Digital Braille Printing
By Lisa Cross -- Graphic Arts Online, 7/1/2008
Atlantic Zeisser unveiled a digital printer that uses UV high-viscosity inks to affordably print Braille. Called Braillejet, the device distributes inks via micro valves, which are similar to inkjet technology, to produce the Braille's raised bumps.
Designed for the pharmaceutical and packaging markets, the system offers an alternative and lower-cost technique for producing Braille where shorter run lengths would be too expensive to set up using conventional techniques such as screen printing, embossing and flexo, says the company. It also accommodates variable-data printing.
The Braillejet printhead can print two lines of text at a time, and multiple heads can be stitched together to cover a wider area.
The company also launched the 360-dpi Omega 210 digital industrial inkjet printer and the Flexojet 600 modular system for UV printing.
An extension to the Omega line, the 210 is a single-pass, drop-on-demand inkjet system for printing black or spot color inks across a 210-mm width.
The Flexojet 600 delivers near flexo print quality, says the company, based on the proven reliability of thermal inkjet on virtually any material in a wide variety of high-speed industrial applications. It prints 600 x 600 dpi at 42 m per minute using AZ's specially formulated UV curing inks.
The 600 is based on drop-on-demand HP TIJ 2.5 technology and can be customized as required with curing systems and a controller platform. atlanticzeiser.com
