Operational Efficiencies
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How many times have you had an idle press because you couldn’t get ink fast enough? Every pressroom has schedule changes, and rush jobs are becoming more and more common. With color on demand, you’ll never wait for ink again.
Reporting Transparency
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With the Mx12, you can instantly view reports on virtually anything you can think of (Batch costing, VOC emissions, Inventory stock, etc.) Pick and choose what matters to you, and have the auto e-mail feature keep you in the know.
Ease of Use
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By automating the color blending process, the Mx-Series takes out the expertise needed to produce perfect colors every time. Anybody* in your facility can quickly get whatever they need. Also, the 24/7 availability of the Mx12 means you’ll never have an idle press because the ink branch was closed or your in-plant was sleeping.
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*Yes, anybody. If you can send an e-mail, you can dispense a color.
Color consistency
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We all know how demanding some ad agencies and corporate buyers can be when it comes to custom colors. Look at the truth behind an Accurate Spot Color to see why the Mx12 will help maintain your clients’ branding integrity with scientifically verifiable color consistency. It’s more impressive than “My ink guy said it’s the same color as last time.”
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Accurate spot color- hyperlink to a pdf I’ll develop with OneIMS
Reduced waste/Sustainability
Why do you have a massive inventory of ink in the back of your pressroom? Because ordering too much ink is safer than ordering too little. With the Mx-Series, you never have to worry about running out of ink. Make slightly less than you think you need, bring it to press and get a mileage check. If you need more, make more. It’s that easy.
You can even recycle the ink you already have on your shelves into new colors.
Here’s how it works:
1) Request your desired color on the software. Let’s say you needed 5 lb (1.4 kg) of PMS 221. Click on ‘Dispense’, and enter that color and amount.
2) The software will prompt you with a list of colors in your inventory that can be recycled into PMS 221. Let’s say you selected 2 lb (.9 kg) of PMS 198 from this list.
3) If the ink is commercial sheetfed, you’ll need to remove any ink skin from the old can of PMS 198.
4) Place the PMS 198 on the dispenser’s scale, click ‘Dispense’, and watch as it magically turns your old PMS 198 into PMS 221*.
5) Pat yourself on the back. You made an environmentally friendly decision, and saved your company money in the process.
*It’s not really magic. It’s basic math actually. Just make sure your old ink is actually the color you said it was.
Cost Savings
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It’s pretty simple: having a robot make your colors for you is less expensive than paying ink technicians to blend them by hand and ship them to you. If you’re mixing by hand in-house, you can expect over 90% in labor savings. You’ll also save by avoiding wasted ink. For a customized cost savings analysis of your operations, click here.
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wasted ink- hyperlinks to “Reduced waste/Sustainability” advantage on this page
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Click here- hyperlinks to the ‘Cost Savings Analysis’ form located at the bottom of this document
Print Buyer Promotions
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While operational efficiencies and cost savings are a given with the Mx-Series, print salesmen are quickly learning how to impress demanding print buyers with their in-house color capabilities. Produce spot-on branded colors before your clients’ eyes, and win big contracts in the process. See “Print Buyer Promotions” for reasons why it’s a better customer experience.
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Print Buyer Promotions- this will be one of the 4 main buttons on the home page. I will be working with OneIMS to create this artwork.
DL of One or Less
For this application, “dl”, or “deviation of light”, is a spectrophotometer reading that measures the average film thickness across the proof. The lower the dl, the more consistent the film thickness. Manual proofing systems can have a dl as high as 5.
Highly Robust
Using Solidworks™ Simulation software, the MxVortex has undergone extensive stress analysis tests to optimize the load on its patent pending bearing system. The result? A powerful and reliable mixing solution that gets the job done right.
Fountain Filling Systems
Automated fountain filling systems require ~20.0 psi to dispense ink through the small slits on the bottom of a cardboard cartridge. If one of these slits gets clogged with dried ink, the tubes are capable of bursting. Using the EcoFlow cartridge, this is impossible because of its silicone valve that only requires ~2.0 psi to dispense ink.
Cardboard Cartridges
Cardboard cartridges have a tendency to damage in shipping, can occasionally leak, and become unsightly when stored in inventory for an extended period of time. Because of this, GFI Innovations developed a one piece plastic design, an upgrade that was warmly welcomed by their users.
DL of One or Less
For this application, “dl”, or “deviation of light”, is a spectrophotometer reading that measures the average film thickness across the proof (multiple readings are taken to develop this average). The lower the dl, the more consistent the film thickness. Manual proofing systems can have a dl as high as 5.
Highly Robust
Re-designed in 2010 using Solidworks™ Simulation software, the MxVortex has undergone extensive stress analysis tests to optimize the load on its patent pending bearing system. The result? A powerful and reliable mixing solution that gets the job done right.
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