Memjet (San Diego, Cali., USA) announced earlier this month (Sept. 10, 2018) that OEM partner New Solution has incorporated Memjet technology into its NS LION label coating printer. The NS LION is an end-to-end, label printing solution that coats, prints, laminates, die cuts, slits, and finishes labels in a single inline process. The NS LION enables converters to easily incorporate digital technology and produce small volumes of high-quality, customized labels for a fraction of the capital cost of digital or flexo alternatives.

"The emerging generation expects a consistent yet cohesive brand experience across a more dynamic product mix, requiring a new approach to label production," noted André Jacques, VP of sales and marketing, New Solution. "To operate in this new ‘instant-response’ culture where smaller volumes represent a growing portion of the industry, label converters need flexible, integrated solutions. The NS LION enables converters to meet those market demands and produce high-quality labels in a fast, affordable and integrated way."

The NS LION combines an affordable price, with its ease of installation and cost-effective use of media. This means label converters can profitably produce high-quality short runs from 100 to 50,000 labels. The NS Lion coating feature lets converters leverage their less expensive flexo label stock and apply the right coating inline with no additional steps. That process makes the production of digital labels with specialized coatings more cost-effective than UV and aqueous inkjet printing alternatives.

By utilizing Memjet printhead technology, the NS LION produces a 1600 x 1600 dpi output that equals the quality of offset at a fraction of the cost.

"All of the time-consuming setup work involved in flexo printing has been compressed into a fast, easy workflow that requires virtually no setup time," says Manuel Martinez, product developer at New Solution. "Using the inline capabilities of the NS LION means less setup, fewer steps and a faster production of customized labels."

 

New Solution SA manufactures digital print equipment to the highest of European standards. Products and components are 100% CE certified and all our manufacturing processes are housed together, giving us total control over the design, production, manufacturing and testing processes. Quality control provides a basis for our continuous improvement, providing better control of our production, engineering and management processes.

Memjet is a global leader in the development of digital inkjet technology that brings an unmatched combination of speed, simplicity, and affordability, transforming what is possible in color printing.

Memjet's original technology platform, VersaPass, is an aqueous dye-based, single-pass digital print system that enables on-demand printing in a variety of markets, including desktop labeling, mailing and addressing, wide format and commercial press.

The DuraLink digital printing platform expands Memjet's industry-leading speed, simplicity and affordability to a broader range of commercial, packaging and industrial printing markets. Features of DuraLink include a new long-life printhead with 5x nozzle redundancy, durable aqueous pigment ink, 2.5-meter (100-inch) maximum print width and impressively versatile modularity, providing the ultimate flexibility in building market-leading solutions.

Memjet supplies this advanced printhead, modules, and ink technology to OEM partners around the world, enabling the creation of solutions that bring new opportunities to users in a variety of markets.