PRINTING United Product Roundup

Canon Solutions America will show its new Colorado 1630 64” roll-to-roll printer. It prints durable, odorless and instantly dry prints on almost any media at 1800 dpi. https://printingnews.com/21152388 

Durst will show the new P5 350/HS hybrid flatbed/roll-fed UV LED printer that produces up to 7,000 square feet per hour with standard CMYK and optional LC/LM + white and varnish. https://printingnews.com/21152388

Heidelberg will introduce a new product, Smart Print Shop Analytics, that bundles all of its analytic capabilities, allowing print shops to uncover ways to reduce make-ready, increase consistency and work with less touches based on real-time data. https://printingnews.com/21154545

MBO, a Komori company, will show the MBO K80 Combi Buckle/Knife folder. The folder includes a palletized feeder and AutoPilot, a camera system installed at the feeder that identifies the current job via a printed data code and acts as a QC system. When it detects a new job via the code, the system resets itself appropriately. This automation allows the operator to load several jobs, press start and walk away to do other work. https://printingnews.com/21155022

RMGT will mark the worldwide launch of the new 8-UP+ RMGT 970 offset press under the theme “Bridging the Gap” PRINTING United. As RGMT has done for the last several shows, the press will run live demonstrations every hour. The theme highlights the gap between digital print and conventional offset, claiming the press can produce offset quality at digital quantity, as well as the ability to replace two to three older conventional offset presses. The company will also show a new automation package called ASAP (Automated Smart Assist Printing) that allows a single press operator to move autonomously from one job to the next with no more than three minutes of down time in between. This is enabled by simultaneous plate changes in about a minute and 40 seconds and automatic blanket washing and application of ink profiles. At start-up, the plates are auto-registered and color controls are automatically set to the requested density. https://printingnews.com/21142796

In July, Roland DGA announced the 64-inch GR2-640 and the 54-inch GR2-540 large format vinyl cutters as additions to the Roland DG CAMM-1 series. These next-generation machines are capable of cutting almost any shape quickly and cleanly from a broad range of materials, including everything from thin automotive films and heat transfer sheets to thick reflective sheets and sandblast masks. This makes the GR2-640 and GR2-540 ideal for applications such as signs, decals, window film, vehicle wraps and sports apparel. The Roland DG CAMM-1 GR2 series cutters will be on display at PRINTING United. https://printingnews.com/21154166

Standard Finishing will feature iCE LiNK, a cloud-based workflow management system from Horizon that allows print providers to manage and monitor production across multiple finishing devices to provide a higher level of production efficiency. They will also show the Horizon BQ-500 Perfect Binder and the Horizon HT-300 Three-side Trimmer. The BQ-500 can be fed with a conveyor that automatically inserts book blocks into the binder, adjusting spine width according to codes printed on the book blocks. https://printingnews.com/21154733 

Vanguard Durst will unveil two new printers at the show. The VR6D, priced at $140,000, prints 30 boards per hour in quality mode, a high quality mid-range printer with exceptional speed. It features Ricoh Generation 6 print heads. The second new product is the VKH900, selling at the high end of Vanguard’s price range and printing up to 60 boards per hour in quality mode or 120 per hour in production mode. Vanguard will also show Durst's Pixels to Output workflow integration with its printers.