World premiered in Tokyo last November, the Impika iPrint 250 will be at the Hunkeler event in Lucerne from February 14-17.

Impika says it has pushed “far beyond the limits of the drop-on-demand inkjet to introduce a digital colour solution with the productivity needed for newspaper, book and transpromo applications.

Aqueous ink is applied at high resolutions 360x600 dpi or 600x600 dpi and optional 1200x600 dpi) and at rates exceeding 250 metres/minute.

At the Hunkeler showing, it will be a UW6 unwinder and RW6 rewinder as well as a new generation camera which allows print inspection at these speeds.

An AFP/IPDS data controller designed to manage very large volumes, is programmed specifically to handle variable colour data-streams without reduction of speed, and holds dynamic management of colour profiles. It will handle a wide of papers from 50 to 250 gsm.

Chief executive Paul Morgavi  says a wider version of the iPrint 250, which currently prints at up to 474 mm, will be released later this year. this XL version will integrate 711mm.