Xitron Partner Printware Installs 1,000th Navigator Digital Front End

 

DFE Drives Printware’s iJetColor™ Classic, NXT, Pro, and Pro 1175 Envelope Presses

 

Ann Arbor, MI, USA June 22, 2021 – Xitron, a subsidiary of Global Graphics PLC and the developer of the Harlequin-based Navigator RIP and workflow products for commercial, flexo, screen, digital, and high-speed inkjet printing, and Printware - a print industry leader in prepress and digital solutions - are celebrating the 1000th installation of Xitron’s Navigator DFE. Developed to drive Printware’s extensive line of high-speed inkjet envelope presses from the iJetColor family, the iJet Color-branded Navigator DFE provides Printware’s customers with brand color matching and the industry-leading ColorBoost technology to optimize color fidelity at high production speeds.

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“Printware and Xitron have a long history of co-development, going back to our Platestream CTP systems, which were popular in the early 2000s,” said Tim Murphy, President of Printware. “As we began our transition to high-speed inkjet with the iJetColor Classic a few years ago, our close relationship with Xitron’s team resulted in advanced color management capabilities for a variety of inkjet print heads, including those from Memjet and HP.” In 2020, the iJetColor Pro 1175P with Navigator DFE was voted Printing United Alliance’s Product of the Year in the digital press category, and Navigator DFE was awarded the Intertech™ Technology award.

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“We’re extremely pleased with the success of Navigator DFE in the market,” said Karen Crews, President of Xitron. “Printware’s implementation played a critical role in our development of Memjet and HP FI-1000 printhead-based systems. Ultimately, it became the basis on which we built a DFE compatible with the most productive printheads available today.” Navigator DFE drives systems based on printheads from Kyocera, XAAR, Konica-Minolta, Epson, Ricoh, and Toshiba, in addition to Memjet and HP. It supports drive electronics from Meteor Inkjet (also a Global Graphics company), GIS, and DPS. More information can be found at www.xitron.com/navigator-dfe and www.ijetcolor.com.

 

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Xitron Announces Addition of Bill Brunone

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Industry expert is the new Director of Business Development, Digital Print Solutions

 

Ann Arbor, MI, USA April 21, 2021 – Xitron, a subsidiary of Global Graphics PLC and the developer of the Harlequin-based Navigator RIP and workflow products for commercial, flexo, screen, digital, and high-speed inkjet printing, has announced that Bill Brunone has joined the company as Director of Business Development. Bill’s focus will be Xitron’s advanced Digital Front End (DFE), designed for desktop, production, and industrial inkjet applications.

 

Prior to joining Xitron’s digital development team, Bill was responsible for starting Memjet’s Production Print Group, where he was instrumental in coordinating the integration of Xitron technology in several OEM print systems using Memjet printheads. “Over the past eight or nine years, Xitron and Memjet have been very successful partnering on projects for OEM’s such as Colordyne, SuperWeb, Kirk-Rudy, and Astro-Nova,” Brunone remarked. “I’m looking forward to expanding Xitron’s DFE reach beyond Memjet DuraFlex, DuraLink, and HP FI-1000 printhead systems as additional OEMs look to create the next generation of high-speed digital inkjet presses.”

 

When paired with printhead electronics from Meteor Inkjet (also a Global Graphics PLC subsidiary), Xitron’s Navigator DFE is capable of driving printing systems incorporating printheads from XAAR, Konica-Minolta, Ricoh, Kyocera, and Fuji Dimatix, among others. “This adaptability gives Navigator DFE a huge advantage in the market over other DFE developers,” Brunone added.

 

Karen Crews, president of Xitron echoed Brunone’s sentiments. “Bill’s background in engineering - and overall experience in digital print and packaging - is a welcome addition to Xitron’s business development team. His accomplishments in driving inkjet technology in the marketplace are well-recognized and highly regarded. We’re extremely excited that he’s now part of Xitron.”

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