Dantex has developed SuperWhite, a new technology capable of producing white ink with an opacity between 86-92% in single-pass inkjet digital printing environments.
Available for the company’s PicoJet 330 and 254 UV inkjet digital label presses, SuperWhite has been developed by Dantex Advance Engineering, and is claimed as, ‘the highest opacity high-speed inkjet white available on the market.’ Such an opacity can be achieved at a printing speed of up to 75m/minute (250ft/min).
SuperWhite combines Dantex’s ink technology, engineering and software expertise to generate ‘detailed and vibrant print on a wide range of substrates’, such as coated and uncoated papers, foil, PVC, polypropylene and polyethylene. The technology offers a very pure, high white, which prints consistently and evenly and offers excellent adhesion and chemical/light resistance properties with a ‘superb quality finish’. SuperWhite ink opacity is said to be consistent throughout the production run, even at 75m/min, as the printheads deliver an accurate and measured amount of ink across and down the web with no variables.
SuperWhite technology has also enabled Dantex to develop DecoTactile, a technology to create a range of high-quality textured effects and embellishments.
Inter-colour pinning technology is instrumental to both SuperWhite and DecoTactile. During the printing process, LED pinning is used to stop the ink droplet from spreading. This offers a defined dot shape and allows for the following inks to sit on top of the white, without intermixing. Colour is better defined, allowing also for superior quality printing of solid areas. LED pinning additionally improves fine text, line work and reversed out solids with no trapping or reticulation issues.
According to Dantex CEO Benjamin Danon, ‘The advancements being developed by our digital team are helping to establish Dantex as a leading manufacturer of high-quality digital printing press technology.’
Read more about inkjet digital printing developments in the March/April 2021 issue of Digital Labels & Packaging; register here to receive the magazine, for free
