EFI introduces new digital inkjet printer

EFI introduces a digital inkjet label printing system with full light emitting diode, ultra violet (LED UV) curing technology for printing on flexible packaging materials.

The Jetrion 4830LED UV inkjet system and a newly-developed, flexible ink set allows printing on unsupported and heat sensitive materials, including shrink sleeve, opening up new opportunities for label converters in the flexible packaging market.

Users can fully upgrade their presses to utilize the flexible ink set by retrofitting their systems with the new LED lamp technology.

The low heat and targeted wavelength benefits of LEDs allow full UV ink curing on heat sensitive and other flexible packaging materials that were previously unsupported with traditional UV-curing methods.

Unlike other digital printing systems, there is also no need to pre-coat or pattern-coat flexible substrates when using the new 4830LED system.

"The system was designed to expand short-run printing opportunities beyond traditional label stock to a broader range of flexible packaging materials supported only by UV LED curing technology," says Dr. Kenneth Stack, Jetrion's senior VP and GM.