Such a device, now also for the European market, was presented by the US manufacturer Primera Technology at the international plant fair IPM in Essen at the start of the year. The company sees itself as a worldwide leading manufacturer of speciality printers. It has its headquarters in Plymouth, Minnesota.
The GP3000 is an on-demand, full-colour tag press, which Primera has developed specifically for the horticulture industry. The machine prints both sides of pre die-cut stake tags, hang tags, bench cards and many other types of tags and signage. A built-in cutter perfectly trims the edges of the printed output to deliver full-bleed tags. An innovative, patent-pending, digital creasing mechanism for creating perfect stick-in tags is also included. The resulting tags are then neatly dispensed, stacked and ready for use - no tearing apart of the tags required.
This means that print runs are possible from just a few to several thousand pieces. Therefore, production nurseries, tree nurseries and garden centres no longer have to take long lead times and also waiting times into account, and at the same time, the problem of producing and then having to throw away too many tags is solved.
Primera has paid special attention to the durability of the printed tags. Outdoor tests of one year show no noticeable degradation from UV, water and scratching.
Mark D. Strobel, who is responsible as vice president of sales and marketing…