Kodak’s latest Prosper press has a new monitoring system.
New press monitoring technology called the Intelligent Print System (IPS) has been included in Kodak’s latest Prosper inkjet press platform, the Prosper 5000XLi, announced today at the Hunkeler Innovationdays event in Lucerne.
IPS uses in-line video monitoring and advanced software controls to enable real-time adjustments that refine and optimise colour quality. It tracks and evaluates pages and makes adjustments to the press’s more than 100,000 inkjet nozzles accordingly. Front to back registration is also monitored, and adjustments for parameters such as cross-track, in-track, magnification, and skew performance are all made.
In addition, the 5000XLi includes innovations in its transport system that Kodak says virtually eliminate page imperfections caused by paper stretching and wrinkling. Systems using advanced servo rollers and software algorithms, rollers with ribs, and adjustable nip settings in four locations all help to smooth the flow of paper.
An auto-adjusting intake system simplifies changing paper stocks, a variable length paper path improves drying, and an advanced drying system adjusts for ink load, web speed and substrate. Substrate options are also increased through an image optimiser station which prepares industry standard uncoated, coated and glossy coated papers (between 45 and 300 gsm) for inkjet printing at full speeds.
‘Our engineers are constantly working to improve every aspect of the printing process, and managing the media handling is a big part of that,’ said Will Mansfield, director of marketing for Kodak’s inkjet printing solutions. ‘Customers will see new revenue opportunities from the higher image quality, and broader substrate support, while increasing profits with less waste and greater throughput.’
