Colordyne Technologies and Kao Collins Inc. continue their strategic partnership through the development of the 3800 Series WB – Retrofit, a new sustainable water-based mechanical piezo print engine for narrow web labels and packaging. This new engine uses environmentally friendly ink formulations and is designed to reduce the environmental impact of printing.
The 3800 Series WB – Retrofit is Colordyne’s latest advancement in water-based mechanical piezo print engine technology. It features the company’s proven 3800 Series engine design, with the addition of Kao’s LUNAJET water-based inks. This new solution offers significant advantages over traditional inks, including reduced environmental impact, low running costs, and longer print life.
Taylor Buckthorpe, Director of Sales and Marketing at Colordyne Technologies said, “Together, Colordyne and Kao Collins have created an innovative product to serve new markets and applications. What makes our approach unique is the open conversation we have together with the customer. This allows us to understand the customer’s needs in-depth, so we can craft a solution that combines our custom digital print engine approach with Kao Collins’ tailored ink formulation. The end result is giving the customer’s digital business a competitive edge today and in the future.”
The Kyocera 3800 Series WB print engine is a mechanical piezo technology that produces 600×600 dpi quality at speeds up to 300 fpm. It is offered in print width configurations of 4.25 to 17 inches and supports up to 7 colors in the process direction. Colordyne’s 3800 Series WB engine is a retrofit solution that can be mounted onto an existing flexo press and turns it into a single pass hybrid printing and converting platform.
“LUNAJET is the first water-based, pigmented inkjet ink of its kind,” said Chris Rogers, Vice President of Kao Collins. “We take a customized and consultative approach to developing our inkjet ink solutions. Working with Colordyne allows us to combine our innovative products to provide digital print engines and inkjet ink sets that are designed for each customer’s specific printing needs. This allows both of our companies to offer greater value to every customer we serve with this technology.”
LUNAJET is a proprietary technology developed by Kao Collins that employs nanodispersion to increase pigment concentration and spread the ink evenly over the surface, drop by drop. This process also reduces the amount of ink on the substrate’s surface, which allows for fast drying and smooth, printing results with vibrant colors.
The company claims that LUNAJET ink is not only safe for food packaging, but it also releases very little volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions, which makes it an ideal choice for industrial printers used for food packaging and pharmaceutical packaging.
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