Domino Launches Digital Cold Foiling System

Domino has launched its first digital cold foil system, based around the company’s K600i digital print module. The solution uses the K600i to print a digital adhesive and create the image area prior to UV curing and delamination.
 
Unlike some other inkjet systems that print metallic ink to provide a foil-like effect, the digital cold foil solution is based on conventional metallic foil to provide a higher quality finish and enable the use of security and decorative holographic images within the foil.
 
Depending on the substrate, the digital cold foil solution can operate at speeds up to 246ft/min (75m/min) and can be supplied as a stand-alone unit or be retrofitted to an existing foiling station. It is offered in up to seven different foiling widths ranging from 4.25” (108mm) up to 30.81” (782mm).
 
“We have been facing an increasing demand for a digital coil foil solution over the last seven years, so have now combined the latest higher resolution K600i print technology with an advanced adhesive formulation and a web handling solution supplied by AB Graphic International,” said Philip Easton, director of Domino’s Digital Printing Solutions Division.
 
Since the launch of the K600i monochrome inkjet printer in 2010, Domino has installed more than 200 modules in a range of different production lines, including label presses for hybrid printing, and finishing and sheet-to-sheet lines. The new K600i cold foiling solution is based on the same technology, albeit printing a new digital adhesive. Digital foiling represents an opportunity for security applications designed to prevent parallel trade and anti-counterfeit activity.
 
The label and packaging market, which is seeing a trend for shorter run lengths and multiple SKUs, is another segment that can profit from digital foiling.
 
“According to our customers, production run lengths are getting increasingly shorter,” said Easton. “More importantly, brand owners are expecting lead times in some cases as short as 24 hours. The only way a label converter can efficiently respond to this demand is by digitally printing the labels. And, if the produce then needs foiling, our digital solution can be cost effective but also an efficient way to quickly process multiple small runs.”