UBS Aplink High-Resolution Inkjet Printers

The United Barcode Systems Aplink high-resolution inkjet printer range includes models to print text, detailed graphics, barcodes and 2D codes onto porous and non-porous surfaces. For printing onto porous surfaces including cardboard, paper and timber, mineral-free oil-based ink is used and for non-porous surfaces, polymer-based inks are used and immediately cured using the latest UVLED technology.

For applications requiring a single printhead, the Aplink LRX series offers a cost-effective solution with a 36 or 72mm printhead, ink system and 7-inch touch screen HMI controller built into one unit. The HRX system offers greyscale printing, down-printing and umbilical printheads as well as the opportunity to drive up to 4 printheads from a single controller. HRX GS05 systems have print resolution up to 180 x 1440dpi and 3 greyscale levels whereas HRX GS10 systems have up to 360 x 1440dpi resolution and 7 greyscale levels. Where 2-colour printing is required including compliance with GHS/CLP regulation, the HRX-BICOLOR system offers 2-colour printing with 72mm print height. For wide format printing, the HRX MAX printhead has 140mm print height with the possibility to drive 4 printheads from one touchscreen HMI controller.

Whether printing onto porous or non-porous surfaces, using UBS Aplink printers as an alternative to applying labels offers significant cost savings and environmental benefits. Typically a single one-litre bottle of UBS ink replaces 350Kg of labels and costs 6-8 times less than the equivalent labels and printing ribbons. The environmental benefits include significant haulage carbon savings by shipping just 1Kg of ink for each 350Kg of labels and avoiding the need to dispose of 140Kg of backing paper waste for each litre of ink used which cannot be recycled with other paper waste.

UBS Aplink systems come with UBS Designer PC-based software to design and upload virtually unlimited numbers of print images into the printer memory. A Windows printer driver is also included to allow printing directly from Windows applications.