Recent developments in digital printing drupa 2012 and after

Recent developments in digital printing –

drupa 2012 and after

Detlef Schulze-Hagenest Molfsee, Germany [email protected] 22nd_{INGEDE Symposium} 13 February 2013

DRUPA 2012

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Largest Print Show in the world

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1850 exhibitors from 52 countries (2012)

314,248 visitors (60% foreign)

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Attendance decreasing (390,000 in 2008); international visiting

increasing

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Dominating themes at drupa 2012 have been

 Automation

 packaging printing

 digital printing including digital fabrication

 hybrid technologies

 web-to-print applications and

Print Volume 2009–2024

Caslon 2010, cited with permission after Océ Printing Systems, 2012,

North America and Western Europe

Offset- and Gravure Printing

Digital Printing Billion A 4 per y e ar year

Profiles of Printing Technologies

after Océ Printing Systems, 2012, with permission

Printing Cost

Page cost incl. Paper, investment

Productivity

Printing speed and width, Press availability and stability

Substrate Versatility

Print Quality

Color space, Fine detail defilition, Uniformity of full areas and halftones, Gloss

Image permanence

Stability against abrasion, Adhesion to substrates, Elasticity, Light stability

HSE

compatibility

Including deinkability

Continuous Inkjet Thermal Inkjet Piezo Inkjet

(Electrostatic and KODAK (Liquid and “Solid”)

Stream Inkjet Technology)

Digital Color Presses

Electrophotography Inkjet

Digital Color Presses

Inkjet Technology (Examples)

Source: Hue P. Le

Journal of Imaging Science and Technology — Volume 42, Number 1, January/February 1998 www.imaging.org/ist/resources/tutorials/inkjet.cfm

Reprinted with permission of IS&T: The Society for Imaging Science and Technology sole copyright owners of Journal of Imaging Science and Technology.

Continuous Inkjet (electrostatic)

Overview Inkjet Color Presses (examples)

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Continuous Feed Inkjet

 Entry Level (Piezo) 1-2m/s, 0,5m w.

 Dainippon Screen Truepress Jet 520 CP package

 KODAK VERSAMARK VL2000 Printing System

 Océ ColorStream 3500 system

 Single-path duplex 1-2m/s

 Océ JetStream® 1000/1400 color inkjet system (Piezo)

 HP T200 Color Inkjet Web Press Series (Thermal)

 High-Speed Inkjet>2m/s, >0,5 m w.

 Océ Jet Stream products/ Fujifilm JetPress W (Miyakoshi, Piezo)

 Xerox® CiPress family of products (Piezo, Solid Ink)

 HP T300/T400 Color Inkjet

Web Press Series (Thermal)

 Founder EagleJet P5200  KODAK PROSPER 5000XL

Press (Continuous, Kodak Stream inkjet technology)

 Technology Demonstrations

• KBA Rotajet 76 (Piezo)

 Komori Impremia IW20 (Piezo)  Timson T-Press (Continuous,

Kodak Stream inkjet technology)

 Landa Nanography

Océ ColorStream Twin Series (3500/3700)

 Océ platform  Pigmented inks

 Kyocera heads, Brother

nozzles

 CMYK output, fifth and sixth

color printing

 Simplex/duplex flexibility  Speed: 75/100 m/min, 505/675

A4/min (simplex configuration), 1010/1350 A4/min

(duplex configuration)

 Resolution:

600 x 600, optional multilevel

 Print width: max. 21.25“  Paper weight: 60–160 g/m²  Duty cycle:

4–43 million images/month

 Available configurations:

1/0 to 6/6

upper photo from Océ‘s product brochure, lower photo: Detlef Schulze-Hagenest at Drupa 2012

Xerox Production Inkjet

Technology (CiPress)

 Piezo Solid ink technology

56 heads, 49,000 nozzles

 full-width printing – up to a

maximum of 20.5“

 four color, 600 dpi prints.

 Up to 500 feet/153 m/min,

>2000 images/min

 New Image On Web Array

(IOWA) sensor, scan bar registers each print head

 Resin-based (toner-like) ink

Prints deinkable

 Final fusing station

 Wide range of papers without

precoating

Source: Xerox

Xerox Production Inkjet

Technology

(CiPress)

Pictures from Howard Mizes et al. High Speed Xerox Inkjet Technology, Proceedings NIP26 p. 340-343, Reprinted with permission of IS&T: The Society for Imaging Science and Technology sole copyright owners IS&T NIP26: International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication 2010 Final Program and Proceedings

HP T300/T400 Color Inkjet Web Press

 30/42 inches wide, (29 x 41.75-inch print width)  400/400–600 linear feet per minute (2–3m/s)

 2,600/? letter-sized four-color images per minute (3-up)  1200 x 600 dpi resolution, 2 bit

 40–350g/m²

 HP Edgeline Technology – thermal inkjet printhead array

(seven printheads per color)

 Additional thermal inkjet array for a bonding agent  Inks are pigment-based

 Applications targeted by HP include books, direct mail, transaction documents,

and newsprint applications

Picture from HP´s IPEX2010 Press Kit

HP T300 Color Inkjet Web Press

KODAK PROSPER Family of Products

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Color KODAK PROSPER 5000XL Press and

monochrome KODAK PROSPER 1000 Press

KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology:

Printhead Fundamentals

Drop generation:

Continuous streams of ink are formed into two distinct drop sizes by applying heat pulses to the ink Drop size is controlled by adjusting time between heating pulses

Print Drops Drop Capture CMOS/ MEMS Drop Generator (Side view)

Nozzle surrounded by heater

Ink Pump Non-Print

Drops

Drop deflection & capture:

Printing drops are separated from non-printing drops according to their size by air flow

Non-print drops are captured and recirculated

(Side view)

Quality: Modular Drying System Concept

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Maximum image quality,

colour fidelity

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Scalable across wide

range of paper types and

ink coverage

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Scalable power

requirements

KODAK PROSPER

5000XL Press Specifications

 Throughput: 650 fpm (200 mpm), up to 3600 A4 ppm, 8, 12, 16 page

signatures

 Image quality: Up to 175 lpi

 Substrates: Types: Uncoated free sheet, uncoated ground wood, matte and

glossy coated papers

 Weight: 45–300 gsm, 3–12 pt, 30–200# book weight

 Ink type: Kodak’s aqueous pigmented process color inks

 Jetting Modules: 4.16”, 48 jetting modules within a standard perfecting press

 Imaging width: Up to 24.5” (62.2 cm), Variable cutoff: Up to 54” (137.2 cm)

 Duty cycle: 120M A4 or letter images/month (24/7 operation at 80% uptime)

 Operating environment

 16 to 30 °C @ 10 to 90% RH non-condensing  30 to 40 °C @ 10 to 60% RH non-condensing

 Consumption during operation: 34.6 kW (idle), 146 kW (uncoated papers),

KODAK PROSPER S-series imprinting systems

Photo Kodak (upper), Detlef Schulze-Hagenest at Drupa12

• Continuous, Kodak Stream inkjet technology • 105.6 mm width, 600 x 600 dpi, up to 4 units • Pigmented, waterbased inks

• Drying: NIR (Adphos) recommended • PROSPER S5: 152m/min

• PROSPER S10: 305m/min (CMYK) • PROSPER S20: 600m/min

• PROSPER S30: 900m/min (3000ft./min)

KODAK PROSPER S-series Imprinting Systems

Applications:

Photos: Detlef Schulze-Hagenest at Drupa 2012

• Timson T-Press (book production) • 200 (later 300) m/min at

600x900dpi

• wide web width of 1,245/1,320mm • s-shape paper path

• small amount of start-up waste • Ryobi 750 Series offset presses integrate

KODAK PROSPER S5 Imprinting Systems

• hybrid press: offset printing, inkjet

printing, and an optional inline varnishing

• up to 10,000 sheets per hour, B2 • Options: two heads with one drier;

four heads with driers; and four heads with driers and an inline UV varnish station.

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KBA RotaJet 76

Landa Nanography

Image source: Landa

•Indirect transfer of ink via blanket to

the substrate

•up to eight colors, spot and specialty

colors

•pigment particles only tens of

nanometers in size

•water evaporates on the blanket and

the ink becomes an ultra-thin dry polymeric film, less than half the thickness of offset images..

•image is transferred to any kind of

ordinary paper, coated or uncoated, or onto any plastic packaging film - without requiring pre-treatment. The NanoInk film image instantaneously bonds to the surface;

Landa Nanography (Video)

Video source: Landa

Landa Nanography

Image source: Landa

Web Presses

•The Landa W5 Nanographic Printing Press is a 560 mm (22 in.) web width press capable of single-sided printing at up to 200 m/min (656 ft/min) on plastic films and shrink sleeves (12 to 250 microns) and on label stocks, tube stocks,aluminum foil and paper (50 to 300 microns).

•The Landa W10 Nanographic Printing Press is a 1,020 mm (40 in.) web width press, FDA-compliant for food packaging •The Landa W50 Nanographic Printing

Press is a 560 mm (22 in.) web width press capable of double-sided printing at up to 200 m/min (656 ft/min) on any coated or uncoated paper (40–300 g/m²) All available not before autumn 2013.

Landa Nanography

Image source: Landa

Sheetfed Presses

•The Landa S5 Nanographic Printing Press is a B3 (20 in.) up to 11,000 SPH, (60-350 gm²).

•The Landa S7 Nanographic Printing Press is a B2 (29 in.) up to 12,000 SPH (60-350 gm²).

•The Landa S10 Nanographic Printing Press is the market's first B1 (41 in.) digital production press, up to 13,000 SPH (60-400 gm²).

All available not before autumn 2013.

Overview Inkjet Color Presses (examples)

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B2/B3 Inkjet

 Products

 Fujifilm Jet Press 720 Digital

Inkjet Press

 Dainippon Screen Truepress JetSX  Jadason QPress

 Technology Demonstrations

 Delphax Elan press

 Offset Presses with ink jet heads

 Komori Impremia IS29/ Konica

Minolta KM-1 press

 MGI Alphajet B2

 Fujifilm Jet Press F folding

carton press (Piezo)

 Ryobi 750 sheetfed press

(Continuous, Kodak Stream inkjet technology)  Landa Nonography 

Miscellaneous

 Atlantic Zeiser Group  Domino Printing Sciences plc  Finishing

 Scodix Ltd.

Fujifilm Jet Press 720

 Fuji Film Jet Press 720 (sheetfed)

 Derived from sheetfed offset platform

 Print format up to 720 x 520 mm (28.35 x 20.47 ins)

(four A4 pages in one pass in four colors)

 Paper size: 542 x 382 mm (min), 750 x 530 mm (max)

 Paper weight: 100–300 g/m²

 Input paper capacity: 800 mm in height (max)

 Output paper capacity: 600 mm in height (max)

 Dimensions: 2.7 m (D) x 7.3 m (L) x 2.0 m (H)

 Resolution: 1,200 dpi with 4 gray levels

 Speed: 2,700 B2 sheets per hour (equiv. 180 A4

sheets/min) linear speed app. 0.6 m/s

 Printheads: FUJIFILM Dimatix SAMBA™ printhead, 720

mm wide

 Precoating, wet-in-wet printing, precoating reacts with ink

and prevents ink penetration, improves density and results in good deinkabilty

Anilox Precoater

Photos from IPEX2010 by Detlef Schulze-Hagenest

Source: Fuji Film

Fujifilm Jet Press F

folding carton press

(Technology Demonstration)

 New B2 inkjet digital press designed for

short-run folding carton package printing applications

 Print format B2

 Printheads: FUJIFILM Dimatix printhead (ex

Spectra® Polaris-512), 720 mm wide

 Precoating, wet-in-wet printing, precoating

reacts with ink and prevents ink penetration, improves density and results in good deinkabilty

Overview on Electrophotographic Presses

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Continuous Feed

 Xeikon 8000

 Ocè ColorStream 10000 Flex

 Xerox 490/980™ Color Continuous Feed Printer (twin)

 Simplex (Packaging)

 Xeikon 3500

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Cut sheet beyond A3+

 > 4 colors

 KODAK NEXPRESS SX Digital

Production Color Platform 914mm x 356mm

 4 colors

 Xerox iGen4™ 110 Press/

Xerox iGen4™ 220 Perfecting Press

660mm x 364mm

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Cut sheet (A3+)

 Fuji Xerox Color 800/1000 Press  4 colors

 Canon imagePRESS C7010VP digital

printing press/ Canon imagePRESS C6010VP Color Digital Press/Canon imagePRESS C6010 Color Digital Press

 Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C7000,

C8000 and C1100 (2012)

 RICOH Pro C900  MGI Meteor DP60 Pro

Overview on Electrophotographic Presses

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Continuous Feed (B2)

Label)

 HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press

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Cut sheet (B2)

 Duplex

 HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press

 Simplex (Folding Carton)

 HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press

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Technology Demonstrations

 Océ Infinistream

HP Indigo 10000

Digital Press (B2)

 3450 sheets/h (4/0),

4600 sheets/h (3/0)

 Slower speed for more

(up to 7) colors

 Sheet size 750 x 530mm

 Substrate thickness: 70–450µm

 Liquid EP engine

 Pantone emulation with four, six,

or seven colors

 812/1219 dpi printing (8-bit depth)

Image and data source: HP Indigo 10000 data sheet

Photos: Detlef Schulze-Hagenest at Drupa2012

HP Indigo 20000

Digital Press

 Roll feed, labels and foils

44,8m/min (3/0) 34,1m/min (4/0) 26,8m/min (5/0)

 Slower speed for more

(up to 7) colors

 Substrate width up to 76,2mm

 Substrate thickness: 14–350µm

 Liquid EP engine

 Pantone emulation

with four, six, or seven colors in-cluding white

 812/1219 dpi

printing (8-bit depth)

HP Indigo 30000

Digital Press (B2)

 Folding Carton

3450 sheets/h (4/0), 4600 sheets/h (3/0)

 Slower speed for more

(up to 7) colors

 Sheet size 750 x 530mm

 Substrate thickness: 2,8–8,4mm

 Liquid EP engine

 Pantone emulation with four, six,

or seven colors including white

 812/1219 dpi printing (8-bit depth)

 In-line laquering

Image and data source: HP Indigo 10000 data sheet

Technology Demo

Canon Océ Infinistream

Photo Océ

Shown to invited audience only at the Océ site in Poing

•120 m/min roll feed press •up to seven print stations (7/0) •liquid toner

•imaging width: 71 cm •aimed for packaging market •up to 14,400 B2 sheets or 7,200 B1

sheets per hour

•up to 600g/m², current quality

unknown

•optimized for pressruns of 5,000 to

10,000 sheets.

•available 2nd half 2013

•Partnership with manroland, uses

proven offset system geometry – inking system, imaging cylinder and rubber-coated blanket cylinder

Technology Demo

Xeikon Trillium

Photo Océ •New liquid image development system

based on High Viscosity Toner (HVT): This is an emulsion of toner and carrier-liquid (pharmaceutical grade white oil) to allow the toner particles to be up to 4 times smaller compared to its dry form.

•Different from the Indigo process: •The carrier liquid is recycled in the

printing process without evaporation, so

no VOCs involved

•toner particles are not charged during

manufacturing, but just before printing

•Trillium will incorporate both a transfer

and fuse process.

•Sustainability: Perfectly deinkable. It

uses the same resin types as Xeikon’s dry toners, bioresins and vegetable oil can be used.

Some Observations and Comments

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Commercial digital printing (toner as well as inkjet based) is

no more a niche market

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Print quality and paper latitude of toner based printing still

leading, toner based printing is improving cost per page

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There are signals of another toner printing renaissance,

this time using smaller toner particles (with liquid carrier)

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Inkjet based web printing becoming established; few vendors

are already established in the market; still substrate limitations

are existing

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Inkjet is dominant in wide format printing

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Inks are mostly pigmented and water based; UV leads label

printing

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Debates on relative eco-friendliness of different technologies

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Questions

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Future of printing in general?

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Future of printing segments?

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Future of Digital Printing?

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EP vs. Inkjet?