Prisco Demonstrates Real-world Wide Format Inkjet Workflows

At GRAPH EXPO, the PriscoDigital division of Printers’ Service--known as Prisco--is conducting continuous end-to-end workflow demonstrations on various rigid media, utilizing technologies
from HP Scitex, EskoArtwork and Caldera. PriscoDigital is manufacturing a broad range
of products to show the productivity and versatility of the workflow, live at Booth 201.

According to Eric Gutwillig, VP of Marketing, “We are striving to demonstrate that integrating wide-format inkjet technologies within a traditional offset printing manufacturing environment can be easy and seamless. PriscoDigital offers turnkey workflow solutions that allow commercial and packaging printers to capture new business opportunities from within their existing customer base. Inkjet systems can cost-effectively produce diverse applications such as short-run packaging, product mock-ups, point-of-purchase displays or promotional items. Since we are the exclusive Elite channel partner of HP Scitex for the large industrial systems within the commercial offset segment, we are able to offer our customers leading-edge wide-format technologies.”

PriscoDigital is excited to demonstrate the wide range of products that commercial and packaging printers can produce using the latest high-speed production equipment and optimized software from HP Scitex, Caldera and EskoArtwork. For the demo, prepared files are processed through EskoArtwork i-cut suite software, ripped though the Caldera RIP, where color management also takes place, and then printed using the HP Scitex FB700. Printed images comprised of intricate shapes are cut from the media utilizing Esko’s Kongsberg i-XL24 automated cutting system. The i-XL24 processes the image files through i-cut Vision Pro software, which calculates the cutting position information that drives the cutting heads.

About The products
The HP Scitex FB700 is a hybrid UV six-color wide format inkjet printing system capable of handling a wide variety of rigid or flexible media up to 98.4” (250 cm) wide. The printer offers high productivity and incredible image quality, with a resolution up to 1200x600 dpi and a production speed up to 861 ft2/hour. This extremely economical system has a white ink option, can do double-sided prints, full-bleeds and images with variable gloss levels to meet almost any customer demand.

The Kongsberg i-XL24 from EskoArtwork is a flat bed automated cutting and routing system that combines productivity with versatility and precise registration. The i-XL24 comes standard with multiple cutting and routing tools specifically designed to produce signs, displays and short-run packaging. This gives you users the combination necessary to finish any media up to 69x135” (63.7”x120” cutting area) from papers, styrene, PVC and foam boards to the most demanding applications such as acrylics and environmental boards. The i-cut Suite program dramatically increases productivity by automating and standardizing preflight, editing and layout of graphic files.

Caldera GrandRIP+ software is a fast, flexible and powerful production workflow dedicated to wide and super-wide format print and print-to-cut applications. The GrandRIP+ software platform incorporates the latest developments in color management, spot color support, screening techniques and unique finishing-oriented features such as tiling, nesting, and eyelet positioning, stitching and folding marks. The GrandRIP+ is an excellent companion to Prisco's HP Scitex wide-format line.

Also being shown at the company's booth are the company's line of media, finishing equipment, ink, software and industrial inkjet printers.