Industrial Inkjet (IIJ) is using Heimtextil to update wallpaper manufacturers on its digital printed wallpaper production capability following more than two years of R&D with partner Konica Minolta on a solution to compete with conventional printing methods in teems of productivity and cost-per roll.
The system prints typical wallpaper media – including paper, PVC and non-woven coated and un-coated – at high speed. The system in not restrained on image length and can print mural-wall images back-to-back without a gap.
“We see this market as at a tipping point now. With the right solution digital has the potential to dramatically change the production of wallpaper. Not just the low-volume mural applications, but also high-volume mass production. We believe our solution will prove economic even for mass production – which will mean a major change for wallpaper designers who will suddenly find themselves free to radically change how we decorate our homes,” John Corrall, MD of IIJ.
