Rotech to supply innovative inkjet printer

Thermal inkjet printer technology moves ahead to print onto a wide range of non-porous materials. Most notable, is the ability to print onto blister foils and varnished cartons as found on many pharmaceutical production lines.
Rotech Machines Ltd., the specialist coding and marking company, have been granted distribution rights by APS of Herrenberg, Germany for their innovative range of Apsolute thermal inkjet printers.
Using technology developed by Hewlett Packard, the printers offer a sealed, mono-fluid, printhead that removes the need for the handling of bulk, volatile, liquids. Furthermore, unlike printers with a re-circulation system, only such fluid as is required to make the print needs to be purchased.
To date, the technology has been largely limited to printing on porous surfaces as only water-based inks could be used. The development by APS of a range of alcohol-based inks together with modifications to the cartridge driver to permit their handling, now allow the technology to print onto a wide range of non-porous materials. Most notable, is the ability to print onto blister foils and varnished cartons as found on many pharmaceutical production lines. A further feature of the Apsolute system permits up to four printheads to be commanded from one controller, meaning that only one need be purchased per production line.
Two further features help to control and reduce the running costs of the printer. Firstly, once programmed, the system calculates how many prints will be made from one 42ml cartridge. Making subtle changes to the font or resolution can have a dramatic effect on ink usage and this feature allows the user to decide the print format that best meets all their business needs. Secondly, with no moving parts, there is zero maintenance and no disruption to a production line due to coder failure.

This simple, innovative, printer is readily portable and Rotech can offer on-site demonstrations and production line trials as well as in-house print-testing of customers’ packaging materials.

To discuss your application further, please contact:
Rotech Machines Ltd.
01707 393700

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Rotech Machines Ltd
58A Bridge Road East
Welwyn Garden City
Herts
AL7 1JU
Chris Baker

Rotech offer a range of coding and marking technologies, including thermal, ink jet and hot foil to the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
Our range of printing equipment covers both online and off line applications for printing from a simple date code to bar code printing.
Rotech also hold extensive stocks of printer spares, printer and packaging consumables.

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