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Continuous Roll Digital Color Printer

Continuous Roll Digital Color Printer
Eliminate label inventories with digital print.
With the CDT 1600-C, print on demand has never been easier. Using digital print allows you to eliminate pre-printed label inventories and reduce costs. In one step, add color to your tags and labels, integrate variable data, and print what you need, when you need it.
Designed for secondary and logistics labeling, as well as private labeling and branding, the CDT 1600-C is the fastest digital color tag and label printer in its class. Powered by Memjet technology, the CDT 1600-C prints at 12 inches per second, with print quality up to 1600 x 1600 dpi.
Print full digital color at the same cost as thermal transfer.
Capable of printing full digital color at the same cost as thermal transfer, the Colordyne family of printers provides a custom solution for your business. Printing labels and tags in full color offers endless possibilities for branding and messaging. The CDT 1600-C allows you to print today for tomorrow’s production.
Add value by printing labels in full color.
Meeting and exceeding the needs of the tag and label print industry, the CDT 1600-C presents an affordable and scalable solution for a variety of industries and applications. The CDT 1600-C prints rich colors at full-bleed and excels in printing readable small fonts and sharp barcodes. Colordyne adds value to your business by providing digital printing, variable data, and color management solutions.
Use the CDT 1600-C for high volume, full color industrial solutions.
  • Print labels and tags on demand and eliminate pre-printed label inventory
  • Reduce supply chain errors by using color to increase picking accuracy
  • Add more control over your labeling operations by moving your production in house
  • Tap into new branding opportunities by printing your shipping label in color to build brand awareness
  • Increase your profitability by offering private labeling
  • Increase effectiveness of retail shelf tags through the use of color labels

See the CDT 1600-C in action!

Applications:

  • In-house label production
  • Private branding
  • Copy changes made instantly, with no plate or copy changes
  • Variable data and barcoding
  • Roll-to-roll, fanfold, or continuous labels
  • Improved supply chain management

For additional product information, please visit Mid-State Litho, Inc. at www.midstatelitho.net or at 810-238-7370.

 

Colordyne Production Class Printing System in Action

Colordyne Production Class Printing System in Action

Colordyne’s high speed CDT-1600 PC  performs continuous web printing at 160 feet /minute (32 inches/second). This Memjet powered printing system has five printheads with an interchangeable ink delivery system.

The CDT-1600 PC releases up to 3.5 billion drops of ink per second and prints full process color at affordable costs.

Being the world’s first roll to roll digital printing system, Colordyne’s Production Class Printing System delivers up to 1600 x 1200 dpi. Web handling system is manufacturered by AzTECH Converting.

Join the revolution in affordable color digital printing by contacting us today at 1-800-343-4231 or visit us online at www.midstatelitho.net

Mid-State Litho, Inc.
5459 Fenton Rd.
Flint, MI 48507
www.midstatelitho.net

How Do Colors Affect Purchase?

How Do Colors Affect Purchase? For retailers, selling is the art of persuasion. There are many factors that influence how and what consumers buy. A large part of every decision is based on visual cues, and the strongest and most persuasive is color.

Color and Marketing

When marketing new products, it is crucial to consider that consumers place visual appearance and color above other factors when shopping.

  • 1% Sound/Smell
  • 6% Texture
  • 93% Visual Appearance

NOTE: 85% of shoppers place color as a primary reason for why they buy a particular product; 15% other.

Color and Branding

Color increases brand recognition by 80%. Brand recognition directly links to consumer confidence.

Color and North American Consumers

Color is one of the most powerful methods of design. However, it is not entirely universal. Colors that entice in North America are often different from those that entice in India. Below are colors that affect North American online shoppers. Below are colors that affect North American online shoppers.

  • Yellow
    • Optimistic and Youthful
    • Often used to grab attention of window shoppers
  • Red
    • Energy
    • Increases heart rate
    • Creates urgency
    • Often seen in clearance sales
  • Blue
    • Creates the sensation of trust and security
    • Often seen with banks and businesses
  • Green
    • Associated with wealth
    • The easiest color for the eyes to process
    • Used in stores to relax
  • Orange
    • Aggressive
    • Creates a call to action
    • Subscribe, buy, or sell
  • Pink
    • Romantic and feminine
    • Used to market products to women and young girls
  • Black
    • Powerful and sleek
    • Used to market luxury products
  • Purple
    • Used to soothe and calm
    • Often seen in beauty or anti-aging products

 How Do Colors Affect Purchase? Colors and Types of Consumers

Color also has the unique ability to attract specific types of shoppers and change shopping behavior.

  • Impulse Shoppers – Fast Food, Outlet Malls, Clearance Sales

    • Red
    • Orange
    • Black
    • Royal Blue
  • Shoppers on a Budget – Banks, Larger Department Stores
    • Navy Blue
    • Teal
  • Traditional Buyers – Clothing Stores
    • Pink
    • Sky Blue
    • Rose

Other Influences

Color is not the only item that influences consumer behavior. For online shoppers, design, buzz words and convenience affect their need to shop.

Overall Design

For many online shoppers, poor website navigability and poor overall designs are the reasons they choose not to purchase from a particular website.

  • 42% of shoppers base their opinion of a website on overall design alone
  • 52% of shoppers that did not return because of overall aesthetics

The Element of Time

Speed, efficiency and convenience are some of the many reasons shoppers are turning to internet retailers. Having a website that runs even five seconds slower than your competitors could mean a huge economic loss.

  • 64% of online shoppers that did not purchase items because the website was too slow
  • Amazon found that with every 100MS of load time there was a 1% decrease in sales

Power Words

Retailers rely on the ability of words to evoke emotions in consumers. The right “power” word could prompt a consumer to purchase an item at one retail shop over an identical item at another shop.

  • 52% of consumers are more likely to enter a store if there is a sale sign in the window
  • 60% of consumers feel at ease and are more likely to purchase a product that has the word “guaranteed” associated with it

Sources: dirjournal.com, colormatters.com, “The Effects of Store Environment On Shopping Behaviors: A Critical Review” by Shun Yin Lam, “The Profit of Color” by Color Marketing Group, “The Psychology of Color in Marketing” by June Campbell, “The Psychology of Web Performance”; KISSmetrics

Print Color on Demand for the Same Cost as Monochrome

Print Color on Demand for the Same Cost as MonochromePrint Color on Demand for the Same Cost as Monochrome

Meeting the needs of label printing industry, Colordyne Technologies presents an affordable and scalable solution. Colordyne’s high speed on demand printers add value to your customers by printing your labels in full color. When printing in full color, you can send a message across to your buyers; using color in your labels provides endless possibilities. For more information on how colors affect purchasing, view this article on color psychology.

Capable of printing full digital color at the same cost as monochrome, the Colordyne family of printers provides a customized solution. For customized color label needs, use color-on-demand for labels that pop. Colordyne’s printers allow you to print color labels when and where you need it, for variable color labeling.

Use Colordyne printers for high volume, full color industrial solutions:

  • Reduce supply chain errors by using color to increase picking accuracy
  • Tap into new branding opportunities by printing your shipping label or invoice in color to build brand awareness
  • Increase your profitability by offering private labeling
  • Add more control over your labeling operations by moving your production in house
  • Print your product labels instantly while eliminating label inventory
  • Personalize insertions, invoices, and coupons
  • Increase effectiveness of retail shelf tags through the use of color labels

For a complete list of Colordyne equipment or to schedule a demonstration, please call us or visit us online for more information.

Mid-State Litho, Inc.
5459 Fenton Rd.
Flint, MI 48507
www.midstatelitho.net

 

Disruptive, game-changing technology powers the Colordyne engine

Disruptive, game-changing technology powers the Colordyne engineColordyne Technologies’ digital color inkjet printers are powered by Memjet technology and offer industry-leading speed, resolution, and price performance. Capable of printing full variable color up to 1600 x 1600 dpi and at throughput speeds up to 32 inches per second, Memjet technology is a game changer. Designed to deliver high speeds at low costs, Colordyne is proud to offer the best technology to their partners!

Colordyne printers feature the Memjet Waterfall Printhead Technology which prints page wide in one pass. Memjet-powered printers can provide high-speed, variable data, color printing for localized on-demand label runs. Colordyne printers can produce a color label/impressions in seconds, and a full roll/stack of labels/impressions in minutes. When compared to other inkjet printers, our printer is 8 times faster!

Memjet Waterfall Printhead Technology™ achieves high-speed color printing at low cost by printing in a single pass- page wide for the label and business printing industry. The printhead requires minimal warm-up time and prints in one pass without scanning back and forth. While dramatically improving performance, this fixed head architecture also reduces the noise, vibration, mechanical complexity and drop firing complexity associated with traditional inkjet architectures. Memjet printheads are designed as a long-life, customer replaceable component allowing end users to keep their printers running at peak performance year after year while protecting their investment.

For maximum scalability, the size of the printhead nozzles enables extremely fine detail and font which offers a wide range of applications. Each printhead packs 70,400 nozzles into a silicon structure that delivers 1600 dpi native print quality that is more dense and cost efficient than any other leading inkjet IC designs. The ink is delivered in a waterfall on the substrate at a rate of over 700,000 million droplets per second at a size of 1.2 picoliter. This allows for less ink usage per image produced.

Memjet’s custom controller chips provide a powerful printing platform with extreme speed, and durability.

Memjet inks are water-based, four-color (CYMK) ink formulations. The inks are unique to meet the demands of high-speed drop ejection, single pass printing and to ensure reliable, high-quality color printing for the life of the printhead. Advance dye colorants have been chosen to achieve the highest image quality and reliability at high speeds. The printhead’s microscopic 1.2 picoliter ink droplets absorb into typical substrates in milliseconds, so media of all types that are printed with Memjet print heads and ink are completely dry the second they exit the print path.

This technology is a new way to print lightning fast and affordable color. What else would you expect from a print engine that fires more than 3 billion drops of ink per second with 70,400 nozzles?

To learn more about the world’s fastest and most affordable color printing and how leading enterprises are optimizing their business with the use of color, please call or visit us online today to schedule a demonstration.

Mid-State Litho, Inc.
5459 Fenton Rd.
Flint, MI 48507
www.midstatelitho.net

Memjet Changes the Game for Labels

Memjet Changes the Game for LabelsMemjet technology means you can now print blistering-fast color runs of labels and packaging onsite and on-demand, while cutting run costs nearly in half.

This changes things.

This revolutionary technology means that your high-demand logistics and manufacturing operations customers get what they need, when they need it, for less money.

Need variable run capacity?

Memjet breakthrough technology gives you multiple printers at once and allows you to change data on the fly, while increasing speed and maintaining complete quality control.

Production class print engine.

Memjet production-class label printheads deliver continuous printing to pressure-sensitive labels, narrow web packaging, retail tags, professional documents and pre-die cut labels at an amazing 32-inches per second (160 feet per minute). And with five printheads lined up, you get over 350,000 nozzles delivering over 3.5 billion drops of full-color ink per second, for less money.

Join the revolution and contact us today 1-800-343-4231 or visit us online at www.midstatelitho.net.

Mid-State Litho, Inc.
5459 Fenton Rd.
Flint, MI 48507
www.midstatelitho.net

Eliminate Label Inventories with Digital Print

cdt1600c

Eliminate label inventories with digital print.

With the CDT 1600 C, print on demand has never been easier. Using digital print allows you to eliminate pre-printed label inventories and reduce costs. In one step, add color to your tags and labels, integrate variable data, and print what you need, when you need it.
Designed for secondary and logistics labeling, as well as private labeling and branding, the CDT 1600 C is the fastest digital color tag and label printer in its class. Powered by Memjet technology, the CDT 1600 C prints at 12 inches per second, with print quality up to 1600 x 1600 dpi.
Print full digital color at the same cost as thermal transfer.
Capable of printing full digital color at the same cost as thermal transfer, the Colordyne family of printers provides a custom solution for your business. Printing labels and tags in full color offers endless possibilities for branding and messaging. The CDT 1600 C allows you to print today for tomorrow’s production.
Add value by printing labels in full color.
Meeting and exceeding the needs of the tag and label print industry, the CDT 1600 C presents an affordable and scalable solution for a variety of industries and applications. The CDT 1600 C prints rich colors at full-bleed and excels in printing readable small fonts and sharp barcodes.Colordyne adds value to your business by providing digital printing, variable data, and color management solutions.
Use the CDT 1600 C for high volume, full color industrial solutions.
  • Print labels and tags on demand and eliminate pre-printed label inventory
  • Reduce supply chain errors by using color to increase picking accuracy
  • Add more control over your labeling operations by moving your production in house
  • Tap into new branding opportunities by printing your shipping label in color to build brand awareness
  • Increase your profitability by offering private labeling
  • Increase effectiveness of retail shelf tags through the use of color labels

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Mid-State Litho, Inc.
5459 Fenton Rd.
Flint, MI 48507
Toll Free: 1-800-343-4231
www.midstatelitho.net

Colordyne’s Digital Conversion Program

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Colordyne’s Digital Conversion Program

1600pcColordyne’s digital conversion program allows you to turn your existing press into a state-of-the-art hybrid digital web press. The Colordyne CDT 1600PC Retrofit digital label and tag printing platform offers an industry-leading combination of high print quality, fast job production, and low equipment cost.

The 1600PC Retrofit is an ideal print production solution for Label Converters looking to add full color digital inkjet printing to their existing flexographic press. Avoid setup expenses by printing small jobs digitally and add full color variable data to traditional analog processes. The superior performance and price proposition, ease of use, self-maintainability, and scalability of the 1600PC Retrofit platform create a powerful productivity tool suitable for use in a variety of business environments. Label converters can utilize the 1600PC to profitably augment and grow current CMYK printing activities on print jobs of 5,000 feet (1,530 m) or less.

Features:

  • Variable Data Integration
  • Color Management Software
  • Over 100 Recognized Substrates
  • Full Process CMYK+S
  • 1600 x 1200 dpi
  • Print Speed 160ft/min
  • 8.69″ Max Print Width
  • Waterfall Print Head Technology
  • 70,4000 Nozzles per Print Head
  • 1.2 Pico Liter Drop Size
  • Water Based Dye Ink
  • 10 L Ink Tank Per Color
  • Operator Touch Screen
  • 24″ Raised Vacuum Platen

For additional information, please visit MSL at www.midstatelitho.net or call 1-800-343-4231.