With print quality comparable to that of an offset process, the MetalDecoJET lifts the constraints of conventional metal decorating and opens the door to new opportunities:

• Shortest possible reaction times (time-to-market), enabling fast response tocustomer needs and marketing ideas
• No more minimum run lengths, reduced storage of printed materials for repeat orders and genuine on-demand printing
• No discussions on UV ink migration
• Web-to-print

Benefits of water-based inks

• Absolutely flat, offset-like ink application
• High-gloss inks
• Inks are free of toxic chemicals and practically odourless
• Flexible ink film
• Nestlé Guidance Note compliance
• Compatibility with commonly used solvent based overvarnishes
• Trouble-free further processing, e.g. deep‑drawing and sterilisation

Product information

• Newly developed feeder specifically for digital printing, with maximum precision and without deformation of the sheets
• Extremely precise sheet transport through the press
• Pre-treatment tailored to the metal decorating process, permitting digital printing on almost every combination of metal sheet and coating
• Thermal drying oven for gentle drying of the ink
• Air-cushioned stacker with dynamic sheet control
• Simple, clearly structured user interface
• Integrated job list, enabling job data to be loaded directly onto the MetalDecoJET from the RIP
• Various automated cleaning programs for the printing heads
• Digital filling-level indicators for consumables
• Automatic print production – press can be run by a single operator