Konica Minolta has become the world’s first press manufacturer and global solutions provider to achieve the robust Fogra53 profile certification, for its AccurioJet KM-1 B2 UV LED digital inkjet sheetfed printer.
Fogra says this award was made after an exhausting testing programme, and recognises the stability, versatility and colour accuracy of the AccurioJet.
According to Konica Minolta, the comprehensive colour gamut of the KM-1 ensures that any CMYK ICC Profile can be achieved, including the wide gamut International Colour Consortium (ICC) Profile Fogra53, to which the company says a standard four-colour lithographic press would not be able to print.
Konica Minolta’s patented Dot Freeze UV cured KM-1 ink guarantees the colour stability during the run with accuracy when measured on a print run of 500 copies. The AccurioJet KM-1 has achieved Fogra certification for ICC Profiles: Fogra 39, 47, 51, 52, 53, Japan Colour, and GracoL Coated and Uncoated.
Dr Marco Mattuschka, Fogra prepress expert, said, “Congratulations to Konica Minolta. For the first time ever, the AccurioJet KM-1 has achieved the FograCert Validation Printing System certification (ISO 12647-8) with the new characterisation Fogra53, as well as Fogra characterisation 39, 47, 51 and 52.
“In addition, another check was successfully carried out for the AccurioJet KM-1: a combi-certification that establishes FograCert VPS from testing single-copy prints only to testing the printing stability of an entire run according to Fogra Standard PSD (ProcessStandard Digital).
“In accordance with available print condition references, we further proved that the AccurioJet KM-1 meets all requirements for another two certification standards, GracoL Coated and Uncoated (IDEAlliance) and Japan Color (Japan Printing Machinery Association).
“Testing and certifying three internationally renowned standards in one run was a premiere for Fogra and we will expand the established testing regime of FograCert in the future.”
The AccurioJet KM-1 can print up to 3,000 single-sided B2 sheets per hour at up to 1,200 dpi. Major benefits of the system include moving short-run offset to digital inkjet, the ability to carry out hybrid printing with the integration of the AccurioJet KM-1 into existing offset processes, duplex printing, and larger sheet sizes, as well as printing on packaging board, lightweight papers and textured stock.
The AccurioJet KM-1 also benefits from Dot Freeze Technology (DFT), which has overcome one of the fundamental challenges of inkjet printing – uncontrolled ink dot movement that reduces print quality and workable materials. DFT self-freezes ink drops immediately upon contact with the material. A rapid change in temperature turns high-flowing inks from a printhead nozzle into a low-flowing, immobile ink droplet when it hits the material so the challenge of mottling of colours and of printing onto porous materials is eliminated.
Underpinning its customer-centric approach, Konica Minolta has developed special Pantone books to showcase for customers the wide range of colours that can be produced on the AccurioJet KM-1, which has already been recognized as the Best Cut-Sheet Colour B2+ Printer by the European Digital Press Association (EDP).