Screen shows Truepress Jet 520CP to Sydney in September

Dainippon Screen Australia to feature a fully working Truepress Jet 520CP on its stand at the upcoming PrintWorks/Visual Impact exhibition next month.

"PrintWorks and the Visual Impact Image Expo are mostly about inkjet – almost all wide-format digital printing today is inkjet, such as with our Truepress Jet2500UV for signage and displays. However, we saw the opportunity to show how inkjet crosses the boundaries between wide-format and commercial printing," said Akira Hayakawa, managing director of Screen Australia.

The Truepress Jet 520 family comprises full-colour and mono inkjet presses printing on 520mm wide webs at 32, 64 or 128 metres per minute. Wider webs and faster speeds are soon to be announced. Launched in 2006, the Truepress Jet 520 range is today the most popular high-volume digital inkjet press in the world, with 200 installations including the recent one at Astra Printing in Wellington, New Zealand.

However, no manufacturer has gone to the trouble of exhibiting a working high-volume digital inkjet web press at an Australasian trade show before now.

“We believe the Australian market needs to see first-hand how high volume digital inkjet can be of benefit and for this reason, we have chosen to bring in and set up a Truepress Jet 520CP at PrintWorks,” said Hayakawa. “Our wide-format products are already known and we will show samples of their output, with demonstration possible off-site, but the Truepress Jet 520 will be fully operational as a reel-to-reel configuration using Hunkeler unwind and rewind units.

Garry Knespal, Executive Officer, the Graphic Arts Services Association of Australia and organizer of PrintWorks, believes the press will be a drawcard. “Having the TruePress Jet 520CP running at the PrintWorks Expo (organised by GASAA) is a great move by Screen and good news for the industry. It will be the first public showing of a TPJ520 in our region and will definitely be a highlight of the co-located print, display and retail shows at Darling Harbour,” he said.