Agfa launches a water-based Inkjet Printing System for Interior Decoration

24 November 2020: Agfa has introduced InterioJet 3300, a multi-pass, water-based inkjet system for printing on decor paper used for interior decoration, such as laminate floors and furniture. The InterioJet is built on the same inkjet printing platform as Agfa’s award-winning heavy-duty Jeti Tauro LED UV printing press for sign & display printing applications. It delivers the same printing reliability – now with printheads, inks and a drying system tuned to water-based pigment inks.

The InterioJet can print on two rolls at a time – each with a width of up to 155 cm and a weight of up to 600 kg – at a speed of up to 340 sq. m per hour. It achieves a brilliant and consistent print quality throughout, as well as across print orders.

The InterioJet 3300 will accelerate the transformation from analog (gravure) to digital printing in the laminated surface market, says Tom Cloots, Director Industrial Inkjet for Agfa. “Its limited start-up time and high flexibility will enable suppliers of laminated surfaces to gain new business by responding to evolving market demands, including printing on demand and just-in-time delivery. The system allows interior decoration designers to let their creativity run free and create customized designs for every order.”

Incorporating Agfa’s signature ‘Thin Ink Layer’ technology, the InterioJet boasts a low ink consumption, reducing production cost and footprint. It can be combined effortlessly with various impregnation and lamination processes.

The InterioJet is driven by Agfa’s Asanti workflow software, which adds to the system’s performance by controlling, simplifying and automating the entire printing process from prepress to finishing. Asanti’s comprehensive integration of file handling, color management and preflighting guarantees smooth, error-free jobs.