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Fujifilm highlights B2 toner Screen and
Kyocera deal
versatility sheetfed inkjet press drew
Kyocera’s new SRA3-plus

crowds at Printing United
Expo, while Screen has
Fujifilm showed its B2 450gsm packaging sheet,
Revoria Press – the and a textured synthetic announced it will also sell
the device. Kyocera
GC12500 – running live for paper. The GC12500 was announced the 150 A4
the first time outside of printing live at the show, images per minute TaskAlfa
Japan at the Printing United although samples were not Pro 55000c earlier this
Expo show in Atlanta.The available to take away. There month. Screen announced
Japanese manufacturer also was a constant hubbub of this week that it will sell it as
shared some hints about visitors checking out the the Truepress Jet S320, inte-
how it had tackled the chal- new arrival. grated with its Equios work-
Although this was a tech-
lenges of sheetfed toner Fujifilm showed its B2 Revoria Press – the GC12500 – running live nology preview and pricing flow system.
printing at a larger sheet comes the previous issues of ours in the future. is not yet disclosed, product Both presses were on
size. The format is actually toner transfer unevenness at An Adaptive Registration marketing manager Kenji show in Atlanta, with
‘B2XL’ with a sheet size of larger sheet sizes. This also Adjustment System meas- Ueki told Printweek the Kyocera allowing visitors to
750x662mm allowing for includes a new technology ures paper shrinkage on intention was for it to be a take away printed samples –
six-up A4 production. used to supply the toner – each sheet and adjusts the more affordable option and showing the promised com-
Resolution is which Fujifilm claimed also front-to-back registration in “a great differentiator” from mercial quality colour
2,400x2,400dpi and print has the industry’s smallest real time. Fujifilm high- the inkjet technology of output on coated paper.
lighted its versatility in
speed is 2,500sph. Fujifilm class of toner particle size. terms of the potential end other vendors. Both devices use Screen’s
said the company had devel- The press prints in CMYK user applications by printing Fujifilm also revealed at proprietary Truepress SC/
oped a “unique magnetic but there are two slots avail- jobs onto a lightweight the Brussels show that it has SC+ ink which allows print-
force pattern” that over- able to add additional col- 64gsm stock, a max weight signed ing onto coated papers.
Debut for Dimense glittering Bobst’s hologram hot

device foil stamper

DG Dimense showed a Bobst has unveiled a
new device for applying dec- brand-new hot foil stamper
orative finishes such as glitter specially designed for the
at Printing United Expo. production of hologram
Roland DG acquired a con- applications, such as those
trolling stake in the in trading cards. The
Novafoil 106 Hologram was
Lithuanian firm over the developed from 2021’s
summer. Novafoil 106, Bobst’s first
At last week’s Printing inline hot film stamper with
United Expo show DG DG Dimense showed a new device for applying decorative finishes cross-foiling option. To cre- The Novafoil 106 Hologram
Dimense showed its new heated table, which is heated rative banners, marketing ate the Hologram edition, introduced to the conver-
Dimensor SG for the first to 90 degrees. materials, and fine art. Bobst mounted individual sion process within seconds,
time in public. DG Dimense CEO Dr The Dimensor SG runs at hologram modules – each Bobst said. To go alongside
The reel-fed 1.6m-wide Aleksey Etin said that the 16sqm/hr and the price is with reel width of 100mm – the 106 H, Bobst has also
device inkjets a water-based device was currently using around $100,000 (£82,600). on the Novafoil 106, with up introduced its Digital
Makeready Tool (DMT) to
glue in the required decora- standard glitter, but biode- Etin said the device on dis- to two rails of five modules market.
each.
tive pattern. Then, the ‘glit- gradable eco glitter could also play – the firm’s first produc- Able to convert jobs which The DMT allows printers
tering head’ passes over the be used. tion machine – was being previously required two runs to project the PDF of an
media, dispersing glitter. “We intend to disperse a shipped to a US customer in a single pass, the 106 H is embellishment job directly
Excess glitter is removed variety of decorative parti- after the show for the first also equipped with a register onto the honeycomb chase,
by a vacuum cleaning head, cles, such as glass and plastic installation worldwide. “We for each reel, and film with the projection showing
advance is electronically
with the surplus returned to – any particles that you can’t are transferring processes controlled with rollers to printers exactly where the
the glittering tank. The out- print,” he explained. from the classic wallcovering control film tension. dies for the job need to be
put is dried as it passes over a Applications include deco- industry to digital,” he added. The hologram reels can be placed.
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