Xanté Launches Super-Fast Inkjet Category with 42″ Printing System Powered by Memjet
Xanté Excelagraphix 4200 Sets New Speed and Affordability Standard for Packaging and Signage
Frank Romano, RIT Professor Emeritus, says that “Xanté has long been a pioneer in bringing new printing technology to all graphic arts businesses, big and small. From image- and platesetting, to laser printers, they have provided cost-efficient alternatives. Now they enter the wide format world.
“Xanté has proven itself capable of filling technology gaps that were cost-prohibitive for other manufacturers to fill,” Romano says. “Robert Ross and his team consistently fill those gaps with amazingly progressive and yet inexpensive systems. As a result, many hundreds of shops and in-plants are able to produce commercial quality work and compete in their markets.
“Merging the high-tech inkjet of industry innovator Memjet with Xanté’s extraordinary skill at productizing sophisticated innovations into “everyman” solutions gives us, in the Excelagraphix 4200, a glimpse of printing’s viable future.”
The Excelagraphix 4200: the first 42″ wide commercial solution
powered by Memjet
The Excelagraphix 4200 changes everything the market
knows about high speed wide format printing because it prints high impact, full
color, large format pieces on a wide range of substrates at “screaming fast”
speeds, and at a price point that’s affordable for a fast ROI. The product is
the first commercial solution in the world specifically powered by Memjet wide
format color printing components and technologies.
The Xanté Excelagraphix 4200 is a 42-inch wide inkjet printing system that also brings this unrivaled speed, performance and affordability for short-run and variable data color printing to packaging, including folding carton and corrugated cardboard. Xanté’s exclusive substrate support gives customers the ability to print indoor signage and design graphics through a simple print path height adjustment on the Excelagraphix 4200.
“In the case of our partnership with Memjet,” Ross says, “we’re utilizing two particular Xanté technologies: iQueue Color Smart Worfklow, and our unique handling of diverse substrates, to create what will likely be the fastest and, in terms of lower capital and operational costs, most efficient ways to print color.”
The Excelagraphix 4200:
- Incorporates revolutionary Memjet Waterfall Printhead Technology™ for state-of-the-art production printing paired with Xanté reliability, support and cost-effectiveness.
- Delivers more than 3 billion drops of ink per second yielding print speeds up to 8 times faster than traditional inkjet technology to deliver high overall throughput, and the ability to handle high volume with fast turnaround times.
- Employs 2L or 10L CMYKK inks for cost-effective operation and consumables cost while ensuring strikingly vibrant color reproduction.
- Prints on a wide range of media including foam board, corrugated cardboard and sheet sizes from 8.27″ x 8.27″ up to 42″ x 100′ for the ultimate in versatility.
- Prints over-sized architectural / engineering documents, maps, indoor signage, P-O-P displays, packaging, folding carton, corrugated boxes, newspapers, and much more for the flexibility to handle any job that comes into your shop and the ability to offer new products to existing and new customers.
- Runs variable data/personalization of individual pieces at full speed for efficient production of high impact-high response rate customized materials.
The Industry Takes Note
“Xanté congratulates Memjet as it today marks the official launch of the first 42-inch wide commercial solution based on Memjet’s wide format technology,” says Robert Ross, Xanté CEO. “The industry has been watching to see what Memjet would do, and Xanté is honored to be part of an event that is breaking ground and has the capacity to significantly alter the production landscape for the better, and for the long term.”
Memjet Wide Format president Mike Puyot echoes Ross’ sentiments regarding the significance of the agreement. “This partnership combines the best of both worlds,” Puyot says. “As soon as they saw what they had to work with, both Memjet and Xanté engineers got excited about the exponential value of the pairing. The Xanté Excelagraphix 4200 is just the tip of the iceberg in what we’ll start seeing in affordable, high speed color solutions. Memjet color printing technologies offer end-users the freedom to print exactly what they want, when they want it, and where they want it; directly on manufacturing floors.”
Memjet this year has announced OEM partnerships with Lenovo and LG Electronics, among others. Memjet’s technologies are also the recipient of the 2011 InterTech™ Technology Award from the Printing Industries of America.
About Xanté
Xanté is a major provider of professional digital solutions, meeting the demands of print professionals who are looking for state-of-the-art technology at practical price points. The extensive product line includes: the new, wide format, Excelagraphix 4200; chemical-free, process-free PlateMaker5 Polyester CTP Systems; complete PlateMaker 6 CTP Systems; the ILUMINA High Production Digital Color Series; large format VM (Violet Metal) CTP Systems; SpeedSetter (Polyester) CTP Systems; the Degrava Digital Narrow Web Color Press; SpeedSetter 300 and SpeedSetter 400 CTF Systems; ScreenWriter 4 Laser Printers; iQueue Print Management System for the ILUMINA Series; award-winning Symphony Prepress Workflows; turnkey Symphony Flexo Workflows; and FilmMaker 4, the first desktop film system specifically designed for computer-to-film printing.
Xanté Corporation headquarters is located in Mobile, Alabama, USA, with offices in Sacramento, CA, USA; Duiven, The Netherlands; and Zhengzhou, China. Xanté products are distributed through a world- wide network of reseller and distribution partners.For more information, please visit www.xante.com
About Memjet
Memjet is the global leader in color printing technologies that provide remarkable speeds and affordability. The company supplies technologies and components to OEM partners across the printing industry. Memjet maintains its corporate office in San Diego, and has offices in Dublin, Sydney, Taipei, Singapore and Boise, Idaho. The company is privately held. For more information, please visit www.memjet.com
All products and services are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.
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