The SCREEN GA Truepress Jet520HD has been honoured with a 2018 technology award by the Japanese Society of Printing Science and Technology (JSPST).
The JSPST presents the awards in February each year to recognise technologies that have made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the printing industry or to the development of applications for other fields. In making its selection, the JSPST considers points including the level of innovation, progress, marketability and expandability shown by each technology.
The Truepress Jet520HD is equipped with 1200 dpi high-resolution inkjet print heads that effectively deliver the rich colour gamut, detail, vibrancy and depth required for high-quality publishing and commercial printing. The press enables the achievement of superior image quality approaching offset printing at industry-leading speeds.
When used with SCREEN GA’s specially developed SC inks, the Truepress Jet520HD is able to print directly onto offset coated paper without any pretreatment or primer processing. This ability preserves the texture of paper surfaces while cutting lead times and costs. Thanks to these advantages, both products have been rapidly adopted by companies around the world for use in the publishing, commercial printing and direct mail markets.
When making its selections for this year, the JSPST was particularly impressed by SCREEN GA’s contribution to the promotion of digital print quality and the overall printing market. This is actually the fourth time the company has received a JSPST technology award, following on from its Renatus/TaigaSPACE integrated prepress system, PlateRite 8000 and 8600 thermal CtP recorders and Truepress Jet520 high-speed roll-fed inkjet press.
In 2017, its Truepress Jet520HD and SC inks were also honoured with an InterTech Technology Award presented by Printing Industries of America, the US’s largest graphic arts trade association. SCREEN GA products have now won a succession of major prizes in both Japan and the US.
Following the receipt of the JSPST award, SCREEN GA intends to continue its efforts to provide further optimised, value added solutions for variable printing.
Tsuneo Baba, president of SCREEN GA commented, ‘SCREEN GA is delighted to have been honoured by the JSPST with one of its prestigious technology awards. Until recently, specialised inkjet paper was the only choice available when using inkjet presses. However, we listened to calls from the market to be able to print directly onto standard offset coated paper and subsequently developed our award winning Truepress Jet520HD and SC inks.’
