drupa ramp-up #4 – New B2 inkjet carton press from Fujifilm

A yet-to-be-named folding carton press heads one of the largest line-ups of new imaging products and software from any manufacturer to be showcased at drupa. The new press will use the four-levels of greyscale at 1200dpi imaging technology at the heart of the company's JetPress 720 sheetfed inkjet press.

The first ever Fujifilm flexo plate, a new Brillia processless offset plate, extensive additions and re-branding of the XMF workflow and management software along with the introduction of a new drop-on-demand inkjet print head and the inkjet carton press illustrates the depth and scope of the Japanese giant. At the same time Fujifilm announced nine installations of the Jet Press 720, the B2-sized short-run general purpose inkjet press that was launched at last drupa.

As with almost all the other manufacturers Fujifilm’s main focus is on digital inkjet and to this end it is going to launch a new range of high performance inks for the technology, Vividia. It is developed to work with the Samba printhead, another proprietary invention.

The combination of the new ink with the single pass Samba inkjet sets up Fujifilm to expand the areas where it can leverage the core technology. This is taking it to address the folding carton market.