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Company’s first digital overprint system demonstrates full-colour variable graphic printing on promotional items at Fespa Digital, Amsterdam, 12-14th May 2009

m print, a specialist manufacturer of pad printing machines and thermal transfer printers, has introduced its first UV digital inkjet printer. The m print SP2 100 is highly flexible and is equipped with the innovative Xaar 1001 greyscale printhead. It is designed to quickly and economically print variable designs onto a wide range of promotional items, as well as industrial parts for automotive, medical and other applications.

The full-colour (CMYK + white or spot colour) SP2 100 system prints excellent quality text and graphics onto both flat and 3-D objects up to 250mm in height. Compared with traditional methods, the productivity of the single-pass m print SP2 100 is high. It can print up to 400mm/second over a scalable width from 70mm to 250mm. Inkjet printing gives a high degree of flexibility enabling ad-hoc print runs and personalisation on-demand, while the non-contact printing process ensures product protection. The additional print unit for pre-printing opaque white enables vivid colour prints on dark or coloured substrates.

The piezo-electric design of the Xaar 1001 is ideal for this application, as the printhead has very high drop placement accuracy and can reliably print onto a wide variety of surfaces and materials. Its unique features, including Xaar’s patented Hybrid Side-Shooter (HSS)™ architecture with TF Technology™, ensures consistent and reliable operation using UV inks.

“Digital printing techniques bring considerable benefits and the flexibility of the Xaar technology means we can easily customise solutions for specific applications,” explains Michael Morlock, Managing Director, m print.

The SP2 100 is manufactured by m print at its advanced new manufacturing facilities in Baiersbronn, Germany, and the machine will be demonstrated at Fespa Digital (stand M88) in Amsterdam between 12th & 14th May 2009.

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Note to editors:  An image of the m print SP2 100 and the m print SP2 100 printheads is available to download direct from http://www.grafixwire.info/plogger/?level=picture&id=475 and http://www.grafixwire.info/plogger/?level=picture&id=476  (just click on image to open and right click to save as high res jpg) or on request from melindaw@splashpr.co.uk

About Xaar:
Xaar is the world’s leading independent supplier of industrial inkjet printheads, inks and peripheral equipment to commercial printing and industrial manufacturing markets. Xaar’s innovative technology offers OEM customers and licensees commercial advantage through product differentiation, productivity, and faster time-to-market. Additional information about Xaar is available at www.xaar.com

For more information please contact:
Xaar
Elena Knight, Marketing Communications Manager Tel: +44 (0)1223 423663 Email: elena.knight@xaar.com 

UK:  Ruth Clark Tel: +44 (0)1580 241177 Email: ruth@splashpr.co.uk
US:  Irvin Press: Tel +1 508 384 0608  Email: irv@press-plus.com

m print
Michael Morlock Tel: +49 (0) 7442 49 79-0  Email: info@mprint.biz  www.mprint.biz