Agfa is celebrating a major innovation milestone as its customer The Delta Group completed beta testing of the new SpeedSet Orca – a versatile single-pass water-based digital press that redefines inkjet printing as we know it. Martin Shipp, COO of The Delta Group, commented, “The press is so versatile that we can utilize it for a wide variety of applications using different fiber-based substrates. We can run jobs that we would have traditionally run on our offset lines, giving us much more flexibility on the production floor without compromising quality.”
The SpeedSet Orca is a single-pass water-based solution that promises to be the most productive B1 Inkjet press on the market, with top speeds of up to 11,000 B1 sheets per hour. Its flexibility enables it to produce short run jobs more cost-effectively, while offering comparable quality to offset and flexo printing. As a digital solution, make-ready times and printing consumables are eliminated, supporting converters in reducing waste and cutting changeover times between jobs, improving efficiency across the production floor.
Its offset-like quality, wide color gamut, and inline digital primer and varnishing capabilities mean it can be used to complement existing offset and flexo production lines. It can also handle an extensive range of substrates including folding cartons, microflute, and paper, putting it in a class of its own compared to other digital presses on the market.