The Xeikon Wall Decoration Suite Is The Wallpaper Production Solution That Provides The Digital Answer To Industry Challenges
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If you’re a print service provider or wallpaper distributor, you know that wall decoration is a market under pressure.
And that's understating it.
It has got huge potential, sure, but it’s changing and the challenges are multiple.
Expanding online services, stricter environmental requirements, reduced stocks and more custom, just-in-time jobs while roll orders are declining in general and prices are rising…
Plenty of reasons why it’s hard to realize the potential with conventional wallpaper printing set-ups.
The Xeikon Wall Decoration Suite
You can produce a wide variety of high quality wall decoration products in short runs with our Xeikon Wall Decoration Suite – and do this in a profitable way.
As an all-in solution – a Suite in Xeikon lingo – we make optimal advantage of digital printing technology to help you meet the challenges in your market for:
pattern wallpaper designs
with unlimited creative freedom, repeat patterns or notcustom illustration and photo murals
exact fits for any private, commercial and public spacecanvas wall decoration
every print can be different
Depending on your requirements, the centrepiece of this Wall Decoration Suite is a Xeikon 3500 press.
The Xeikon 3500 is our fastest simplex press, ideal for the cost-effective production of wallpaper and murals. It offers
true 1200 dpi resolution
with four-bit variable-dot density printmatching imaging width
508 mm wide x 55 m long (20 inch wide x 180 ft long)impressive 5 colour printing speed
19.2 m/min (63 ft/min)high-definition images & smooth tone transitions
on a wide range of substrates
Meeting Safety And Environmental Requirements With Dry Toner
Xeikon dry toners are developed in-house for our presses and our eco-friendly.
Our toners contain no solvents or hazardous substances, which makes our prints odourless and safe to dispose of.
Better even, they comply with the European Standard EN 15102, an international safety standard for wall coverings in terms of reaction to fire, release of formaldehyde, vinyl chloride monomer or heavy metals, sound absorption and thermal resistance.
A Wide Range Of Substrates For Walls
Whether you choose a Xeikon press you’ll be able to work with a wide range of substrates that need no pre-treatment.
Since every press prints full-rotary and endless, it’s perfectly suited to produce any kind of wall-covering application: short run wallpapers at standard lengths as well as murals. That’s where creativity meets productivity.
Auxiliary Equipment For An All-In One Solution
Our inline finishing equipment is made to work specifically with our wallpaper production Suite.
They’re all available to help you produce impeccably finished wallpaper decorations:
prehumidifier for non-woven substrates
web finishing module
unit for accurate cutting and slitting
rewinder
An Integrated, Streamlined Wallpaper And Mural Production Process
All Xeikon presses come with the X-800 digital front-end, combining:
prepress functionalities
data processing
colour management
press operation
The result? Seamless integration and connectivity with any market-leading pdf, design and production workflows.
That’s how you can easily integrate our Wall Decoration Suite into a web-to-print workflow, or any existing workflow.
The Xeikon 3500
The high speed, high definition 3500 press delivers premium quality product irrespective of run-size or image composition.
With one set-up you’ll:
produce shorter runs cost-effectively: faster turnaround times
benefit from minimal set-up and make-ready costs: print to order
eliminate inventory risks and costs: give end-of-life collections a new lease of life, create trial & start-up collections
make no compromises in quality: make production flexibility profitable with 1200 dpi printing quality
meet environmental legislation: thanks to dry toner and many other aspects of our Suite
