Xaar has recently delivered expert ‘white paper’ presentations, both at Labelexpo Asia in Shanghai and Packaging Europe’s Digital Print for Packaging (DPP) Conference in Berlin, showcasing how digital inkjet and its Versatex Printbar is a powerful tool for packaging embellishment and accessibility.
Presenting in Shanghai, Xaar’s Shawn Feng outlined the challenges converters face when integrating digital capability into analogue lines and showed how the Versatex Printbar provides a ready to use modular solution that reduces development time and cost. Feng says: “Converters want to add more value without adding more complexity and that is exactly where digital inkjet is proving its strength. With Versatex we are showing how embellishment and braille can be achieved more flexibly and with far greater control.”
“It gives manufacturers a practical way to adopt digital without disrupting their existing workflow and opens the door to premium effects – from high opacity whites to tactile varnish effects and compliant braille printing - that brands are increasingly asking for.”
Offering two dedicated modes tailored to different production needs, the Versatex Printbar solves the challenge of producing braille that is both highly readable and fast to print. In High-Build mode, it delivers dot heights of 200µm, rated most comfortable by blind readers, at up to19m/min, ensuring crisp, well-shaped cells with precise spacing for optimal fingertip recognition.
For higher throughput, its High-Speed Mode prints at approximately 22m/min while maintaining compliance with Marburg Medium standards and ISO 17351, producing dots with no compromise on geometry or legibility.
In Berlin, Xaar’s Neil Cook affirms that” Both modes consistently deliver clean, repeatable Braille characters, making the Versatex Printbar ideal for pharmaceutical, packaging, and labelling applications where accessibility and speed are critical.
Cook says: “Accessible packaging is moving from a niche requirement to an essential part of the brand experience. High build varnish delivered through inkjet provides the accuracy and consistency needed for tactile features while still supporting variable data.”
“This allows converters to meet both creative and regulatory demands in a single process and demonstrates how digital print can have a meaningful impact on the everyday lives of consumers.”
Readers can download the full white paper here
