As newspapers look for digital printing solutions with a wider range of options, Screen has added a more flexible midrange inkjet web with what it calls ‘high definition’ quality.

The Truepress Jet 520HD joins a family of which more than 700 have been made since its launch in 2006.

New printheads can deliver 1200 x 1200dpi with variable droplets using high-density ink formulations to achieve wide-gamut colour definition. The paper transport and drying systems are also new, enabling papers from 40-250gsm to be handled.

Screen has also upgraded its Equios workflow software with this release, making it able to process variable data at the achievable quality level.

Screen Australia managing director Peter Scott is delighted with the focus on quality, “although at up to 120 metres per minute, the 520HD is no slouch.”

The maximum 1200 x 1200dpi quality is achieved at 50 metres per minute.

Substrate flexibility will suit the press to production of a variety of newspaper and advertising-related products at remote and interstate sites.

The first installations have gone to direct mail houses in Europe – Nic.Oud in the Netherlands and Baumer in Switzerland.