EFI Nozomi C18000

Groundbreaking LED inkjet single-pass platform announced at drupa 2016.

May 31, 2016
EFI Nozomi C18000

Available in 2017, the EFI Nozomi C18000 is a sheetfed, digital packaging press has run speeds up to 8,100 m2 / hour and can print on boards up to 1.8mx3m in size. Users will gain superior versatility thanks to a double-lane printing feature that enables full utilization of the press’s speed and width and increases throughput up to 9,000 80cmx60cm boards per hour. The press’s LED imaging capabilities provide brilliant, accurate color imaging on just about any board substrate, including traditional Kemi, model, bleach and kraft materials.

• Targeting paper based substrates – corrugated paper, card stock, and SBS
o From 14 pt stock to A, B, C, D, E, F, G, N, O, AB, AC, BC, EB, EF, and triple wall corrugated paper
o Thinner materials may require the top feeding solution
• Up to 75 linear meters per minute with a print width of 1.8 meters
• Fifty linear meters per minute in highest quality mode, at full width of 1.8 meters and 3 meters in length
• Up to 6,600 boards per hour, max. width, 2 boards up, bottom feeder
• Up to 1,338 boards per hour, max. width, max. length, bottom feeder
• Industrial fixed array (print bar) and print heads
• Will use full Fiery digital front end (DFE), bladed configuration
• Base configuration of CMYK, upgrade to CMYK+W, CMYKOV, CMYKOV+W
• In-line coating station
• Feeding (top and bottom options) and stacking
• Two-up printing with variable image
• Active image quality check for drop-out and nozzle compensation
• Capable of meeting US recyclability standards