEM, Shenzhen Runtianzhi, which incorporates Xaar’s XJ500 printheads and produces large-format prints.  The second OEM machine is Kappa’s packaging printer, which also uses Xaar XJ500 printheads and oil-based ink. This unique machine has been designed predominantly for the packaging sector and prints variable information on both sides of a cardboard box simultaneously – printing one side in colour and the other in monochrome. The third customer machine epitomises one of the areas of highest growth in inkjet printing – the UV flatbed printer. The Octopus printer from Grapo has the ability to print onto a wide variety of surfaces, including PVC, wood, glass, metals and textiles etc., making it an ideal choice for the versatile printshop.

For more information, please contact:

Alex Challinor, Xaar plc
T: +44 (0)1223 423663
achallinor@xaar.co.uk
www.xaar.co.uk

Laura French
T: +44 (0)1372 464470
lfrench@adcomms.co.uk