High-quality inkjet printing in full colour now at PTS in Heidenau
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PTS has invested in a high-quality full-colour inkjet system for material testing and inspection in the packaging printing environment. Due to the wide variety of substrates in the packaging environment, such as corrugated board and folding carton, which are also frequently used in the food sector, a system with water-based inks was the first choice.
After an initial pre-selection, DJM's HP C250-based system proved to be the optimal choice. The HP C250 module is a full-colour HP printing module with HP's latest Thermal Inkjet 4.0 technology, analogous to the large WebPress systems of the T-1100 and C500 class. It can be used particularly flexibly on a laboratory scale. The print width here is 108 mm at a speed of up to 75 m/min and a maximum resolution of 600 x 600 dpi.
For PTS applications, DJM has developed a complete solution with a C250 module over a linear transport system. With this adaptable configuration, PTS can quickly and easily produce test prints on a range of different substrates to assess material behaviour, optimise materials in research and customer projects and develop new surface solutions.
The system is controlled by a DJM Kameleon controller and allows the user to process various print data formats as well as make special adjustments via colour management. The HP C250 has short start-up times thanks to the integrated printhead service station and enables automated cleaning. Especially the fast execution of test runs at practice-relevant speeds required by PTS could thus be ensured by DJM.
The acquisition of the system could be realised within the framework of the INNO-KOM investment grant funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). The printing system is already being used in ongoing research projects at PTS. The system has already been successfully used in the IGF research project (IGF 20425 BR), which deals with the dimensional stability and the curling behaviour of graphic and packaging papers. In another project (IGF 21164 BG), the product properties of highly opaque coatings for inkjet printing papers are to be optimised through the use and targeted adaptation of the structure of the silica particle collective and tested for their performance using the new printing system.
In addition, the system is also available to PTS customers and partners for their own developments and optimisations.
