The Omega 1 Plus is a new, enhanced version of the Omega 1 flatbed and roll to roll UV printer. It offers the same fine art printing quality with an extra white and grey printing facility.

The award is for the “Best Hybrid Printer Sub-200k Euro” and was voted for by the>European Digital Press Association (EDP).

The award was made for the following reason:

“It provides fine art printing from an entry level machine. The plus version with extra white and grey fits in a category of its own and is the first machine to truly offer a replacement for Lambda.”

The EDP Association is made up of publishers of leading European magazines devoted to digital printing and associated products. These publications cover 14 European countries with a readership exceeding 1million graphic arts professionals.

The fine art printing quality of the Omega 1 is thanks to precision manufacturing and advanced inkjet technology. It prints with a resolution of 1720 dpi and features greyscale technology, 6 colour printing and the options of white and two process colours.

It is capable of printing on the widest range of flexible and rigid materials, including fine art papers, acrylic glass, foam sheets and aluminium at a productivity of up to 35m² per hour and a maximum width of 160cm.

The Omega 1 is compact in size and offers reliability, longevity and the opportunity of entering the profitable world of industrial large format digital printing.

New Table-Pro Option

The new Table-Pro Option allows for the printing of different sized boards and images to be mounted and printed together on a specially designed board, which is then fed through the Omega 1. The next board can assembled whilst the first is being printed. It allows for continuous workflow and maximised productivity.

The board is composed in a profession template using a Caldera Compose function and the individual boards are aligned and held in place by three pins.

The Durst Rho IP (Industrial Print) engine is a purpose built inkjet solution for industrial screen and pad printing applications.

It is a high speed inkjet engine which can be integrated into automated production lines and configured according to the application. The industrial production machine will also provide screen and pad printers with the highest levels of flexibility. This will enable them to profit from short runs, print on demand and just in time production, whilst being able to print directly onto the widest range of media.

It is ideally suited for the production of membrane switches, instrument panels, dashboards, cover plates (e.g. for washing machines) and small items typical of pad printing applications.

The Rho IP engine offers the highest quality print, including finest text and solid lines and also perfect edge sharpness and registration. For printing on smaller items, templates can be mounted onto the table. 

The modularity of the machine will allow up to 5 ink channels (CMYK plus white) and there are 6 printheads per channel. The print engine can be equipped with up to 15,000 nozzles producing a printing speed of 8 seconds per table in single pass mode, or 20 seconds in per table in scanning 4 colour mode including Variable Data Printing, if required. The standard table is 300 x 600 mm.

The innovative vacuum table uses mechanical pin registration and the vacuum is applied through microscopic pores in an aluminium plate.

One of the latest purpose built solutions for the Rho 1000’s automated production processes is the roll to sheet system. It features the productivity and labour saving convenience of being able to load large rolls of paper and, without pauses in the printing cycle, receive finished sheets cut to size and ready for dispatch.

The Rho prints from a 250 cm wide jumbo roll and cuts to the required poster size using an integrated cutter. The system maximises productivity and is capable of unattended printing thus reducing labour costs.

The system offers a heavy roll device as a solution for high speed long run printing. It consists of an unwinding tool and is equipped with two dancer rollers. It will handle rolls up to a diameter of 60 cm and a maximum roll weight of 600 kg.

At the centre of the system is the Rho 1000 UV inkjet printer with continuous media transport. It is a high speed, industrial production machine capable of printing up to 500 m² per hour.

The XY cutter can handle numerous types of media with a maximum thickness of 0.8mm. Even if prints are not parallel to the web edge, or the roll is not wound straight, the cutter will follow the image or media edge. The Durst stacker will handle multiple parallel stacks at the same time and load them onto pallets ready for dispatch.   

One of the major features of the Durst booth is a fully operational corrugated production line, which features automated loading, printing, varnishing and stacking in one operation.

At the heart of the system is a purpose built version of the Rho 1000 continuous inkjet production system, specifically designed for printing on corrugated boards. The Rho 1000 is ideally suited for integration into existing production process and is capable of achieving a production output of up to 500 m² per hour, without interruption, around the clock, whilst ensuring optimum quality.

The system features the automatic feed of sheets, integrated varnishing and automated storage. Even at maximum production speeds, this machine will achieve a standard of quality equal to that of laminated offset printing.

There are special features for the reliable loading of corrugated material and its transport during the printing process. This is achieved through special edge holders and an extra strong vacuum provided by vacuum chambers that are adjusted according to the media size. It will also print cut marks onto the corrugated board for finishing on a digital cutter.

It is capable of the high speed printing of multiple boards and there is an integral coating system for the enhancement and protection of the printed material. Finally there is an automated stacker, which can handle multiple stacks and present them ready for dispatch on pallets.  

Durst announces an even more productive version of its award winning Rho 320R roll to roll UV inkjet printer.

The new Rho 320R HS is a “High Speed” version of its market leading roll to roll printer and offers the same flexibility and photorealistic quality but at a maximum speed of up to 140 m²/hr in 4 or 6 colours.

It will print large rolls with a diameter of up to 600 mm and a width of 3.2 m (or 2 rolls of 160 cm each) and is capable of unattended printing for maximising productivity and cost saving.

The outstanding productivity is a result of further development of Durst’s own Quadro Array printhead technology. In addition to the compact design of the nozzle outlets, the temperature of the ink is precisely controlled via the ink feeding system and the inbuilt electronics guarantee the size and accurate placement of the drops. This provides pin sharp text as small as 4 pt. and banding-free full colour images, without "smoothing" caused by overlapping the printing of ink drops. This can result in unnecessary consumption of ink and a pasty appearance of the print.

The new machine is capable of printing on the widest range of materials, including paper, films, polyester textiles and vinyl and changing media is fast and simple. With 24/7 reliability, maximised production workflow and even faster turnaround the Rho 320R HS could provide real profit opportunities.

The new Durst Rho P10 Series comprises the most versatile and productive 10 picolitre printers in their class. They define a new quality standard for industrial production level machines without compromise between speed and quality. Furthermore, they provide unrivalled versatility thanks to their ability to print on the widest range of media including rigid material such as foam board, metal, acrylics and PVC and roll media including backlits, textiles and vinyls.   

At the heart of each printer are our new Quadro Array 10 printheads. This innovative technology creates the stunning “fine art” print quality with up to 1000 dpi resolution, finer tones and the option of additional light colours (light cyan and light magenta) for perfect colour reproduction.

This new series of mid-range printers is specifically designed to provide a level of quality that will allow for close up viewing of a wide range of advertising and corporate promotional material. Typically, they are ideal for indoor and outdoor signage, POP material, small to medium sized packaging and backlit luxury goods.  

Demonstrated at Drupa will be the Rho P10 200 UV flatbed printer which combines compact, robust industrial design with production efficiency and reliability. It offers unrivalled print quality without loss of speed and is capable of printing on the widest range of different media, both rigid and roll.

Brixen, Italy – 18.04.2012- Durst, the leading manufacturer of industrial digital printing equipment after the initial launch of the UV inkjet based label press Tau 150 8C at Labelexpo 2010 in Chicago, followed by multiple installations in Europe and Nord America, announces the launch of the new Tau 330 at the upcoming DRUPA 2012 (Hall 6, Booth C60) where the new press will be showcased first time.

The new Tau 330 features a print width of 330 mm and a printing speed of max. 48 linear meters (157 lin. Ft) per minute, reaching thereby an industry-leading hourly production capacity of 950 m². Its standard color configuration CMYK can be completed with optional white and two optional process colors Orange and Violet (availability late 2012), essential for label applications that require precise pantone color matching. Furthermore, the standard configuration also includes industry-leading RIP software with built-in substrate management and color management.

Tau 330 is available in 2 print width: Tau 330 with print width up to 330 mm and the more economic version Tau 330/200 with print width up to 200 mm.

“Best in class” image quality is achieved thanks to Durst’s proprietary Single Pass UV Inkjet Technology, featuring Xaar 1001 print heads with a physical printing resolution of 720x360 dpi with drop on demand, variable drop size and grayscale technology that results in an apparent image resolution of over 1,000 dpi.

Also on display will be the high speed Tau 330 Variable Data Print option with “insetter” functionality to print on pre-die-cut or pre-printed labels, thus allowing full label-to-label variability as well as “late stage versioning” applications at highest printing speeds of the Tau press.

Another important feature are Durst’s highly durable UV inks, especially important for label converters who often need to supply product identification labels as UL / cUL recognised components for labelling of consumer Electronic Equipment (e.g. computers, printers), Cellular, communication equipment (e.g. telephones), Garden Equipment (e.g. lawn mowers, vacuum cleaners) Power Tools (e.g. electric drills, sanding machines) where in all cases the label identification system must be durable for the lifetime of the product. The Durst Tau UV inks and 3M media combinations jointly carry PGJI2 recognition simplifying the UL recognition for converters who currently need to maintain their own ink registrations with UL for many of the traditional press ink applications. An in-line Corona Unit is available for on-board surface treatment of substrates to optimize print quality and ink adhesion.

Durst’s CEO, Dr. Richard Piock, commented: “Beside our well recognized white ink with very high opacity and the 2 additional process colors for high pantone color coverage, the new Tau 330 with its greatly expanded print width offers very high size flexibility and at the same time an industry-leading production capacity, two additional and important features which will be source of competitive advantage for our future customers”.