Xerox launches CiPress 500 inkjet

Print firms are being offered a new waterless inkjet colour printer from Xerox to improve output and lower production costs.

The four-colour CiPress 500 production inkjet system features two engines that can deliver 2,050 A4 pages per minute.

It offers resolution of up to 600x400dpi and features Xerox's revolutionary solid ink technology which allows high-quality colour printing on low-cost paper.

Print jobs can be carried out on untreated, uncoated sheets of 50-160 gsm without the ink soaking though, while the CiPress 500 supports paper sizes ranging from 229mm to 483mm.

With its new machine Xerox is targeting producers of collaterals, personalised marketing and transpromotional materials who are looking at high-speed but cost-efficient production.

Xerox executive Eric Armour said: "As the demand for colour pages continues to grow, inkjet devices such as the Xerox CiPress 500 become a strategic installation - positioning printers to capture more profitable jobs and produce them in the most productive, economical way."

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