DLS has integrated a Digital +3600 four colour inkjet module onto a Mark Andy 2200 flexo press
Diversified Labeling Solutions (DLS), in the US, has installed Colordyne’s 3600 Series Retrofit onto a Mark Andy 2200 through the recent partnership between Colordyne Technologies and Mark Andy. This new hybrid press is the company’s second digital printing solution from Colordyne, the fourth in total.
Colordyne began partnering with Mark Andy in 2016 to offer inkjet capabilities on existing flexo presses. The 3600 Series Retrofit (also referred to as the Mark Andy Digital +3600) is a four colour print module, which runs at speeds up to 500 ft/min printing in a resolution of up to 1600 x 1375 dpi.
The 3600 Series Retrofit ‘was a very cost effective way to get into the digital marketplace in a plant that did not currently have that technology,’ explained Bob Hakman, owner of Diversified Labeling Solutions. ‘We are one of the first companies to purchase a hybrid solution through the new Colordyne and Mark Andy partnership. Together they were able to engineer a solution that didn’t eliminate any of the 2200’s press functionality, made use of our existing tooling inventory and provided us with new digital/hybrid print capabilities.’
‘We are delighted with DLS’s second installation of a Colordyne Production Class printing engine,’ said Gary Falconbridge, CEO of Colordyne Technologies. ‘The choice to retrofit a Mark Andy 2200 press with a Digital +3600 is something we are seeing more of in the label converting market.
‘When you speak to converters about giving an old or under-utilised press a second life, it hits home,’ he added. ‘We know how important it is to make the most of existing printing resources.’
