AGFA GRAPHICS

:DOTRIX MODULAR
Digital printing has come of age

Introduce a :Dotrix Modular digital printing process to your Packaging

or POP and Display Business and you will save money while
significantly reducing your time to market.

The :Dotrix Modular gives you endless creative options for short and
medium runs. Increase the value of your end products by adding high
variable data (versioning) and customisation, while at the same time
freeing your offset and flexo-presses for what they were built for,
for longer print runs.

Agfa as an innovator in the development of industrial UV inkjet

production systems, has made another major technology advance.
This time with a low migration ink :Agorix LM, specifically developed
for the packaging market.
:Agorix LM also features six colour printing in CMYK, Orange
and Violet.
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Versatility - Productivity - Modularity
The versatile :Dotrix Modular press, is the most productive UV single pass printing press in the industry.
It is also the only digital press that is able to print with high production capacity onto a wide variety of
substrates ranging from flexible foils, 20 micron over self-adhesives, to folding carton up to 600 micron.

Its unique printing width of 63cm and the absence of repeats means jobs with a common size however with
variable data, run length, colour or language can be combined and run in the same pass. On the other hand
many different applications may have similar media requirements and the SPICE imaging heads allow these
to be grouped and run concurrently.

In addition, its modular construction allows traditional UV flexo printing stations, that can serve as coating
and varnishing alleys or extra colours, to be added to the roll-to-roll basic configuration. Slitting and die
cutting as well as sheeter installations can also be integrated to complete the system and ensure it is fully
tuned to your operation’s needs.

:Dotrix Modular offers a whole new range of options that will quickly have a positive impact on
your bottom line.

Compare productivity and flexibility to flexo presses

By the time you set up a flexo press :Dotrix Modular has finished the job. Switching from one job to another
is instant. At a stroke, plate costs, make-ready and waste are eliminated with the first sheet from a :Dotrix
Modular as profi table as the last.

The :Dotrix Modular

Can deliver the performance and cost-effectiveness you are looking for.

:Dotrix Modular

Job 1: 1000m

Job 2: 1000m

Job 3: 2000m

Job 4: 2000m

Traditional Flexo

Job 1: 1000m

Job 2: 1000m

Job 3: 2000m

Job 4: 2000m

Labour Plates Down time

Setup Cost File preparation

Can be done off-line,
RIP and Color Separation
while press is running
Imaging Flexo Plates
Mounting Flexo Plates

Setup Cost Mount on press and Registration Color to Color

Do in-line, press is blocked Color Check

Printing Printing Assumptions

Each block represents ca. 10 minutes
Setup Cost Change 2 colors :Dotrix press: 65 cm width, running at 32 m/min
Flexo press: 65 cm width, running at 100 m/min
 :Dotrix Modular in detail
1 | Substrate input
The jumbo unwind system of the :Dotrix Modular can handle rolls
of up to 1.25 metres (49”) diameter, weighing up to 800 kg
(1,750 pound) providing long uninterrupted print runs. The reel is
lifted by two pneumatically driven arms that place the air mandrel
into safety chucks.
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| Substrate input

2 | Flexo station

Flexographic printing station with short drying tower and UV curing

system with chill roller.
A flexo printing station before the SPICE, could serve as a coating/
priming pass if you wish to print on difficult standard substrates.
This will greatly increase the print quality. Mounting a traditional
flexo plate gives endless combinations of flexo white or spot and
metallic colours with digital printing on top.
An integrated flexo printing station after SPICE could lay down a
top-finishing lacquer, giving your end product that high-quality
2
| Flexo station finishing touch.

3 | SPICE printing unit

The Single Pass Inkjet Colour Engine six or four colour is the digital
heart of the engine, a stationary array of inkjet heads across the
web up to 63 cm wide. This technology delivers an impressive print
production of up to 1,209 square metres per hour.

3
| SPICE printing unit

4 | Flexo lamination or cold foil

This can be used to laminate the substrate or, in conjunction with a

standard flexo plate, to allow cold-foiling with a UV glue.

4
| Flexo lamination or cold foil
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5 | Slitter

Multiblade inline slitter device.

| Slitter
5

6 | Substrate output

The :Dotrix Modular outputs to (jumbo) rolls which

can be converted offline.

| Substrate Output
6

7 | Sheeting Tool

This module provides a fully integrated sheet cutting solution running

in line with the :Dotrix Modular. The base configuration is designed to
cut variable length sheets that are delivered onto a shingle delivery
table. Roll to roll functionality is available as an option. Other available
options include slitting and automated high pile stacking.
| Sheeting Tool
7

8 | Mini Rewinder

The sheeting tool is equipped with an 800 mm rewinder if roll to roll

functionality is required.

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| Mini Rewinder
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:Dotrix Modular full view of 2 possible configurations

:Dotrix Modular
Folding Carton
Configuration

| Unwinder | Flexo | SPICE | Flexo | Sheeter | Mini Rewinder

:Dotrix Modular
Flexible Foil
Configuration

| Unwinder | Flexo | SPICE | Flexo | Flexo lamination | Slitter | Rewinder

See page 5 for more configurations

From basic setup to an
unrivalled level of flexibility

1 | Roll-to-Roll basic configuration

2 | Roll-to-Roll with coating station

3 | Roll-to-Roll with varnish station

4 | Roll-to-Roll with coating & varnish station

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5 | Roll-to-Sheeter with coating station

6 | Roll-to-Sheeter with varnish station

7 | Roll-to-Sheeter with coating & varnish station

The only limitation is your imagination, talk to your local representative

to discuss a solution that can be tailor-made for your specific business needs.
Accurate and reproducible colour
The :Dotrix Modular handles the incoming files from either
:Apogee ColorTune Spot and :Apogee ColorTune CMM or 3 rd party
pre-press systems. The unique colour management system ensures
very accurate reproduction of up to 90% reproduction of Pantone ®
colours with our own :Agorix UV-curable inks.

CMYK + OV
Agfa’s :Agorix ink family is not only available in CMYK + OV, also in a
low migration version.

Food industry
Printing with low-migration inks is crucial in the food service industry,
ensuring that no contamination occurs from the ink to the food inside.

Wide variety of substrates

:Dotrix Modular prints on a wide variety of substrates such as:
• PVC
• PE
• PET
• PS
• BOPP
• Aluminium
• Papers and Board (coated, uncoated, inkjet)
• Self adhesives (PE, PP, PVC, Paper)
• Multilayers

Substrate specific settings can be saved and re-used to further

minimise the set-up time in changing over substrates. Furthermore
screening type and dot gain compensation curves can be changed at
run-time to perfectly match different printing conditions.
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Unlimited variability
Digital printing means variable data printing. Enhance your
productivity with our :Apogee Vibe workflow software. This software
adds variable data elements to an existing PDF file and is specifically
tailored to the Packaging and POP markets. The variable data
elements are produced only at the very last moment of the printing
process. This drastically reduces pre-press time when generating the
variable data and keeps RIP time and data to the absolute minimum.
Printing, converting, collating and packing time can be greatly
reduced with a powerful database.

Production capacity

Printing Width (cm) 30 50 65

Press Speed (m/min) 30 30 30
Production capacity (m2/hr) 540 900 1170
Applications Labels Labels Labels
Narrow Folding Carton Medium Folding Carton
Packaging
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Functional Specifications

Print technology Piezo Drop-on-demand multilevel Agfa print

heads

Print resolution 900 dpi apparent resolution;

300 dpi native resolution

Ink technology :Agorix UV-curable inks (no solvents)

Web speed 5 to 32 m/min (16,4 to 105 ft/min)

Maximum print capacity Up to 1,209 sqm per hour

(13,013.57 sqf per hour)

Maximum web width 65 cm (25,6 in.)

Maximum print width 63 cm (24,8 in.)

Number of colours • 6-colour CMYK + OV

• 4-colour CMYK
• Optional in-line flexo stations for varnish,
white, etc.

Base unit configuration Roll-to-roll servo driven with jumbo

unwinder and rewinder

Substrate Corona, web cleaning, anti-static

pre-treatment options

Converting options Flexographic printing stations, slitting,

die-cutting, sheeting

Substrates Industrial substrates, ranging

from flexible foils, 20 micron over
self-adhesives, to folding carton
up to 600 micron

Footprint 5,95 m x 1,69 m (19,49 ft x 5,54 ft)

smallest configuration

Typical configuration 7,38 m x 1,69 m (24,21 ft x 5,54 ft)

Weight smallest Approximately 5,500 kg (12,125 pounds)

configuration

Weight typical Approximately 6,500 kg (14,330 pounds)

configuration

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