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Automatic protection of print cartridges

Attention, dust and heavy air! These are the enemies of thermal inkjet cartridges: the pressure nozzle closes or the ink dries up. The result: a poor quality printed image. Weber Marking Systems offers the solution with its industry-grade self-sealing Markoprint thermal inkjet printhead with HP printing technology.

Excellent prints, under all conditions

The print head for the tried and tested HP cartridges is designed to prevent dust from entering or accumulating. And the ink does not dry out when the printing system is paused or not being used. The cartridge does not need to be cleaned in between or removed when not in use.

Automated sealing technology

Herbert Jesse, Head of Markoprint Product Development at Weber Marking Systems, explains: “During standstill of the production line, the print head automatically retracts the cartridge and closes the open nozzle plate after an exactly defined period of time – but no later than after 6 seconds”. The print head receives the information via an upstream sensor or the machine control system (PLC).

As soon as a light barrier detects the restart of the production line and it is reported to the print head, the cartridge is returned to the printing position and the standard high quality printing is continued.

HP printhead with IP65 protection and for up to 25 mm print height

Our Markoprint integra Ultimate is a particularly efficient inkjet printer with an innovative HP printhead. With print heights of up to 25 mm and IP65 enclosure rating, this system takes your coding tasks to a completely new level!

Since the printhead closes itself at standstill and automatically cleans the nozzle plateevery time it is closed and opened, it is immediately ready for use even after a longer break. This makes it ideal for use in wet-cleaned or dusty production environments, such as those found in wood industry, pharmaceutical industry or food industry.

Markoprint integra Ultimate also scores good marks in integrated systems with closed or difficult-to-access areas: Its cartridges can easily remain in the printhead during downtimes. After a production stop of several days, an error-free printing can be carried out without first wiping the cartridge or having to do a spitting.

Markoprint integra Ultimate is also suitable for UV inks when printing on smooth surfaces. Due to its special features, the open times will increase immensely: With the right ink from Markoprint it is possible to have decap times of up to (and even more than) 72 hours, instead of just 15 minutes!

Advantages of the Markoprint Ultimate HP printhead:

• IP65 protection when the printhead is in sleep mode: perfect for use in humid, dusty and wet-cleaned environments.
• Cartridges do not need to be removed during long breaks, e.g. at weekends.
• Cartridges do not require “spitting” during short breaks, in hard-to-reach installations.
• Due to the closed system, the cartridges are not exposed to external influences during standstill.

Central ink supply for Markoprint inkjet coding systems

For Markoprint inkjet printers, a new bulk ink system for central ink supply (CIS) is available for coding applications with a high consumption of ink. ZTV HP MK2 is suitable for quickly drying or solvent-based inks from Hewlett Packard.

• Easy mounting of ink system
• Reliable ink delivery
• Manifold design
• Electronic interfacing to the bulk ink cartridge
• Ink level sensing
• Large ink system minimize operator interventions
• Advanced electronic functions enable operators to build in ink level monitors and signals to provide virtually uninterrupted printing during longer print runs

More than ten times the ink volume

The ZTV has a volume of 400 millilitres of ink, more than ten times more than the ink cartridge in the printhead itself. The frequency of ink changing is reduced significantly by using the ZTV. As soon as the ink tank is inserted in the system, its self pressurizes the ink supply. Using an interface directly on the cartridge itself, your current fill level is monitored in real time. If the Ink Level in the primary cartridge is low, a valve to the bulk tank opens and refills it automatically. The ZTV can supply one cartridge (X2JET) up to four cartridges (X4JET), simultaneously.

A cartridge can process a throughout volume of up to 1.2 litres before it needs to be replaced. This corresponds to the three ink tanks with a one-head system and 12 ink tanks with a four-head system.

Storage tank and cartridges interact via the SmartCard technology with an RS232 interface. The cartridges monitor ink levels in real time to the ink system and are automatically filled during the printing procedure. The filling level sensor integrated in the cartridges simultaneously prevents the cartridge from being overfilled with ink.

Featuring design flexibility

The ZTV HP MK2 HP is engineered as a robust, flexible bulk ink delivery system with advanced features to meet the needs of high-volume print applications where superior print quality, low cost per print, and minimal user intervention are required. This system offers designers the opportunity to configure almost
any combination of HP printhead and HP bulk ink cartridges to achieve the desired print capability.

Achieve high-quality output on a wide range of substrates. Our proven ink portfolio delivers high-quality text, graphics, and barcodes for applications that span multiple industries.

Inkjet printer software for label design and management

iDesign provides one software package for all Markoprint printers featuring a simple user interface, update service and multi language support.

• Administrating and creating print images
• Ink consumption calculator
• Unicode support: Implementation of international symbol sets for global marking
• Clear display of all connected print systems
• Unlimited number of administrated systems
• Control via Ethernet, USB or EIA232
• Start/stop of printing with database connectivity
• Status window with indication of all operational statuses via protocol function, e.g. ink levels and current printing label
• Working with overview of all running printing processes for one or more devices
• Set-up of printing parameters and configuration of print systems
• Online administration of parameters for all networked systems
• Parameter backup
• Password protection/user administration incl. GAMP 5 regulations
• Optional: iDesign Touch – optimised for Touchscreen IPCs
• Protocol function for user actions and operational statuses
• Transfer of external data, or triggering of active fields for fast and secure data transfer
• Print image change via XML or text files
• DB print for variable database printing at more than 3 000 printouts/min. of e.g. lottery codes or address labels

Inks for Markoprint inkjet printers

Whether you want to increase your current print volume, improve your print results, or simply desire more flexibility and efficiency in inkjet coding, we deliver the most powerful, reliable, and cost-effective inks for industrial printing with our thermal and piezoelectric Markoprint inkjet printers.

As the only manufacturer in the world, we are able to control five leading printing technologies: Our inkjet systems are compatible with the innovative ink cartridges from HP, Seiko, Funai, Trident and Xaar!

HP cartridges – The All-Rounders

Versatile inkjet printheads for high resolution markings on almost any product or packaging!

• Very high reliability and safety under operational conditions: The cartridge and the complete printhead are exchanged simultaneously. This guarantees consistent typeface quality.
• High printing speeds in barcode quality: up to 180 m/minute at 300 dpi resolution (maximum 300 m/minute).
• Brilliant print image with ink cartridges (thermo inkjet) of consistent quality, up to 600 dpi resolution (at 45 m/minute), achieved by ejecting tiny, accurately placed droplets from hundreds of minute nozzles at very high frequency.
• Maintenance-free and simple operation with patented Click´n Print cartridge replacement system. Cartridge installation is clean and simple.
• High flexibility by deploying several HP printheads. Print heights of maximum 12.5 mm to 100 mm are possible, and layouts are freely configurable. Multi-sided coding of packaging on two sides (top, side or at different production lines). Virtually all porous and non-porous surfaces can be marked, depending on ink type. Distance of printhead to product surface ranging from 0.5 to 5 mm.
• Highly economical: Low operating costs but also high availability through simple and clean ink exchange, zero maintenance, immediate write response and uninterrupted operation.
• Simple installation by dint of very compact design, with 3 different printhead types available

Trident cartidges (MX) – The Big Ones

Perfect for text and graphic markings on absorbent surfaces with our large character inkjet printers!

• High reliability: Piezo-controlled graphic printing for industry-standard fonts, with almost unlimited number of rows
• High printing speeds in barcode quality: up to 60 m/minute at 192 dpi (maximum 200 m/minute)
• Good print image based on perfected and proven Piezo technology
• Simple operation through integrated maintenance module
• Unique flexibility through the use of several Trident printheads
• Maximum 50 mm to 800 mm printing heights possible, as well as freely configurable layouts
• Multi-sided coding of packaging on two sides (top, side or at different production lines)
• Virtually any porous surfaces can be marked, depending on ink type
• Topping up ink whilst in operation
• Up to 5 mm distance from printhead to product surface enables marking of cartons with surface tolerances
• Highly economical: best price-performance ratio in terms of ratio: cost of ink to area printed

Xaar ink cartridges (XR) – The Productive Ones

• Print height: > 25 mm to 71 mm
• Barcodes with a print height > 12,5 mm
• Small texts >2 mm and detailed logos
• Print on semi absorbent surfaces (coated carton, varnished carton with open area
• Recommended for large ink consumption
• Nearly maintenance-free
• High resolution up to 180 dpi
• 500 separately controled nozzles
• Easy initial operation and venting of the ink system
• No frequently cartridge change (500 ml ink bottle)

Funai cartridges (LX) – The Specialists

• Very high reliability under operational conditions: the cartridge and the complete printhead are exchanged simultaneously. This also guarantees consistent typeface quality.
• Intelligent ink cartridge for increased coding reliability
• Ink type, manufacturer and ink content can be stored with the cartridge. The printer can therefore automatically be set to recognize the correct ink and other ink can be detected and blocked
• Ink filling level detection guarantees timely detection of imminent cartridge replacement, assuring ongoing operation.
• Very high printing speeds in barcode quality
  up to 240 m/minute at 300 dpi (maximum 400 m/minute) with Dual Channel. There are two of every nozzle.
• Extremely brilliant print image up to 900 dpi using ink cartridges and thermo inkjets of consistent quality, achieved by ejecting tiny droplets from hundreds of minute nozzles at very high frequency and highly accurately positioned
• Simple operation: the cartridges are clean and easy to handle. No special training or maintenance required.
• Unique flexibility by using several Funai printheads, max. printing heights of 12.7 to 100 mm are achieved, as well as freely configurable layouts.
• Multi-sided printing of packaging is possible from top, bottom or side or also at different production lines.
• Distances of up to 10 mm from printhead to product surface. This also enables flexible printing on convex and concave surfaces.
• Virtually any porous and non-porous surfaces can be marked, depending on ink type.
• Highly economical: low operating costs but also high availability through simple and clean ink exchange, zero maintenance, immediate write response and uninterrupted operation.
• Simple installation by dint of very compact design, with 2 different printhead types available