Houston Area Printer Cites Flexibility and Functionality

Itasca, IL, February 05, 2013 - Xeikon NV, an innovator in digital color printing technology, announced today that Pasadena, TX-based company, The Label Smith, a full-service label printer, has purchased and installed a Xeikon 3500 digital color press to support its growing digital business.

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, The Label Smith has grown into one of the region's leading label printers, specializing in custom labels for food and water containers. After a review of products from a range of competitors, the company chose the Xeikon 3500 citing capability, flexibility and service support of the Xeikon technology among their primary reasons.

Many of The Label Smith's customers require a high level of customization and the company needed a digital printing solution that would minimize downtime. Previously, changed job orders cost The Label Smith's team precious hours and lost productivity. With the Xeikon 3500, such changes take very little time, while maintaining high quality and value for customers.

Tim Smith, founder of The Label Smith said, "The print quality of the Xeikon 3500 really stands out. Ease of maintenance is tremendous. It's allowing me to say 'Bring it on' to new jobs, instead of saying 'I can't work 24 hours a day'. I'm throwing the world at it and have been very satisfied."

With a 20.3 inch web width, the Xeikon 3500 is ideal for the production of label as well as packaging applications. Equipped with high-precision LED-based imaging heads, it features true 1200 dpi resolution with variable dot density, generating excellent image quality. The Xeikon 3500 is equipped with five color stations, four for the standard process colors and the fifth station for the use of gamut expansion colors or a one-pass opaque white toner or a security toner for anti-counterfeiting applications.

Due to its full rotary printing technology, the speed of the press is unaffected by the number of colors used and the size of the labels. The press can handle monthly duty cycles of up to 3.8 million square feet, allowing plenty of room for growth to its users. It runs on Xeikon's QA-I toner which is FDA-compliant for indirect and direct contact with dry food.

For more information about the Xeikon 3500 press, please visit www.xeikon.com