Duma Druck GmbH becomes first installation of the brand-new Xeikon SX30000 digital printing press in Germany, marking the offset printer’s entry into the digital arena

Lier, Belgium – Despite maintaining a healthy flow of offset orders during this difficult period, Duma Druck GmbH has taken a new direction toward digital with their order for Xeikon’s new digital web press Xeikon SX30000. The Stuttgart-based print service provider had been operating almost exclusively in the offset market to date. The company cites multiple reasons that led to its decision to enter the digital printing arena: first, a desire to produce short runs faster and more efficiently; second, to expand its service portfolio with customized and personalized print products, as well as optimize lead times. Ultimately, the aim is to offer customers added value and the ability to respond to customer demands with more flexibility.

“We studied the market carefully before we selected Xeikon’s SX30000 press,” said Volker Lück, joint Managing Director at Duma Druck GmbH. We were immediately impressed with the machine’s capabilities. The key advantages for our business are the variety of substrate options the press can handle and the high levels of print quality it can deliver. Maintaining the high quality of our printed products with the new machine is essential and Xeikon’s superior digital press gives us the opportunity to add value for our customers.”

New standards for dry toner
The Xeikon SX30000 is a completely new, high-performance single-pass duplex printing press based on Xeikon’s new SIRIUS technology. It sets new standards for dry toner printing, offering a resolution of 1200 x 3600 dpi and five color units. Able to process a wide range of substrates, it prints at a width of more than 20 inches at a rate of 98 feet per minute, or 404 A4 pages/minute. Its average speed is therefore more than 50% faster than its predecessor. With this new digital web press, Xeikon is primarily targeting premium applications that demand high ink coverage on high-quality papers while adhering to strict quality criteria. This may include book printing or high-quality direct mailings. Thanks to the technology’s versatility and virtually no limitation on the length of a printed piece, it is also able to handle materials destined for the retail and signage markets, as well as security printing and commercial print. Each product suite offers the customer a complete set-up of five different component parts, the press, workflow, dry toner, substrates and converting equipment.

“Our Xeikon SX30000 system using ground breaking SIRIUS dry toner technology has been designed to bring about a new era of productivity, lower running costs and a profitable TCO,” according to Dimitri Van Gaever, Market Segment Director Graphic Arts at Xeikon. At Duma Druck, the Xeikon SX30000 will be supplied with an inline and automated cut & stack solution, which is being supported by our Xeikon Solution Services Department. Duma Druck is now fully prepared to take its business to new levels, now and in the future.”

About Duma Druck GmbH
Founded in 1986, Duma Druck GmbH (www.duma-druck.de) specializes in the production of leaflets, booklets, labels and smallest folds and currently employs 35 staff. It serves customers from industry, food production and food retail, as well as agencies. The print service provider has five offset printing presses with a total of 21 printing units, four die cutting systems and 14 folding machines.