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Taktiful and
Agfa to highlight automation Sharp contract
offerings at Printing United embellishment software
AI-powered digital print
company Taktiful Software
Solutions has formed a stra-
Agfa will highlight its lat- Onset Grizzly X3 HS flatbed
est automation offerings for inkjet printer for the first tegic partnership with Sharp
inkjet print production at time in Las Vegas. Imaging and Information
the Printing United show in With a six-second cycle Company of America
Las Vegas next month. The time, the autoloader can (Sharp), a division of Sharp
new Max Bots for the manu- handle up to four sheets Electronics Corporation.
facturer’s Jeti Tauro H3300 simultaneously, with sub- Taktiful said the collabora-
UHS printer and the strate thicknesses ranging tion brings together its new
autoloader for its Onset from 0.1 to 50mm. When software products with
Grizzly X3 HS printer are The Grizzly Autoloader can handle up to four sheets at a time Sharp’s printing and embel-
designed to boost efficiency, paired with an unloading lishment technology, “creat-
reduce labour costs, and ity and reducing labour will be shown in a new robot, this setup enables ing a powerful synergy that
ensure precision in high- costs, according to Agfa. For seven-colour configuration 24/7 operation, maximising promises to supercharge the
volume printing. maximum flexibility in han- (CMYKLmLcLk), which production efficiency and digital print embellishment
The Tauro H3300 UHS dling both rigid and roll sub- Agfa said significantly reducing labour costs. industry”.
integrates robotic automa- strates, the dual-robot setup enhances the smoothness of Also at Printing United, Taktiful’s AI-powered
tion to further increase its can be paired with the Max light pastel colours and Agfa will host North software products will now
productivity, with the Max Flex RTR module. The back- improves gradient transi- American debuts of the Jeti complement the pairing of
Bots handling substrate to-front camera on the Max tions, while delivering Condor RTR5200 roll-to- Sharp’s BP-1200S digital
loading and/or unloading Flex RTR is said to guarantee “superior print quality”. roll inkjet printer, and the press and the DDC-810
with up to 150 cycles per accurate double-sided print- Meanwhile, Agfa will show Jeti Bronco high-end Duplo inkjet digital embel-
hour, enhancing productiv- ing. The Tauro H3300 UHS the new Autoloader for the UV-LED inkjet printer. lishment press.
Kodak launches Green Leaf CyanX takes on Harris

program for Sonora plates & Bruno range

Kodak has launched a new CyanX has added another
Green Leaf program to help significant partnership to its
Sonora plate users educate roster after being appointed
their existing and potential official UK distributor for
customers about the sustain- US firm Harris & Bruno.
ability benefits enabled by Harris & Bruno makes a
the process free plates. range of coating and digital
Sonora plates eliminate embellishment equipment.
processing equipment, Its coaters are used by a
chemistry, and the consump- Sonora plates remove processing equipment, chemistry & energy number of press manufac- New ZRX model was launched
tion of water and energy turers including Koenig &
from platemaking. Green Leaf Award. that they are doing their part Bauer, Komori, RMGT and CyanX managing director
The new materials, which “Our new Green Leaf pro- to help the environment, Landa and it has a substan- Richard Mawson said the
include a new Green Leaf gram supports Sonora plate printers using Sonora plates tial installed base in the UK. fresh partnership was
marketing handbook, users in clearly demonstrat- also improve their chances of Its web coating devices formed after Harris & Bruno
updated collateral, anima- ing to print buyers and the gaining more business.” are used by a number of digi- president Nick Bruno
tions, and a Green Leaf cer- market as a whole that their The Green Leaf program tal manufacturers including approached him during
tificate, are exclusively commitment to the environ- will be rolled out in the Fujifilm, Canon, Konica Drupa.
available to Sonora plate cus- ment and sustainability EAMER region from the last Minolta and HP. Mawson told Printweek:
tomers. They will have access begins with Kodak Sonora week of September. It is “We worked with Harris &
to these materials after regis- At Drupa the manufac-
tering on a dedicated web process free plates,” said already available in the US turer took the wraps off its Bruno almost 20 years ago
portal. Laura Cole, VP product man- and Canada and will be rolled new A3 to B1 format embel- for a previous agent. When
The launch comes more agement at Kodak. out from the last week of lisher, the ExcelCoat ZRX, Nick Bruno reached out to
than ten years after Kodak “By using the Green Leaf August in the Asia-Pacific which combines analogue us at Drupa we were excited
first introduced the Sonora program to communicate region. and inkjet technology. to work with them again.
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