Konica has unveiled the new AccurioJet 30000 digital UV inkjet press featuring Dot Freeze technology
The new AccurioJet 30000 is part of Konica Minolta’s growing digital UV inkjet range and follows in the footsteps of its hugely successful AccurioJet KM-1e series, that has been installed at more than 350 sites around the world. The new press features an advanced printhead design featuring Konica Minolta’s patented Dot Freeze Technology. Its proprietary edge processing technology delivers sharp text quality, true 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution, and a wide colour gamut to provide unlimited creative applications.
The AccurioJet 30000 is capable of producing 3,000 sheets per hour (sph) with automatic duplex printing, without ink drying delays. It prints on paper thicknesses of 0.06 to 0.6mm, on a wide variety of specialty media including heavy textured stock, canvas, metallics, translucent stock, packaging board and plastics. This makes the press suitable for a diverse range of applications such as printing restaurant menus without lamination, maps, figures, and outdoor displays, as well as backlit posters, signage, packaging, tags, desk calendars, direct mail, photo albums and more.
Higher definition mode delivers improved granularity, and a new HM201 printhead optimises substrate wiring, ensuring uniformity and temperature control. Enhanced RIP performance makes the most of the latest CPU and memory configurations, eliminating delays with PreRIP processing. New media sensors and a spectrophotometer maintain continuous image quality with automatic in-run corrections, while bundles of inter-colour mist catchers reduce maintenance time. An upgraded inkjet manager system integrates with existing offset workflows, and an inline interface accommodates third-party finishing devices. The AccurioJet 30000 is largely operator serviceable and is supported by new remote support services.
Jon Hiscock, Head of Production & Industrial Print at Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd, commented, “We are excited to unveil the AccurioJet 30000 as the latest edition to our AccurioJet range, which offers the same paper processing stability as an offset printer but with the considerable flexibility benefits of a digital press in terms of functionality, automation, variable data printing and workflow management. By adding new features and functionality, the AccurioJet 30000 is perfect for ensuring print businesses can deliver the highest quality even on longer runs.”
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