The booklet system, which both prints and staples booklets, was created in partnership with Kern AG, which provided the cutter, and IBIS Bindery Systems, which provided the saddle-stitcher and the glue-stitcher. It can print up to 7,000 booklets per hour, and prints a range of sizes and booklet types.
Domino product manager Bryan Palphreyman said: "This is sort of a taste of the direction that we think the market should be going towards. It is our first foray into the book sector, which is a sector that we want to move towards. The new system ranges between stitched books with staples or glued books and there is even a patent on the glue application module. "
The system will be demonstrated on the Domino stand on a variety of different booklet types. It will be available for purchase after Drupa for approximately £750,000. Combining with Kern and IBIS, the demonstrations will include the printing and binding of an operation manual, a small exam paper and a puzzle book.
Palphreyman said: “The reason we are doing this is to show the flexibility of the entire system. We can seamlessly change from one product to the next without any problem."
Domino will also show its sheetfed digital printheads, which cover a full width of a B2 sheet on a sheetfed digital printer, ranging from 108 to 738mm wide. They have been available on Domino’s K600i monochrome printer for approximately a year, and a number have now been sold as add-ons. This is the first time they will be shown.
Palphreyman said of the printheads: “The key to the fact of the solution is that we can print across the entire width. This is not a series of individual heads, this is a full scale modular print bar that covers the entire width. It doesn’t matter where the data needs to be added, it can be there.”
“The printer can be secure in the knowledge that he has no adjustment to make, he can print the full width. And that is the main benefit, from an A5 letter all the way through to a B2 sheet.”
Domino, which has offices in a variety of regions worldwide, has also partnered with Gremser to show the solutions at Drupa on the Gremser SPL70, which can feed B2 sheets from 60-250gsm.
Palphreyman was in praise of the Domino partnership with the German company. “One of the big challenges we have for sheet applications is keeping the sheet steady no matter how big it is. The issue is always about keeping that sheet accurately and reliably passed under the heads. Quite often we find this to be the biggest problem. Partnering with Gremser, we see how they hold the sheet in place very successfully.”
Domino will also launch its new Textures product, allowing users to print a wide scope of labels by using high opacity inks on its N610i digital colour label press. Palphreyman sees Textures as having the potential to be successful in a number of markets.
In early May, Domino’s former group finance director Andrew Herbert joined Xaar as a non-executive director.
Domino Printing Sciences has more than 30 offices and manufacturing facilities worldwide, employing more than 2,600 staff.
