Visitors to the Xeikon Café Packaging Innovations 2017, held 28-31 March, witnessed the unveiling of Xeikon’s new PX3000 UV inkjet digital label press. This new press, based on Xeikon’s Panther UV inkjet technology, complements the Xeikon 3000 series and Xeikon CX3 label presses based on dry toner technology, bolstering the extensive range of digital printing solutions available through Xeikon for the label market.

Xeikon developed the new Xeikon PX3000 digital label press in response to the growing need for new technologies in digital label printing, to drive new applications and produce them in the most efficient way. With years of digital print experience and expertise, Xeikon acts as an advisor to the label convertors with the ability to closely analyse their requirements and offer the best suited solution, either UV inkjet or dry toner.

The new press features a web width of 330 mm (13 inch), and a maximum speed of 50 m/min (164 ft/min). Colour configuration is CMYK plus white, with a print quality of 600×600 dpi. Substrates can range from self-adhesive media with facestocks including paper, PVC, PP, PET and PE. Both UV inkjet and dry toner digital presses are driven by the Xeikon engineered X-800 digital front-end that enables superior and consistent print quality in combination with industry-leading productivity. The X-800 accepts various file formats and tackles demanding variable-data print jobs at rated engine speeds. Intuitive and based on open standards, it enables the implementation of flexible and fully automated workflows in any production environment.