Footprint diversifies into labels with Epson SurePress L-4533AW

Footprint Printing, centered in Mandurah in Western Australia, will shortly broaden its choices into the labels place with the purchase of a new Epson SurePress L-4533AW digital label printer. 

The firm, hence considerably, has been a lithographic printer presenting layout, entire color printing and digital printing.

Footprint entrepreneurs and father-son duo Patrick Oldfield and James Oldfield produced the buy at PacPrint via Epson distributor Fujifilm Organization Innovation Australia. 

Footprint has been a Fujifilm customer for slash sheet innovation and an Epson buyer for vast format, but this is the first shopper for the two corporations through their distributorship deal. 

“We do a whole lot of digital function and offset lithographic. We saw an prospect to diversify into labels as we’re very near to the Margaret River Vineyard region and want to generate remedies in-dwelling for  our purchaser, Margaret River Wines,” James said. 

Footprint has so significantly been outsourcing most of its labels operate. 

“We have been doing a great deal of sheetfed label work for shorter-operates. Our client is receiving greater and does not want to be hand labelling. So, we’re likely to be performing a ton of it on the Epson SurePress L-4533AW printer,” Patrick additional. 

“The lithographic side of our company is having more compact and smaller sized also, so we will be filling up that gap with a lot more labels work. This device will support us for it because the excellent that it makes is fantastic and it’s effortless to operate. It’s every little thing we want.” 

The SurePress L-4533AW electronic label push incorporates Epson’s MicroPiezo ink-jet printhead and employs industrial quality Epson SurePress AQ ink. 

It is designed for converters who desire to generate typical purpose and specialised labels in short and extremely-brief print operates on primarily paper centered shares. It creates output on coated and uncoated substrates with a substantial color gamut, significant color accuracy, and superb print resolution and precision. 

Jobs are fast to established up and simple to complete with the absolute minimal in use, wastage and labour. Machines are compact, simple to install, price tag effective to run, and can be managed by a single operator. 

Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia senior product specialist Darren Yeates said its output is suitable with a large selection of marketplace common ending gear for a lower set-up expense with utmost production versatility. 

“Footprint required to diversify its choices as options introduced itself. And that is particularly the explanation for our partnership with Epson – that their current client foundation can diversify into labels,” Yeates claimed. 

“There is a small barrier to entry in terms of skillset with the equipment and as typical commercial printers, Footprint is equipped to very easily changeover and diversify into labels. We’re hoping to agenda the set up in the future thirty day period or so and are psyched to see what they can do with the equipment.”   

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