Demo of the Xerox Iridesse Production Press
The Xerox Iridesse Press is a versatile, well-rounded production press that delivers on every expectation for cost-effective short runs, personalization and quick turnaround time in today’s automated print environments. With print speeds as fast as 120 ppm, a range of inline finishing options and the capability to handle mixed media and stocks as heavy as 400 gsm, print providers can take on complex jobs with confidence.
The Best CMYK Printer Available
Just as the picture on your high-definition television is only as good as its input, the quality of output on your press is only as good as the RIP data it receives. The Iridesse prints four times more shades of grey and color compared to competitive equipment and Xerox Pre-2018 techology. The greater number of greys and colors when printing delivers greater image quality for vector graphics, finer lines and text, and smoother gradients removing banding aka ‘stepping’. This technology was awarded a prestigious InterTech Award by the Printing Industries of America as a ‘truly innovative technology expected to advance the performance of the graphic communications industry’.
Moreover, It also uses Xerox’s latest toner that achieves the smallest particle size, to deliver even finer image control for ensuring that tints, gradients, fine text, and lines print as intended.
Creating High Profit Applications
The Iridesse is the first xerographic digital press outfitted to print six colors that include
gold and silver metallics either individually or mixed, in a single pass with perfect registration.
Wedding Invitation Offers Warm Metallics
To create the warm metallic colours on this wedding invitation, gold is the underlay as a spot colour and mixed with CMYK. Silver provides a spot overlay.
A Package’s Gripping Tire-Track Effect
The tire track specialty effect on this package was created with an underlay flood of Silver and an overlay of Clear Dry Ink, creating a “dull varnish” effect that results in the tire track specialty effect image.
A Business Card to Remember
This imposed 12”x18” sheet of six-colour business card uses a Silver underlay plus CMYK tints to create a range of metallic colours, and an overlay of Clear line-work to add contrast and visual interest. On the backside, an underlay flood of Silver received an overlay of Clear to create the circle pattern.
A Postcard’s Metallic Rainbow
The rainbow of metallic colours in these postcards were created by mixing a Silver Dry Ink underlay with CMYK spot tints and gradients, and an overlay of Clear Dry Ink on text and for additional embellishments. The sheet was run in one pass on heavyweight 12”x18” stock, at 60 ppm.
Printing in White
Xerox developed White Dry Ink in response to customer demand to address a range of applications such as brochures, business cards, greeting cards, invitations, point-of-purchase signage and folding cartons. It represents our commitment to investing in new digital printing enhancements that enable new applications, add value to existing work and, for print providers, create competitive differentiation. Print providers who offer White Dry Ink to their customers can command premium pricing.
Behind White Dry Ink’s early acclaim are brightness and opacity achievable in a single pass of white, while competitive digital presses can require four or more passes to achieve acceptable brightness and opacity.
Routine Tasks, Now Automated
- Automated Color Calibration
- Automated Paper Profiling
- Automated Paper Registration
- Automated 2nd Bias Transfer
- Automated Toner Density Uniformity
Xerox Promotes Your Business
As a Partner who authentically wants your business to succeed, Xerox will help promote your business through the ‘Xerox Business Connect’ program.
Print Shop Reviews the Iridesse
Supply Concepts of Fenton, Mo., is already seeing the advantages of Iridesse’s unique embellishment capabilities.
“Iridesse’s ability to print metallic colors and specialty enhancements in one printing pass has enabled us to bring previously outsourced embellishment jobs directly in house,” said Marty Miller, president, Supply Concepts. “This means faster turnaround times for our customers and more revenue for our business. We’ll also target new markets in the coming months with these new capabilities in our arsenal.”
