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Inkjet Sheetfed
Ellipsis into B2 inkjet Ellipsis Media in Toowoomba took the country’s first new JetPress 750S
overwhelmingly positive, and we already have local printers taking advantage of this capability.”
Keanalley says Ellipsis was initially looking at the JetPress 720S amongst other solutions, but when the 750S came out, “that was the clincher”, he said.
“I also was happy to be a first mover in the market. There is a risk of course, but the analysis that we had, and the conversations with JetPress owners in different parts of the world, made me comfortable in being the first in Australia, and proud to be so.”
Keanalley says the JetPress 750S will work with run lengths up to 5000, “depending on the type of work”. He says Ellipsis is already transitioning high-run work from the digital toner printer and low end from the offset press onto the JetPress. He told Print21, “When
it comes to solids for instance on our offset press it would take a significant number of sheets
and time to get that right. With JetPress it is good from the first sheet, so no waste and minimal makeready, which means we are saving time and money.
“On the second day we did a particular job which would have taken a day and a half on the offset press, on the JetPress it was two- and-a-half hours. The decision to invest in JetPress inkjet sheetfed is working out already.”
Ellipsis is aiming to produce trade work for printers all over south-east Queensland, including those in Toowoomba, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, and – Keanalley says – as far north as Cairns and Townsville. He said, “We have the technology, it is now available for printers to access.” 21
in what was the biggest investment by far for the company.
The new press joins a toner-based digital colour printer and an SRA3 offset press, and an extensive bindery
fleet, at the production centre in Toowoomba.
Ellipsis Media serves the University of Southern Queensland and the printing community of south-east Queensland. Director Rob Keanalley tells Print21, “When we reviewed our business, we determined that we wanted to offer a service to printers in the area that they did not have, that would set us apart from the field, and would give printers something extra to go to the market with. Inkjet digital printing in B2 sheetfed was the clear solution to that, then it was a question of which solution.
“As a government organisation we have to go through a rigorous verifiable selection process. As we did that over a period of 18 months it became clear that the Fujifilm JetPress was the technology that would meet our needs. The print
quality is out in front, with 1200dpi, a wide colour gamut, and solids that are better than offset. It will print on standard offset stocks, which includes packaging stocks, and even onto canvas.
“And it will do all that at a price point that the market is more than happy to meet. Feedback we have had from the first week has been
Above:
First in Australia:
With the
new Fujifilm JetPress 750S at Ellipsis Media are (l-r) David Martin, Rob Keanalley, and David Fritz.
Fujiflm JetPress 750S
Claimed to be the fastest B2 format sheetfed digital press available, the 3,600sph Fujifilm JetPress 750S is a single-pass inkjet, printing what Fujifilm says is wide-gamut CMYK onto standard offset papers and carton board up to 0.6mm thick and maximum sheet size of 750x585mm.
Jet Press 750S is designed for the short-run, high-value markets as was its predecessor the 720S, but proponents
says its faster throughput speed and lower downtime mean it’s a viable competitor to B2 litho presses with LED curing.
Commercial printers will be pleased to discover the digital press runs an RMGT (Ryobi) chassis. It uses new high-speed versions of the Fujifilm Dimatix Samba piezo heads. It will print on stock down to 80gsm, and uses IR drying.
It uses the Fujifilm Vividia aqueous which the company claims can match 90 per cent of standard Pantone PMS colours.
Fujifilm also has a new Cloud based service XMF ColorPath Brand Color Optimizer, which it says can profile all 1872 Pantone colours for any stock.
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