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IGS digital production line

This bundle offers a cost-effective way of producing short runs

What is the USP?
Flynn says that the main selling point is
the return on investment that it offers
since there’s no need for a click charge
with the printer and the Titanium is a
digital finishing unit with no need to
make physical cutting dies. IGS has
agreed a finance package with Close
Brothers so that it should be easy to work
out the cost /per month. Flynn has also
put together a tool to calculate how long
it will take each customer before the
bundle pays for itself.
How easy is it to use?
It should be possible to train operators to
use each device in around half a day. The
printer generates a QR code that’s
What does it do? run jobs with special effects like white printed on the side of each job. Flynn says
The short-run digital production line and varnish that would otherwise be that the Titanium has a camera to read
from International Graphic Supplies difficult to cope with. this code and automatically picks the
(IGS) is a combination of the OKI How does it work? cutting pattern, adding: “So really there’s
Pro9541, an SRA3 LED printer with an Specifications no skill in operating the Titanium.”
additional white or clear spot colour and Printer: OKI Pro 9541 The two main components, the OKI
an optional envelope feeder, and the printer and Titanium cutter-creaser, What training and support is on
Titanium 0604 digital cutter-creaser. Resolution: operate independently but together allow offer?
Peter Flynn, managing director of IGS, 1,200x1,200dpi users to print and finish a wide range of Flynn says that IGS sets aside two days to
says that he put this bundle together after products. This process starts with the install the kit and make sure that the
noticing that many of his customers had Productivity: 50 A4 OKI Pro 9541, a desktop LED dry toner operators are fully trained and able to
ageing digital production printers. Flynn ppm printer that prints CMYK with a fifth produce live jobs. IGS has its own team of
says: “The click charge seemed to be a Colours: CMYK plus channel that can be loaded with white or service engineers and will take care of the
real negative, and they were looking for white or clear clear, and easily changed from one to the service support for both the printer and
the next level up with a five-colour device other. It offers print resolution up to cutter creaser, having been factory
with white or varnish.” IGS was already Max sheet size: 1,200x1,200dpi and takes sheets up to trained by both OKI and JWEI. IGS also
the UK distributor for the Titanium 330x457mm 330x457mm. has a further service agreement with the
series, and Flynn was aware of the OKI Flynn adds: “Because we wanted to do Dennison service organisation to back
Pro9541, and that OKI was looking to Media range: something a little different with the OKI, this up.
expand into commercial print so the two 52–360gsm we have worked with Xitron to develop a
companies agreed to work together. Harlequin interface so that people can How much does it cost?
Cutter-creaser: have a Harlequin RIP driving the
When was it launched and what Titanium 0604 printer.” £35,000, which includes the Pro9541,
plus the envelope feeder option, the
is the market? Titanium and a Harlequin-based RIP,
How fast is it?
It was launched in September 2019 at which represents a saving of around
The Print Show and is aimed at a wide The Pro 9541 can print 28 A3 ppm or 50 £4,000 if you bought the units separately.
range of applications from marketing to A4 ppm, with the first print ready in If you don’t need the envelope feeder
business cards including things such as eight seconds. then the price drops to £29,000. There’s
stickers and magnetic sheets. Flynn says The Titanium has a maximum cutting no click charge on the printer, with
that he’s mainly targeting small to speed of 800mm/s and takes from 15 to customers buying the consumables when
medium-sized printers but that this same 45 seconds to process an SRA3 sheet, they need them. The price includes the
setup would also allow companies with depending on the complexity of the delivery and two days’ training as well as
high-volume printers to take on short- cutting required. a 12 month warranty.
“The Pro 9541 can print 28 A3 ppm or 50 A4 ppm, with the first print ready in eight seconds.”

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