Labelexpo Europe 2015 looks set to provide a window on a new debate -how to finish both digital and conventional labels, writes Labels & Labelling group editor, Andy Thomas. The show sees the revival of the hybrid press concept, where digital and conventional print and converting operations are carried out in one pass - the 'traditional' narrow web model since the earliest days of PS label converting in the 1970s and 1980s. Hybrid models shown at Labelexpo Europe will include FFEI's Graphium, Gallus' DCS340, Omet's JetFlex and Mark Andy's Digital Series. The advantages of processing in one pass are well-known, but the challenge is how to optimally match conventional print capabilities with a digital engine, and how to avoid downtime on the digital engine while the conventional units are being made ready.
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