Konica Minolta will launch its B2 UV inkjet sheetfed press at drupa next year, calling it a real alternative to offset technology.
Konica Minolta B2 UV inkjet sheetfed press
Konica says the KM-1 printer will produce offset quality at 3000 sheets an hour. The machine uses Konica’s UV CMYK inks and Piezo Shear mode print head technology, printing at 1200x1200dpi resolution. It can handle 585 x 750mm media size, and media thickness from 0.06mm to 0.6mm.
Konica says the KM-1 will work on a variety of substrates and will be able to produce packaging print as well. Mark Hinder, Konica Minolta business solutions Europe head of market development, says, “KM-1 is not a transpromo or transactional press designed to produce invoice statements.
“This is a high-quality offset transfer to digital device where you are looking at high-quality books, high-quality marketing collateral and jobs on demand where you would struggle to make any profit on at the moment but that you are doing to feed revenue and turnover.
“This is where that shift change is now going to come to reality. No longer will you have to be tied to buying plates purely and simply because you had to do that because of quality.
This is a real alternative to offset technology.”
