James Labels, based in Bacup, UK, has installed an AccurioLabel 230 digital toner press, manufactured by Konica Minolta and supplied by Focus Label Machinery.
Joint managing director Keven Mitchell, commented, ‘With our impressive growth over the last 12 months we needed to invest in new technology to complement our existing digital offering to our increasing customer base. The new press will operate alongside existing Focus flexo presses to enable the company to satisfy the increasing demand for short run and variable data label production’.
With 23.4m/min print speeds, and a native 1200 x 1200dpi resolution, the output quality is claimed to compete favourably against other high-end digital presses which cost three to four times the price. The press is able to run standard 330mm width coated paper, uncoated paper and polypropylene label materials with no special pre-coating.
James Labels’ newly installed AccurioLabel 230
James Labels’ joint managing director, Andrew James, said that after researching other digital presses the company kept going back to the AccurioLabel 230. He said it provided the company with the best quality and variable data facility that it needs.
The new press comes with Konica Minolta’s own ‘AccurioPro Flux’ label imposition software, which optimises the use of media by automating jobs, such as impositioning and step-and-repeat, as well as support for variable data printing. This is complemented by a Konica Minolta Miyro Auto Scan Spectrophotometer, which provides the ability to accurately profile and calibrate colours in around four minutes.
Antony Cotton, technical sales manager at Focus, stated, ‘The AccurioLabel 230 provides a simple business model that makes perfect sense to all sizes of printing companies, competing in an ever-changing market. The considerable benefits include on demand full colour printing, sampling, variable data and graphics, fixed price printing, no special substrates, and low-cost investment – all fully serviced, and inclusive of consumables and components.’
