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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.

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