High-speed color inkjet devices continue to gain a foothold in the graphic communications market, and Xerox has unveiled a new option at drupa 2012 that delivers the technology to users who need sharp image quality at lower print volumes.

The Xerox CiPress 325 Production Inkjet System complements the company’s CiPress 500 Production Inkjet System as the world’s only high-speed waterless inkjet devices. Going waterless means commercial printers, direct marketing companies, service bureaus and in-plant operations can print quality, colorful images and graphics on low-cost, plain paper without ink soaking through.

For printers with lower average monthly page volumes, the twin-engine device makes it easier to enter the burgeoning high-speed inkjet market. CiPress 325 offers fast, high-volume production at 325 feet per minute (fpm)/100 meters per minute. It prints at 600x600 dpi resolution so marketing materials, transpromo jobs, catalogs and manuals come off the press in crisp, vivid color.

Features and benefits of the CiPress 325 include:

• Upgradeable – Users can enhance the system from 325 fpm to 500 fpm through a software license, which increases productivity as page volume grows.
• Fast processing – Xerox’s FreeFlow Print Server enhances productivity by handling complex variable jobs without sacrificing print speed. Users can configure their digital front engine to meet their job processing requirements.
• Sustainability – Xerox’s patented, granulated, resin-based ink formulation makes it simpler to deink prints for recycling. Xerox’s approach received the highest deinkability rating – “Good” – from INGEDE, a group of leading European paper manufacturers representing the International Association of the Deinking Industry.

In addition to unveiling the new device, Xerox also enhanced its CiPress 500 Production Inkjet System with an ink optimization mode. Users can reduce the amount of ink coverage on pages that have more text and fewer graphics, such as transactional pieces.

Xerox’s high-speed inkjet technology will be on display at drupa 2012, May 3 -16, Dusseldorf, Germany. 

Availability
The CiPress 325 will be globally available in the second half of 2012.