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Tau 150 8C
Digital UV Inkjet
Narrow Web Label Press
In an age of constantly changing market
trends, it is obious that product life cycles get
short and product diversification requirements become essential market needs. Labels
are no longer just labels but tools for brand
recognition and brand protection. In addition
test marketing becomes an essential method
to differenciate products. All this results in
an increasing demand for short run label jobs
that need to be produced in an economic
way. In this given environment, a digital label
printing process will become a “must have”
for every label converter.
With digital technology you will be ready to
face these new service requirements, enter
new niche markets, increase profitability and
add value to your business. Digital technology
will increase your flexibility by offering new
services and at the same time drive your costs
down.
This is your chance to get ahead of the curve!
Look at the Tau 150 8C Digital UV Inkjet
Press and explore its unique possibilities to
extend your services by delivering high quality
short runs print jobs. Compared to other
digital technologies, Tau 150 8C stands for
significantly faster turnaround times resulting
in a high cross-over point versus conventional
Flexo-graphic presses.
Ideally for application areas such as specialty
food & beverage, health care, household
chemical, car care, DIY, personal hygiene …
and many more, Tau 150 8C with its streamlined digital workflow and outstanding
printing speed will be the right choice for
you to face the economic challenges and new
service requirements of the current and future
market trends.
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Durst Single Pass Digital UV Inkjet Technology
for label printing applications …
The Durst Tau 150 8C is a Digital UV Inkjet
Label Press designed for short-run narrow
web applications covering web widths from 10
cm (4 in.) to a max. 16,5 cm (6.5 in.). With its
unique Single Pass UV Inkjet Technology, the
system reaches an outstanding printing speed
of 48 m per min. (157 ft. per min.), resulting in
substantially improved return on investment
for the label printer.
Tau 150 8C is built to the latest state of the
art digital UV Inkjet technology to guarantee
maximum reliability and production efficiency,
handling short run jobs very economically,
regardless if only one label, a few hundred
labels or more than 40.000 labels are needed.
This will convert unprofitable short run jobs of
your Flexographic presses into very profitable
print jobs on your Tau 150 8C digital UV inkjet
press.
Equally important is Tau’s printing resolution
with variable drop size and 8 level grayscale
technology that delivers an apparent resolution of over 1000 dpi, providing nearly
photographic imaging quality with clean text,
smooth gradients (vignettes) and homogeny
solid colors.
Durst’s proprietary Single Pass UV Inkjet
Technology offers a whole new range of
color configurations to cover the majority of
requested label printing applications.
Its standard color configuration CMYK can be
completed with White as well as Orange and
Violet color thus offering a up to 90%
coverage of the Pantone color gamut
(depending on substrate).
Additionally, Tau 150 8C can be equiped with
a Digital Varnish print module for digital spot
varnish applications, generating different
gloss levels with only one fluid in a single
pass at the time of printing the label jobs,
allowing converters to produce new value
added products in a fully automated and very
efficient workflow.
With UV Inkjet technology, lower production costs are achieved thanks to affordable
ink-only cost models – users pay for the ink
they use – nothing more, nothing less. It is
simple and easy – and in line with conventional industry practices. Additionally, UV Inkjet
technology means less material pre-treatment
and less coating postpress work is needed
compared to other technologies.
Tau inks are available directly from Durst.
Their formulation and color gamut have been
carefully adapted to meet the high demands
of the label industry. Inks are delivered in 5
liter containers with an easy and secure refill
system.
An industry-leading RIP software (powered by
EskoArtork) with built-in substrate calibration
and color management ensure high image
quality and consistency, especially important
when printing repeat short run jobs. The optional Variable Data Printing module provides
increased service flexibility for full label-tolabel variability.
Durst’s solid & robust mechanical construction ensures high reliability for a heavy duty
24/7 production.
Built-in maintenance functions such as
automated print head cleaning and help to
significantly increase performance and
machine up-time.
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Advantages of Durst’s “digital”
Complete end-to-end
UV inkjet technology
Digital technology is one of the most exciting
areas in label printing and converting today,
impacting on everything from pre-press to
printing, personalisation and finishing. The
opportunities of digital technologies are
varied and extensive, offering huge potential
for new products and services in a rapidly
changing market place with an increasing demand towards personalised, custom products
in short run.
In comparison to conventional processes,
which require a physical printing plate to print
images on a substrate and need substantial
time and material to get ready for printing,
Durst’s digital label printing process offers a
much more simple and cost effective way of
printing short run jobs.
Durst’s digital UV inkjet printing process
offers a fast and easy workflow
The Tau 150 8C is equiped with industryleading RIP software that provides a fully
automated data workflow. An electronic job
ticket
contains all relevant data that are needed to
drive the system. Incoming files will be ripped,
color management will be applied and the
“ready to print” files will be automatically sent
to the queue manager of the press.
For priority purposes, jobs can be re-arranged
in the printing queue. Literally in less than
a minute, files that were sent from a design
station will be ready for printing.
Appropriate press profiling and our
dedicated UV inks match a high percentage
of the Pantone color gamut without costly
custom PMS inks.
Durst’s digital UV inkjet printing process
cuts production cost, due to:
• Its outstanding printing speed providing
fastest production time, thus reducing
labour and machine hour costs.
• It uses ink costs of actual printed area only,
instead of per-click cost models.
• It supports more standard substrates with
less need for pre-coated or special coated
materials.
• “Make ready“ times are less than 5 minutes
including substrate loading/replacement.
• It consumes less than 5 meters (9 ft.) of
linear make-ready material.
Durst’s digital UV inkjet printing quality
differenciates, because:
• Its basic CMYK color configuration can be
completed with White as well as Orange and
Violet color thus offering a up to 90 %
coverage of the Pantone color gamut.
• It can be equiped with a Digital Varnish print
module for digital spot varnish applications
• It creates images with vivid and superior
color appearance compared to
conventionally printed Flexographic
images and at the same time it requires
far less individual color inks to achieve
equal results.
• It delivers repeatable quality from the
first to the last label, from the first run
to following runs that are produced over
longer time periods.
• It provides a perfect color-to-color
registration, thus eliminating the color to-color trapping that can be visible on
images printed with conventional
flexographic technology.
• It stands for high image and superior text
quality, smooth gradients from single or
multiple colors and homogen solid color
areas.
• It ensures high light-fastness that makes
lables last longer for outdoor applications.
• It ensures good ink adhesion that makes
labels more scratch resistant.
solution
Tau 150 8C is available as a complete end-toend solution with an off-line Rotoworx
converting & finishing system, designed to
make short-run label conversion and finishing
more profitable. It is complete with product
unwind, semi-rotary die-cut, lamination,
matrix rewind and two product rewind
modules. To match the productivity of the Tau
press offers Rotoworx
speed of up to 50 m/min (~160 ft./min.) .
The system features a field-proven web
transport based on Durst’s patented ISO
tensioning technology with high registration
accuracy of +/- 180 microns.
TM
330 HS an equivalent
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330
Service and support
Durst’s award wining worldwide service and
support, a network you can rely on
We guarantee our customers the reliability
and efficiency of our products. However,
when needed you can count on our worldwide
service network and support teams.
Remote diagnostics and support as well as
being on-site within shortest possible time to
optimize your systems uptime are tasks we set
and stand for in order to help you to make the
best possible use of our product.
Pre-die-cut label printing
Tau 150 8C can be equipped with a special
detection device and appropriate software
functionality to accurately print on pre-diecut labels. The same function also allows
to in-print variable information (1D and 2D
Barcodes, sequential numbers and other
extensive variable Data and images)
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Technical Data
CMYKW
Printing technology:
Single-Pass UV Inkjet Technology (drop on demand + variable drop size
6-42 pl) with Xaar 1001 hybrid side shooter grayscale print head
technology.
Ink colors/printing modes:
up to 8 colours CMYK + W + O + V + DV
Tau 150 8C color configuration options:
Color Options
CMYK
White
Orange/Violet
Digital Varnish
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2
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4
3
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5
6
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Image quality:
720 x 360 dpi (grayscale technology with approx. 1000 dpi apparent
resolution)
Printing speed at full color:
• 48 lin. m/min, 157,2 lin. Ft. per min
• 2.880 lin. meters per hour, 9.432 lin. Ft. per hour
• 23.040 m, 75.456 lin. Ft per 8h shift
Image size:
Image width = max. 14 cm (5.5 in.)
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Web width:
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10 – 16,5 cm (4–6.5 in.)
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Substrate thickness:
0,1 – 0,3 mm
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Substrate type:
Coated & uncoated paper, PVC, PP, PE, and label stock
Substrate input system:
Base configuration: Roll-to-roll. Roll diameter max. 61 cm (24 in.) Core
diameter 7,6 cm (3 in.)
Substrate output system:
Print to rewind
Front-End:
Touch screen user interface
Operating system:
Microsoft® Windows XP® Server
RIP Station:
RIP software and built-in Color Management. Optional Variable Data
solution for RIP software
Finishing solution:
Durst Rotoworx
Warranty:
12 months from date of installation on parts, extendable with optional
service contracts
Safety standards:
CE, complies with current standard safety regulations.
Power supply:
400 VAC, ±10 %, 3 phase, 50-60 Hz
Power consumption:
20 KW
Dimensions (W x D x H):
258 x 199 x 210 cm (8,2 x 6,5 x 6,8 ft.)
Weight:
1.800 Kg
TM
330 converting & finishing solution.
Durst Phototechnik
AG
Label Printing Division
Vittorio-Veneto-Straße 59
I-39042 Brixen, Italy
Telefon +39 04 72 81 01 11
Telefax +39 04 72 83 09 80
www.durst-online.com
info@durst.it
Durst Canada Inc.
50 Lindsay Avenue,
Dorval, QC, Canada, H9P 2T8
Telephone: +1 514 633 0550
Fax: +1 514 633 8558
info@durstcanada.com
The latest technical developments
are constantly being incorporated
into Durst products. Illustrations and
descriptions are therefore subject to
modification. All rights reserved on
images and illustrations.
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