Memjet launched its colour on-demand printing technology for the labels and packaging markets at Pack Expo International 2010.
Memjet, the company that is commercialising the super-fast inkjet printing technology developed by Silverbrook Research of Sydney, launched its colour on-demand printing technology for the labels and packaging markets at Pack Expo International 2010 (October 31-November 3, in Chicago).
Memjet's design delivers more than 700 million drops per second of colour ink through more than 70,000 nozzles on a single, stationary printhead. The core technology consists of 8.77-inch printheads, custom ASICs, software and ink that OEMs incorporate into their printers. The Memjet technology is protected by 3,000 global patents, and 2,000 more are pending.
Memjet claims that the speed, quality, and cost-effectiveness of its technology makes possible a decentralised colour-printing model, which can shorten the supply chain, reduce over-buying, and simplify labeling and versioning activities.
The technology was first debuted in 2007 but the printers still haven't been released for personal use. Memjet technology has already been incorporated into several commercially available labels, packaging and addressing products, including the following: Astro Machine Corp: M1 and M2; MainStream LLC: The 12 Pacc; OWN-X Industrial (Europe): SpeedStar 3000; and Rapid Machinery Company (Australia): Rapid X1 and Rapid X2.
In addition to showing its labels and packaging technologies that are available today, Memjet will demonstrate upcoming colour printing technologies and systems. Memjet Labels will demonstrate a colour on-demand labels print-engine prototype that operates at 30 inches per second (ips).
Pack Expo will also be the first public demonstration of the Memjet wide format technologies. A 42-inch-wide print engine will print colour, on-demand, on folding carton and corrugated packaging material.
The company says that it will be making a series of announcements for a variety of industries in 2011.
Memjet (Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd)
www.silverbrookresearch.com
