French printer Étiquettes Pierre Foucher (EPF) has selected the Screen L350 SAI S, its second digital label printer, for its speed and quality.
The company, founded in 1920, was acquired by business group Groupe Aixor in 2011 and, over the past three years, has invested €750,000 annually to modernise its machine park.
EPF director Nicolas Lavalette said, ‘You have to invest in good equipment first in order to attract new customers. For handling the large print runs of our national and local customers, we had already invested in analogue flexographic printers. But for local customers, where responsiveness and service are very important, for example within 48 or 72 hours, we needed a second digital printer to serve them in a cost-effective and qualitative way.
‘The SAI S is quick and easy to operate, and between two jobs you lose no time in getting the printer ready. Speed is important, because some customers almost no longer manage physical stock. Instead, they order new labels when they need them.
“With the seven colours of the Screen L350 SAI S we can print all the Pantone colours we need. This allows us to digitally print the same labels as on our flexo printers, but in smaller runs. The difference between the digital and flexo colours can only be seen by a trained eye and under a magnifying glass. Also, the seven colours allow using less ink compared to a digital four-colour printer, as less ink has to be mixed to get to the exactly right colour.’
