Screen will use the upcoming Hunkeler InnovationDays to give the world’s printers a first look at its new flexible paper packaging press, designed to offer an alternative to plastic flexo packaging.
The development of the Truepress PAC520P is in response to the trend of reducing plastic material in packaging. It is a high-speed, water-based inkjet digital press for paper-based packaging substrates, with a much lower environmental impact than conventional printing processes. This is due to a drastic reduction in energy and material waste.
Building on two decades of experience in inkjet printing, the Truepress PAC 520P uses newly developed proprietary water-based pigment inks that comply with appropriate food-safety regulations for sustainable flexible-packaging applications.
Screen will also be showing the Truepress Jet520HD+, winner of two technology awards – Intertech and the Japanese Society of Printing Science and Technology. Screen says that with its newly launched ink, SC+ Ink, is a reliable and productive commercial, transactional and publishing digital press. It will be configured with the Hunkeler Cut & Stuck system (CS8).
Peter Scott, managing director of Screen GP Australia said, “Our Truepress Jet520HD+ offers high printing quality on standard matt, silk and gloss offset papers at great productivity – with the added power of variable and short-run print-on-demand.”
In addition to new products, Screen will demonstrate how it cooperates with third parties, for the benefit of customers. One is with Solimar Systems, with the aim to streamline production flows, enabling greater automation and labour savings, while also reducing production losses and errors in the printing process. Solimar’s SOLitrack system provides excellent visualisation of each job’s progress and status of equipment, creating a seamless digital workflow with Screen’s Equios riping.
The second is with colour measurement and software solutions from Myiro. All Truepress Jet 520HD printers will now come with Myiro, which Screen says is a modern, automatic colour-calibration system that makes colour management much faster, easier, accurate, and reliable.
Scott says: “I would normally be there myself but I can’t make it this time. It’s a pity because the Hunkeler InnovationDays have proven to be highly valuable in demonstrating what can be accomplished using high-volume digital inkjet production and finishing.”
With almost 100 exhibiting companies, Hunkeler InnovationDays is held at Messe Lucerne exhibition facility, Switzerland from 27 February to 2 March. Screen can be found in Hall 2, stand #P4.
