Labelexpo Day 1: Konica Minolta launches print embellish finish MGI web line

The Konica Minolta booth at Labelexpo saw the launch of the new MGI Jetvarnish 3D Color+, a webfed high speed print embellish and finish line.

Speaking to Print21 at the show David Cascarino, industrial manager at Konica Minolta said, “The configuration on the floor has a flexo printing unit, then the CMYK print engine, then a raised spot UV printer, then foiling, with die cutting, stripping, slitting and spooling to finish.

“You have a reel of raw paper going in one end and finished product coming out of the other, with one-person operation. It comes in different configurations; for instance, you can have it without the print engine.”

Also on the stand at Labelexpo was the AccurioLabel 230 label printing system, seen at PrintEx last month for entry level digital label printing, and a new version with an inline flexo printing unit at the front for printing white.

Cascarino said, “There are some packaging and label applications that need a white, this will open that market up.”

The new system will go to beta following Labelexpo, with Cascarino expecting it to be commercially available next year.

The AccurioLabel is now past 400 installations, achieved in less than three years. Cascarino said, “Konica Minolta's entry into digital label and packaging print systems has gone better than we expected.”