Durst to show P5 350 eco system at Fespa

Durst will have the P5 350 hybrid wide format printing system with extended features, options and inks as the centrepiece of its stand at Fespa Global in Madrid next month.

In line with Durst's own pixel-to-output strategy, the printing system is supplied with workflow software for print preparation and analytics software for processing real production parameters. This enables the customer to start production immediately.

Matt Ashman, managing director of Durst in Australia and New Zealand will be at the show. He said, “The P5 is designed to increase speed, productivity and versatility. It is a whole new ecosystem.”

Since the official launch of the new P5 production platform with the P5 350 and P5 210 printing systems, at Fespa last year, more than 50 installations have been implemented worldwide, which Durst says documents the attractiveness of the overall package.

The Durst Professional Services (DPS) with modular software modules for pre-press or the networking of several printing systems present further business opportunities and optimisation potential the pixel-to-output strategy offers.

For the web-based product presentation and customer communication, DPS offers with Smart Shop, a web shop solution that can be fully integrated from the online catalogue or configurator to the printing system.

LiftERP, an enterprise resource planning software especially for print service providers, will  also be presented. The Durst booth will be flanked by textile application presentations, with a focus on pigment inks, which is increasingly becoming a universal solution in industrial textile printing.

"We are looking forward to Fespa in Madrid and have the state-of-the-art P5 production platform with us," said Christoph Gamper, CEO and co-owner of the Durst Group. "The high demand for our P5 printing systems is unbroken, the workflow and analytics software is continuously being developed, but we also see the increased need for information and training among customers, which we also address with expanded services. It is exciting for us to see the level of integration in which our solutions are used.

“While some are satisfied with the pure rip function and the print quality, we implement complex web-to-print production infrastructures with others. For us, the focus is always on the Durst printing system, which can be integrated into the production processes with the respective Durst software and can be modularly scaled depending on the scope."