HR UV series (4 colour process) inkjet high resolution printing systems allow coding any type of moving packaging material or item through alpha-numeric texts, linear barcodes, 2D codes, logos and clip art. The result is a print with brilliant and resistant colours, the optimal result is achieved on light surfaces. Acrylic-based inks (in the 4 bases: cyan, magenta, yellow and black) allow application on porous and non porous surfaces such as paper and cardboard (both non-glossy and glossy), wood, glass, metal, fi lms, plastic materials, ceramics, and bricks.

After the printing phase, the ink is treated with a UV curing led lamp; in this way it is possible to avoid any problem related the ink drying on the print heads and into the hydraulic circuit. The excellent hydraulic circuit allows to provide printing system able to print on vertical or horizontal surfaces. These systems use 510 dot print heads and a 180 dpi (dots per inch) resolution, thereby obtaining a printing area 71 mm maximum height for each head.

Reliable and versatile thanks to the piezoelectric DOD (drop on demand) technology, they are the ideal solution to meet various printing requirements, as they can manage multiple print heads, which can be either freestanding or coupled together. This option allows extending the print height up to 16×71=1136 mm, treating the printing layout as a single entity.

As a matter of fact, the software divides the printing layout into stripes, which are transmitted to the print heads so as not to create defects on the contact lines between them. The control net allows to manage up to 64 heads and up to 16 controllers (see sketch).

TOPJET manufactures special systems both monochromatic and 4 colour process to meet any kind of demand. Thanks to careful technical evaluations and to our experience, TOPJET provide rational and reliable solutions. We created printing systems for application on lateral side or top side with various print area. Each single project is customized considering the following elements:

• speed of production
• position of printing (monochromatic or 4 colour process)
• position and shape of the item to be printed

• Floor pedestal with easy adjustment of print head and UV lamp in both directions
• (adjustment devices with hand-wheel as option) • Easy rotation of print head and UV lamp, in this way it is possible to print even on horizontal surfaces
• Print head installed on movable device as protection against shocks and vibrations
• Advanced hydraulic circuit with recover of ink ejected during purging operations; this possibility is available only during printing on vertical surfaces
• Controller rack able to manage up to 4 print head (either freestanding or coupled together)
• Protection grade of controller: IP33
  • Each controller has the following connections:
  • Encoder for production lines with variable speed
  • Ethernet port 10/100 for connection with supervisor computer
  • BCD binary codes (4 bits) for selection of message to be printed (up to 15 messages can be printed simultaneously)
  • Signal for print start
  • Input for scanner for quality control of linear and 2D bar codes
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• Distance between print head and surface: 3 mm max.
• Font: Windows True Type
• Font orientation in 4 directions: 0°, 90°, 180°, 270°
• Font height: any, recommended not lower than 2 mm and not higher than the max. Print area of the system
• Font format: bold, italic and underline
• Font available in any alphabet: Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Korean, Indi, Turkish, Hebraic, and so on.
• Print of the following linear bar codes: EAN 13, EAN 8, UPCA, UPCE, INTERLEAVED 2/5,CODE 39, ITF 14, CODE 128, EAN 128
• Print of the following 2D bar codes: DATA MATRIX, QR CODE, PDF417
• Importation of images and logos in the following format: bmp, jpg, gif, jpeg, wmf, png, tif
• Automatic date, time, expiry date multifunction and operator shift
• Incremental and decremental counters
• Print message repeating function
• Fixed and variable text fi elds
• Fixed and variable linear and 2D barcodes
• Acrylic-based UV curable inks with excellent contrast and strong adhesion on porous e non porous surfaces; solvent resistant inks are available too
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• Management up to 64 print heads
• Piezoelectric DOD (drop on demand) technology
• Heating systems for print head and ink
• Vertical resolution: 180 dpi (dot per inch)
• Max. horizontal resolution: 7200 dpi (accordingly with print speed)
• Print area height for each head: 510 dot equivalent to 71 mm
• Print head model and related performances available as follows:
  • Model 1513
    • Message lenght in monochromatic mode: up to 15 meters
    • Message lenght in 4 colour process mode: up to 15 meters
    • Drop size: 80 pl in binary mode
    • Print speed: max. 30 meters per minute with horizontal resolution 180 dpi
  • Model 2513 in binary mode:
    • Message lenght in monochromatic mode: up to 15 meters
    • Message lenght in 4 colour process mode: up to 15 meters
    • Drop size: 37 pl; print speed: max. 90 meters per minute with horizontal resolution 180 dpi
    • Drop size: 59 pl; print speed: max. 64 meters per minute with horizontal resolution 180 dpi
  • Model 2513 in gray scale:
    • Message lenght in monochromatic mode: up to 7,5 meters
    • Message lenght in 4 colour process mode: up to 7,5 meters
    • Drop size: 11+11+15 pl (3 levels) in gray scale or 11+11+11+11+15 pl (5 levels) in gray scale
    • Print speed: max. 64 meters per minute with horizontal resolution 180 dpi
    • Protection grade: IP54
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• Computer with display touch screen 12” TFT VGA
• 4 GB compact fl ash
• Storage memory for messages and images: approximately 2,5 GB
• Operative system: Windows XP Embedded
• Communication ports: Ethernet 10/100, USB 2.0
• Management software for printer and creation/editing of messages; user friendly menu with print preview (WYSIWYG)
• Ink consumption report
• Operator multi-level access password
• Communication with company management programs and software
• Available languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish, Germany, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese
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• Temperature from 5° up to 45° C (40° – 112° F)
• Humidity range: 10 – 90% (non-condensing)
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• Voltage: 110 – 230 Vac single phase auto ranging
• Frequency: 50 – 60 Hz

• Acrylic-based UV curable inks with excellent contrast and strong adhesion on porous e non porous surfaces; available in the following colours: black and white
• Min. height of print area: 71 mm
• Max. height of print area: (64×71)= 4544 mm

• Acrylic-based UV curable inks with excellent contrast and strong adhesion on porous e non porous surfaces; available in the following colours: cyan, magenta, yellow and black
• Min. height of print area: 71 mm
• Max. height of print area: (16×71)= 1136 mm