feeling the N730i will provide many years of service. The flexibility comes from the ability to retrofit either or both additional units before or after the printhead. Prior to the print station, you can split and add a flexo priming station to apply a primer to more difficult-to-print substrates. After the print station, again you can split the printer and add a second flexo station should you consider varnishing, spot colour, or flood white for shrink sleeve applications. Ease of Use The third of the three key customer requests was that of ease of operation which Domino has resolved by the use of the SunLight Graphical User Interface (GUI). The key to SunLight GUI is its ease of use; Domino has made the touchscreen very intuitive and you actually feel as if you are interacting with the panel and machine. The printer has single button operation which frees up the operator to carry out the routine printing functions safe in the knowledge you do not need to constantly run back to the panel to engage the features of the printer. Domino claims you can have the printer up and running in under a minute, a claim you can easily see being achievable. The final part of the productivity puzzle is ensuring minimum fuss when getting data in and out of the printer. The Domino N730i is fully JDF/JMF compatible meaning the high level of automation provided by these platforms is integrated into the printer. The printer is configured with ESKO DFE v3.0 for colour matches and RIPs the required PDF file. It can be very easy when a company looks to make a generation hop to turn its back on what made it successful in the first place. You cannot level this at Domino as the manufacturer took a long hard look at the Gen 6 equipment, talked to the users and came into the market with a product that looks back to its history but also has a clear vision of the future. Brian Sims Principal Consultant, Metis Print Consultancy, www.metis-uk.eu sistent ink temperature all of which ensures the most stable of ink to be used by the BITSTAR printheads. The combination of all these clever pieces of technology can ensure any purchaser of an N730i that the production will not only be of the highest quality, but the printer will produce this quality at 70m/min, metre after metre. The heads themselves are arranged in a large arch unit which has been cleverly designed to be pulled out on rails for easy access. There are a total of eight printheads allowing for seven colours to be printed in a number of combinations. There is the obvious process set of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black and these are complemented by orange and violet in the bank of six printheads responsible for colour. The ink itself is formulated by Domino and is UV-cured and called UV91. UV91 ink is ideal for a number of applications such as industrial, household, pharmaceutical, automotive, and security to list a few. The N730i printing with the UV91 ink can make up to 92% of the Pantone colour range without spot colours being needed. The remaining two units are dedicated to laying down white in two hits which Domino claims will give 76% opacity. Flexibility and Sturdiness The second of the key points pulled from N610i users was the need for robust equipment that had flexibility. Domino has listened again and the N730i is clearly of solid construction with side frames of thick industrial scale and material which give the Printhead technology: BITSTAR™ Piezo Drop on-demand inkjet Resolution: 1,200 x 1,200 dpi Colours: C,M,Y,K,Or, Vi, W Web width: 170mm to 340mm Reel diameter: 1000mm Production speed: 70m/min Statistics 42 email: news@printmonthly.co.uk July / August 2023 - Issue 343 ▲ The N730i has a total of eight printheads allowing for seven colours to be printed in a number of combinations ► When asked what made Domino’s previous label printers so popular, users said: consistent quality, ease of use, and maximum flexibility UNDER THE HOOD / DOMINO N730I
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