Xaar has introduced the Versatex printbar, to enable label and flexible packaging producers to digitally print ‘the highest opacity whites and colours’ and add a wide range of features to their existing presses.
Building on the existing Versatex print engine and evaluation kit, this printbar is powered by Xaar’s Nitrox printheads with TF technology, high laydown and ultra-high viscosity technologies. It can handle a wide range of inks and fluids, printing at widths of 410mm and at up to 720dpi with eight grey levels at speeds of up to 75m/min. The Versatex printbar allows an opacity of 82% at 50m/min. Textured and high-build print effects, varnishes, foils, and mass personalisation are also available when using this new printbar, which can both integrated with new machine configurations or retrofitted onto existing presses. The latter option means existing machines can be used to meet the growing demand for embellishments on packaging and labels.
Graham Tweedale, chief operating officer at Xaar said, ‘We are delighted to add this printbar to the Xaar Versatex range, as it enables OEMs and integrators to take advantage of our proven ready-to-market inkjet technology without further development overheads. The highest opacity digital whites and colours, alongside the latest high-build print and visual embellishments, can now be easily added to existing presses, saving time, energy and money across a range of self-adhesive label and flexible packaging applications.’
