Tau RSC printer portfolio in its new cross-platform design

Durst presents the novelties of the Tau RSC platform: new features and hybrid options, for highly flexible, high-quality yet cost-effective digital label printing from short to long runs were introduced on the updated Tau 330 RSC and a Tau 510 RSCi with integrated flexo stations, at the Durst Customer Experience Center in Brixen.

To address new market demands of delivering long runs in the shortest possible time with environmentally friendly label production, Durst has updated its Tau RSC platform and further improved the successful Tau 330 RSC and Tau 330 RSC E presses for short and medium runs. Even various Tau RSCi solutions for hybrid printing and inline processing can now be offered, thanks to the expansion of the product range with various partners.

Durst has presented in its online event, “All you need is RSC”, the extended Tau RSC printer portfolio in its new cross-platform design. We summarize them below.

Optional flexo stations on Tau RSCi

The Durst Tau RSCi can be configured with optional flexo stations before and/or after the digital print unit. Therefore, challenging materials can be used by adding a primer or combination printing between flexo and UV inkjet. By printing white over with the post-press flexo station, more applications can be added. The user-friendly flexo stations fit to available printing widths of 330, 420 or 510 mm of the Tau RSCi and are equipped with a slide in/out carriage to aid loading and unloading of the ink pan, pick-up and anilox roller. With the new flexo stations, Durst again unlocks new profitable business scenarios for customers.

Durst Tau 330 RSC

Optimized ink consumption

A new Ink Save Mode allows Tau RSC platform users to reduce ink costs by an average of 12% on a CMYK press. This cost-effectiveness boost will enable more jobs to be shifted to digital production. The operator can choose if he wants to print either in best match mode or with the special save ink mode. Then, the Durst Workflow Label software utilizes image analysis for the print job and replaces the original color combination with an alternative one, ensuring less ink consumption and minimal visual change in the label appearance.

Durst Tau 510 RSCi

“Intelligent” maintenance

The intelligent software now also includes a new automatic maintenance feature, avoiding downtime and reducing service costs. Automatic print head cleaning is contact-free. With this new function, availability increases, an overall better and stable print quality is achieved due to the overall better printhead condition, and less ink is wasted. Last but not least, Durst equips every new Tau RSC / RSCi printer model with additional IT security hardware. The operator needs to actively turn a safety key to allow access from outside of the machine.

These new developments are also available as a retrofit for existing Tau customers.

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