PrintEngine™ Technology

ixPressia PrintEngine™ – a complete software stack for industrial inkjet: PrintEngine™ is a complete solution, taking the image from image file to printhead electronics with full integrated stage control. There is complete flexibility over which components are used.

Freedom to choose

IxPressia PrintEngine™ has existing drivers for the key drop-on-demand printhead manufacturers and their datapath electronics. This leaves you free to choose the best head for your inks and applications. Using IxPressia PrintEngine™'s head configuration technology it is quick and easy to use different head layouts and arrangements.

Printer Diagram IxPressia PrintEngine™ software contains unique features which are designed to improve printing operations:

Full Unicode support
Headless operation
Just-in time printing
On-line screening and colour management
Optimised for multicore processors
On-line label printing – Full Colour

Integrating with your printer

The ixPressia PrintEngine™ supports many different ways of integrating with the printer hardware and motion system to allow you to choose the best method for your application. The PrintEngine™ can run'dumb' or'smart', either controlling the printer or being controlled by an external computer acting as the system controller, such as PLC.

For XY and scanning systems the PrintEngine™ can be easily interfaced to standard industrial PLC and motion systems. This allows sophisticated printing modes to be implemented (such as bi-directional, variable resolutions etc).

For web systems the PrintEngine™ can communicate with the external PLC or computer controlling the web. The external computer can control the state of the PrintEngine™ as appropriate.

Peripheral Control and integration

Integration with external peripherals is easy to add using the PrintEngine™'s plug-in API, a software interface that allows developers to implement additional control functionality. There is a library of existing plug-ins for key peripherals.

Support for Maintenance

The ixPressia PrintEngine™ has features to help maintain the performance and reliability of a printer when it enters production. These include full logging and maintenance interfaces.

Hardware Drivers: Printheads; Konica Minolta; Xaar; Spectra-Dimatix; Datapaths; Xaar USB; Konica Minolta USB; TTP meteor; Ink Systems; Xaar

End-User Benefits: Quick Start Printing (no lag); Fast Printing (multicore processors); Advanced printing modes – higher resolution; Better quality throughput; Fully integrated peripherals; Multi-language support

Key Features: High quality image pipeline; Modular; Fully customisable; Scalable; Compatible with ALL key printheads; Works with any printhead arrangement; Easy to use; Just-in-time printing