Background
A filter manufacturer is looking for an industrial inkjet printer to print product description, product code, batch number and a simple logo at the filter element.
Application
The filter element is made up of semi porous material, hence industrial inkjet like continuous inkjet printer (CIJ) and large character inkjet (Xaar technology) could be considered.
The well known no.1 CIJ brand, Videojet model Excel 2000 (4 lines print) with 16-8700Q alcohol based ink was proposed as the primary option to the manufacturer.
Ale X1, a Xaar technology based large character inkjet printer was the alternate option. The printer is capable to run with alcohol based ink and deliver a 17mm height print message.
Both options were suitable to fulfil the manufacturer requirement. It is very much depends on the manufacturer priority as below:
1. Superb print quality (Ale X1)
2. User friendliness (Videojet Excel 2000)
3. Low cost per print (Vidoejet Excel 2000)
4. Low maintenance cost (Ale X1)
Solution
Videojet Excel 2000 was chosen after thorough consideration from the customer. Even though customer was very impressed with the print sample of Ale X1, but the print quality of Videojet Excel 2000 has also met their requirement.
A filter manufacturer is looking for an industrial inkjet printer to print product description, product code, batch number and a simple logo at the filter element.
Application
The filter element is made up of semi porous material, hence industrial inkjet like continuous inkjet printer (CIJ) and large character inkjet (Xaar technology) could be considered.
The well known no.1 CIJ brand, Videojet model Excel 2000 (4 lines print) with 16-8700Q alcohol based ink was proposed as the primary option to the manufacturer.
Ale X1, a Xaar technology based large character inkjet printer was the alternate option. The printer is capable to run with alcohol based ink and deliver a 17mm height print message.
Both options were suitable to fulfil the manufacturer requirement. It is very much depends on the manufacturer priority as below:
1. Superb print quality (Ale X1)
2. User friendliness (Videojet Excel 2000)
3. Low cost per print (Vidoejet Excel 2000)
4. Low maintenance cost (Ale X1)
Solution
Videojet Excel 2000 was chosen after thorough consideration from the customer. Even though customer was very impressed with the print sample of Ale X1, but the print quality of Videojet Excel 2000 has also met their requirement.
The production manager opted Videojet due to the simple user interface menu design and the rugged membrane keypad structure. The Videojet has really shows the user friendliness in message creation and editing.
Another advantage of Vidoejet Excel 2000 is the option for the manufacturer to change the ink type to MEK or Acetone based depending on their future requirement.
A conveyor is bundled in the deal as the printing job is an off-line process for the factory.
2 comments:
The article is not considering all technologies that may be appropriate for the solution.
Xaar is not giving the right solution since the drops spread too much in the material, and the resolution is not good enough.
I have sold a similar solution using HP Technology, supplied from HS Automatic ApS to the customer Dräger (for facial masks). It was excellent. 300dpi at 150 m/min max speed. This will beat any CIJ printer in ease-of-handling and quality. The price per print will also be much lower, and best of all, the total cost of ownership will be much much lower than VJ Excel. Cartridge change in seconds, that's all the maintenance you need to do.
Moderator, please do not ignore HP TIJ technology.
I agreed with your statement to certain extend but below are some limitation with the HP technology based inkjet printer in this cost sensitive region.
1. Normally the printhead must be facing down. Side printing will be an option which cost substantial.
2. The price for such inkjet printer is equal to 3 to 4 units of 4 lines CIJ printer.
3. Ink dry time is even slower than Xaar alcohol based ink.
4. Due to import duties of Malaysia, the cost per print is doubled or more as compared to CIJ.
5. Normally the user need to program the print message via PC and download to the print controller. This is not acceptable for this customer.
But, wide array HP technology based inkjet printer such as Videojet Printmail and RSI are well accepted in this region on computer form printing, ticketing, consignment notes printing, etc.
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