Making all your label and packaging jobs fit for digital

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1 Making all your label and packaging jobs fit for digital The Cube, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP2 7DF, UK Tel: +44 (0) I marketing.comms@ffei.co.uk I Web:

2 We are on a mission to transform the labels and packaging market. We want to boost production, improve margins and increase opportunities for a range of printers and converters. Graphium makes this all possible. At last a greater array of labels, packaging and speciality jobs can be fit for digital inkjet printing. Introducing Graphium If you produce labels, packaging or speciality print and want to increase margins and revenue streams on your print runs then Graphium is the press to transform your business. Graphium is a modular digital UV inkjet press that puts choice, flexibility and productivity in your hands allowing you to embrace complex projects requiring a wide colour gamut on virtually any substrate. Productivity is further increased by the tight integration of bespoke pre-press tools that cater for conventional and digital print processes. Graphium has the unique capability of integrating optional flexo stations for hybrid production and optional inline finishing for converting in one pass. The beauty of transformation Graphium takes its name from a genus of swallowtail butterflies whose colouration is as vibrant as the habitats they frequent. During their life they represent a truly stunning transformation one echoed by Graphium s conversion of digital files into high quality labels, packaging and speciality print. Benefits Cost effective - significantly reduced setup costs. No film or plates Workflow automation - reduces lead times and labour costs on both digital and traditional systems On demand production - make ready when you re ready Colour consistency - repeat orders are possible with accurate colour match Exact quantities - print what you need, reduce overproduction waste On press proofing - what you see is what you get Optimum colour - Uvijet Graphium UV Inkjet Ink is perfectly paired with Xaar 1001 print heads Modular system - high quality, flexo and finishing options, in-sync and in-line No click charge - pay for what you use, lower cost per label Substrate choice - print on a wide range of challenging substrates Multiple applications - excellent white opacity, adhesion, light fastness and durability

3 Transfer more jobs to digital No matter how challenging the application Print what you like When you want it Graphium s modular approach enables you to create a digital press line to match your requirements. Graphium inks are carefully specified and matched to the Xaar 1001 print heads providing Graphium with a wide colour gamut, adhesion, light fastness and durability. More pigment can be applied to the media enabling a highly opaque white ink to be printed at high speed, which is unsurpassed by any other digital process. Graphium presents a digital emulation of the qualities of traditional printing processes such as UV flexo and screen-printing. Graphium excels in the same target markets. Print on demand, in hours not days. Customers expectations are changing; they want smaller more frequent quantities with more variants cost effectively. By utilizing stock cutters or pre-cut label stock with highly automated prepress tools it is possible to produce high quality finishing and take designs from web to press in minutes not hours. RealPro Toolkit can import your existing CAD data for cutters and step 1-up automatically. And because the Graphium s repeat length is variable it can easily sync the job to auxiliary equipment using virtual cylinder repeats. Even if changes are made to a job, Graphium can stop/start without any loss of registration. Transfer more jobs to digital: Print on demand in hours, not days: b High productivity digital printing in combination with optional flexo & die cutting b Reduce inventory (profitable print on demand) b Minimise over processing (on press proofing) b Reduce touch points (automated pre-press) b Minimise defects and spoilage (repeatable consistent colour) b Reduce waiting (no plates or films, no make ready) b Minimise overproduction (print the exact quantities you want) Correct tools as standard: Fully modular transport options for: b Web clean, corona & inter-colour pinning b Adaptive Screening Technology b High opacity white b Wide gamut UV ink with superior light fastness, scratch and rub resistance b Digital print b UV Flexo b Aqueous Flexo b Die cutting, slitting, embossing b Banner printing b Variable data print On what you like How you want it To achieve consistent colour across a wide range of substrates requires more than ink and an inkjet head. This is why Graphium supplies what is required for professional printing as standard. We use full size unwind and rewind allowing the same substrates to be used as on your traditional press lines. The combination of web cleaning, corona and inter-colour pinning as standard ensures substrate surface energy is consistent for jetting whether it is on paper with different face finishes, filmics such as PE, PET, PP, vinyl or metalized materials. Graphium automates pre-press and workflow tasks so you can handle more jobs. Graphium utilizes a touch screen HMI for ease of operation on the press floor. The system provides controls to perform a number of on-press tasks including job queue management, colour management, calibration and media scripts, viewing jobs, and ink usage calculations. File formats supported are PDF and CMYK TIFF. Eliminate unwanted printing artifacts with Adaptive Screening Technology (AST). Graphium utilizes FFEI Ltd proprietary Adaptive Screening Technology. The screening algorithms are calibrated to the substrate type and adapted to ensure droplets behave in a predictable and precise way. It is this which ensures the very highest levels of image quality and uniformity in inkjet printing. Consistent quality and colour matching on every job, again and again. Graphium stores all press data for a particular media ensuring Graphium prints consistently without risk of user error. Graphium is aligned carefully to a space of print standards for traditional printing. Colour can be reliably emulated on a proofer, at a design agency, ensuring the press proof and print run will match - as will reprinting at a later date. In many cases this eliminates the requirement for visual press sign off by the customer on CMYK jobs.

4 Making every job fit for digital Embrace complexity Label jobs are becoming more complex. Print runs are getting shorter. The demand for quality and differentiation is relentless. The range of product versions and product revitalisation are increasing in both frequency and expenditure. Graphium provides the range of options and tools to embrace complexity. b Die cut b Flexo varnish b Flexo spot b Digital black b Digital magenta b Digital cyan b Digital yellow b Digital white b Flexo precoat Convert opportunities Graphium produces the widest range of jobs on the widest range of substrates. Graphium s high speed and 16 (410mm) print width, makes it the most productive press in its class printing up to 164 ft/min (50 m/ min), 13,240 sq.ft/hr (1,230 sq m/hr) with high opacity white ink. Graphium includes digital white, web clean, corona, pinning, adaptive screening and integral colour management with ink saving as standard there are no hidden costs. Options include flexo units, finishing, banner printing and variable data printing. Graphium provides the tools to convert digital limitations into business opportunities. Transform your business Graphium brings true lean production to your press floor. It increases margins through low investment, high productivity, a flexible range of modular options, high quality output and reduction of waste. This contributes to excellent crossover with flexo and achievement of break even with fewer jobs. Contact one of our Graphium specialists to find out more. graphium@ffei.co.uk

5 Technical specification Number of colours Min number of colours digital 4 Max number of colours digital 5 (CMYK + White) Max number of colours flexo (Pre digital) 2 Max number of colours flexo (Post digital) 4 Total colours possible 11 Print resolutions Perceived resolution 360x360 dpi (8 grey levels) >1080dpi 360x360 dpi (6 grey levels) >1080dpi 180x360 dpi (8 grey levels) >540dpi Speed Feet/min Meters/min (>1080dpi perceived) 360x360 dpi (8 grey levels) (>540dpi perceived) 180x360 dpi (8 grey levels) (>1080dpi perceived) 360x360 dpi (6 grey levels) Productivity Sq.feet/hr Sq.meters/hr 5 head 360x360 dpi (8 grey levels) 5, head 360x360 dpi (6 grey levels)) 7, head 180x360 dpi (8 grey levels) 10, head 360x360 dpi (8 grey levels) 6, head 360x360 dpi (6 grey levels) 9, head 180x360 dpi (8 grey levels) 13,240 1,230 Ink specifications Uvijet Graphium from FujiFilm - ISO optimized UV-curable ink Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black + high opacity White Image size Inches mm Max image width 5 heads wide 13" 330 Max image width 6 heads wide 16" 410 Max image length 39" 1,000 Max image length with banner print option 196" 4,978 Print technology UV inkjet DoD Xaar 1001 with TF Technology Substrate Min thickness 1.6mil 40micron Max thickness 10mil 250micron Max substrate width 17" 432mm Min substrate width 8.5" 216mm Max roll diameter 39" 1,000mm Max roll kg 881lb 400kg Substrates Papers (coated, uncoated, high-gloss, cast-coated, thermal). Most standard self adhesive label and packaging materials Filmic such as PVC, PE, PET, PP, OPP and metalized material Footprint dimensions Inches mm Minimum footprint (no flexo/finishing units) 268 x158 6,800 x 4,000 Power Frequency Hz Voltage 380 to 440V 3-phase, neutral and earth Max power max power consumption 65kw 95A (TBC) Digital front end Control panel Touch-screen HMI Options 5 head or 6 head print width Variable data and content printing Banner Printing Pre flexo unit Post flexo unit Die cutting RealPro Toolkit software or later Air specifications Room temperature min 64 F (18C) Room temperature max 77 F (25C) Thermal fluctuation max 3.6 F / hour (2C/hour) Relative humidity min 25% Relative humidity max 60% Max ambient temperature 90 F (32C) About FFEI With a history in printing technologies, which dates back to 1947, FFEI has become one of the market leaders in the world of industrial digital imaging. We are known for our highly innovative and advanced product solutions, which have attracted joint ventures with some of the world s leading organisations in this sector. Graphium is our latest series of high quality digital UV inkjet presses. Copyright FFEI Ltd. All rights reserved. All specifications are correct at the time of publishing. It remains the right of FFEI to change the specification at any time in line with our policy of continuous product development. Graphium is a registered trademark of FFEI Ltd.