PRIMERA LX500e cartridge dye ink 4800dpi  (£899 + £15.50 + VAT)  This new LX500e replaces the previously best selling LX400e having faster speed and the highest photograph quality print in  its class and now with an optional cutter (model LX500ec) to separate labels or cut tickets and coupons. Your labels or tickets can include full-colour photos, illustrations, graphics, text and barcodes, expriry dates, instructions, ingredients and storage and warning messages for example. The LX500e is especially compact and portable, print labels when and where you need them in exact quantities.   Best of all the price per label will be significantly less than...

Tony and Jordan at ACORN PRINT LABELS testing their new SCORPIO digital label finisher. The guys aim to use the SCORPIO to optionally laminate and cut to shape label images printed with their new Memjet colour label printer. By laminating they will offer more durable labels and by digitally cutting can offer any size or shape of label without the customer needing to pay for tooling. Watch Scorpio Video Need a short run labels service? Contact Tony and Jordan on  01790 754575      

                  James and Nicola visited a trade show in London where they were able to see a number of competing systems for in house labels printing. In June 2011 they bought a PRIMERA LX900e Color Label Printer and an AP360e Label Applicator from KTEC GROUP “We use the printer to produce labels for our entire range of products and the applicator to apply them to bottles and jars”, reports James. “We print the number of labels required for each production run and these are applied once the products have cooled down sufficiently.” At least four...

  The new iCube is available and based on the famous Memjet 8.5 INCH 1600 dpi print engine it delivers full colour labels from simple blank label rolls at high speeds up to 300mm per second and ultra low cost per label with its bulk 1.25 litres of ink capacity. KTEC recommend then iCube where high speed roll to roll label printing is needed. The iCube can be configured with both a compatible super smooth powered UNwinder and REwinder ensuring that the labels are fed through the printer with accuracy of alignment of then printed image to label. Call sales on 0044 1527...

      The new EPSON ColorWorks C7500 Series has some new and unique features that will that will speed the take up and serious use of digital desktop full colour label printers.  There is the C7500G model ideally suited to gloss labels for that ‘supermarket look’ and there is the C7500 standard model best for matt substrates and especially those qualified under British Standard (BS)5609 for GHS/CLP hazardous substance labelling and outdoor label capability. We are already focused and experienced with many C7500 installations, we look at some of the C7500 features in more detail…. Included on site breakdown warranty and print head warranty.  ...

When printing your own labels and with the new pigment inks available as an alternative set for or say the PRIMERA LX900e and standard fitting in the new PRIMERA LX2000e its possible to print extra durable labels even for outdoor use. Previously dye based inks had a tendency to colour fade if exposed to bright sunlight.  Now with the alternative pigment inks labels can be printed that can be used to label products like pot plants displayed outdoors in the sunshine and weather in garden centres for example.  With certain label materials like our SJET matt white pp that is approved to BS5609...

          Have a digital printer but can’t do durable outdoor labels? We have this solution for you called SCORPIO it’s a digital laminator, cutter, slitter finisher that can make any size or shape labels from low cost uncut roll. It is particularly aimed for use with MEMJET type printers which are low cost per print, and even lower cost when using plain uncut roll, then the SCORPIO makes the printed rolls to labels.  So from low cost roll you can print / make any shaped labels you need without needing to buy die-cut labels or pay...

Graham Anscombe Technical Manager of KTEC GROUP prepares the new PRIMERA LX2000e for demonstration at the Farm Shop and Deli show. The LX2000e uses pigment based ink from the start so labels can be extra durable against sunlight, fumes and cleaning chemicals for example. The LX2000e uses an oscillating print head to build the printed label image in overlapping layers producing a high photo quality 4800 dpi printed image making it one of the best label printers for maintained high quality label printing. When labels are printed onto our SJET mat white pp the labels satisfy BS5609 GHS/CLP regulations that includes marine submersion testing so are good for...