High-performance Mohawk Digital Papers are designed for all the ways you print. The characteristics that set them apart for offset printing – outstanding formation, brightness, and smoothness – make them an excellent choice for digital printing.
Digital color printers and copiers
Color copiers represent the broadest range of manufacturers and features. Once relegated to the office environment, new digital color printers have become ubiquitous in print shops as well. They employ basic laser imaging technology to charge an image on either drums or belts, from which the developed cmyk image is ultimately transferred to paper. Any project that demands process, full-bleed color in runs of up to 5,000 can be imaged on these high-resolution, toner-based devices.
Digital color production presses
The Kodak NexPress 2100 Plus and the Xerox iGen3™ Digital Production Press represent a breakthrough for commercial printers who want to bring short run/JIT, fast turnaround, web enablement, and variable data printing, into the pressroom. Although there are individual differences, these toner-based presses are fast and feature extremely high print quality (600 x 600 dpi). They print on smooth and textured papers in a range of sheet sizes and basis weights, from 16 lb. bond to 110 cover, with the ability to mix stocks in a single run, delivering collated offset at the end of the press. The newest NexPress offers a fifth unit for a protective coating, a match color, or high impact glossing.
Digital color printers and copiers
Color copiers represent the broadest range of manufacturers and features. Once relegated to the office environment, new digital color printers have become ubiquitous in print shops as well. They employ basic laser imaging technology to charge an image on either drums or belts, from which the developed cmyk image is ultimately transferred to paper. Any project that demands process, full-bleed color in runs of up to 5,000 can be imaged on these high-resolution, toner-based devices.
Digital color production presses
The Kodak NexPress 2100 Plus and the Xerox iGen3™ Digital Production Press represent a breakthrough for commercial printers who want to bring short run/JIT, fast turnaround, web enablement, and variable data printing, into the pressroom. Although there are individual differences, these toner-based presses are fast and feature extremely high print quality (600 x 600 dpi). They print on smooth and textured papers in a range of sheet sizes and basis weights, from 16 lb. bond to 110 cover, with the ability to mix stocks in a single run, delivering collated offset at the end of the press. The newest NexPress offers a fifth unit for a protective coating, a match color, or high impact glossing.
A toner-based web press, the Xeikon-engined printer feeds its web through a series of drums, each charged with the image and each applying one process color. Process color toner is fused to the sheet with adjustable heat and pressure; changing the heat and pressure levels results in more or less gloss in the toner. An on-line cutter trims pages to length. For optimum performance paper must be scripted in order to establish set points on the equipment for heat and pressure as well as other key characteristics. This high-resolution duplexing printer has full variable data capability, meaning that some or all of the text or images can be changed from one document to the next.
HP Indigo presses
These presses use one imaging drum and patented liquid ElectroInk. Both drum and ink are charged; ElectroInk adheres to the image area on the drum; and a blanket transfers the image to paper. No ink is left on the blanket. The plate charge is cleared and the process is repeated for subsequent colors. This process supports fully variable data, 7 colors and very high-resolution images. The HP Indigo press can print on a wide range of substrates, but for optimum performance, most papers must be pre-treated to improve toner adhesion. i-Tone papers, exclusive to Mohawk, are precision cut and offer total image transfer without the shelf life issues of treated papers. The following papers are made with i-Tone: Mohawk Superfine, Mohawk 50/10, Strathmore Writing and Script. ]]>
These sheetfed presses work like offset presses with an electronic twist: directed by digital data, pre-mounted plates are imaged with a laser right on the press, reducing make-ready time to minutes. Ideal for process color jobs from 500 to 5,000, this equipment produces high resolution offset images using traditional inks and is ideal for promotional and sales literature, publications, and even packaging.
Inkjet Printers
Common in homes and office, inkjet printers today are capable of brilliant color reproduction with amazingly high resolution. Each requires a paper surface with sufficient ink holdout to reproduce a sharp saturated image.
