By Melissa Donovan
Vendors continue to enhance and introduce digital printers targeting the corrugated market. The February issue of Industrial Print magazine features a chart listing various digital corrugated printers available currently. We also asked vendors to elaborate a bit on some of their more standout models.
Feature sets available on these printers focus on hold down mechanisms to manage corrugated board like vacuums as well high-profile ink sets.
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
The Arizona 6100 XTHF Series printers, with High Flow Vacuum, easily pulls down porous, warped substrates. Successfully create challenging packaging, display, and interior décor applications like never before. High Flow Vacuum produces up to 15 times the airflow of existing systems and an enhanced table with 250,000 air holes for maximum hold down.
Digitech
Trufire LT/X3 was launched in 2024 with three rows of printheads and a speed increase over its sister printer, the X2. Similar to the X2 it is ideal for large capacity jobs.
Durst Image Technology US
The Delta SPC 130 offers single-pass technology to the corrugated industry. The system combines a well-engineered mechanical design with easily accessible sub-assemblies and selected components to guarantee durable quality, high performance, and reliability. The Delta SPC 130 is equipped with Durst’s SPC drop on demand printhead technology and has a non-hazardous ink system and infrared/UV drying process designed for high productivity. Configure the Delta SPC 130 with up to six colors, printing any length of corrugated cardboard or paper media of up to 12 millimeters in thickness.
EFI
Packsize EFI X5 Nozomi is full-color, on demand, right-sized box system. It prints, cuts, creases, glues, and erects customized boxes with high-resolution graphics in a single solution. The X5 Nozomi system combines Packsize’s fully automated X5 On Demand Packaging system with EFI’s Nozomi single-pass digital inkjet printer line for corrugated.
Epson
Epson America, Inc. offers an extensive array of award-winning professional imaging solutions to suit any business need, regardless of size. As the manufacturer of both the ink and printhead, Epson designs its solutions as integrated systems, ensuring consistent, reliable output. Epson’s product lineup includes the SureColor V-Series for UV printing—ideal for printing directly to corrugated board. As a market leader across industries, Epson’s large format printing technology helps businesses visualize and execute ideas to make their mark on the world.
Kento Digital Printing
Kento knows overall equipment effectiveness is the gold standard for measuring manufacturing productivity in industrial operations. Kento Hybrid enhances this by minimizing changeovers, reducing downtime, and boosting throughput, combining digital and flexographic printing plus rotary die cutting, in a single platform. This includes both 50- and 66-inch flexographic and rotary die cutters.
With a scalable modular design, Kento Hybrid ensures optimal utilization of every resource, cutting costs and production time, helping corrugated plants maximize efficiency and profitability. With a low CAPEX the Kento Hybrid provides an unbeatable return on investment.
Mimaki USA, Inc.
The JFX600 Series wide format flatbed printers boast high-speed production with full board printing in under 60 seconds. With their quick registration system, semi-automated maintenance, full board and extra-large print areas of 8×4 and 8×10 feet, they fit as perfectly in a high-volume packaging shop as well as specialized architectural printing and interior design shops. The flatbeds reach print speeds of up to 2,152 square feet per hour.
Mutoh America, Inc.
The XpertJet 1462UF UV LED flatbed printer with a moving gantry features a large 55×27-inch printable surface area, two four-inch UV LED lamps, two piezoelectric drop on demand dual printheads in a staggered configuration, and prints on objects up to 5.9 inches thick. Tie that in with Mutoh’s Local Dimming Control Technology, and you now have the ability to add glossy finishes easily in one pass.
Roland DGA Corporation
When it comes to printing on corrugated materials, Roland offers several wide format flatbed models ideal for those types of applications, including those offered within the VersaOBJECT CO-i Series and the EU-1000MF high-volume flatbed printer.
swissQprint
Digital printing makes the most efficient solution for short runs, especially where personalization is in play. With a swissQprint flatbed printer you can run wild when it comes to materials. These machines print onto just about anything, from acrylic glass to E-flute, paper, wood, plastic, cardboard, and honeycomb panels. The powerful vacuum secures even difficult media such as corrugated board for smooth printing.
Xeikon
IDERA is a single-pass printer featuring an inline water-based priming and varnish station. It prints both coated and uncoated boards ranging in thickness from 0.06 to 0.43 inches.
Feb2025, Industrial Print Magazine
