Inkjet & Digital Printing

Scodix MetallicTM – Revolutionary metallic printed colours – in a digital process

Thursday 06. June 2013 - Scodix brings print service providers (PSPs) the ability to enhance their prints with metallic coloring by simply utilizing the CMYK color process enhancing it with Scodix SENSE - all done in a digital 1-pass print process. Scodix revolutionizes the printing industry and adds significant value to the growing basket of in-house print solutions. PSPs are able to provide their customers with metallic colours without the need for traditional foil stamping resources.

“The Scodix MetallicTM ability opens additional new and exciting opportunities for Scodix customers”, says Ziki Kuly, Scodix VP Marketing. “They can now offer the entire metallic colour range option as part of a simple, cost-effective, in-house print process”. Scodix MetallicTM print process is a Scodix patent pending process. By applying the Scodix SENSETM clear polymer over the selected CMYK colors, the print colours transform into a completely amazing experience – with one single pass of Scodix SENSE a printed sheet can have gold, silver, bronze, embossing, textures, high and low levels of clear polymer effects and more. All these in a high quality, eye-catching gloss providing true visual impact like never seen before. In addition – the Scodix SENSE, in a single process, protects the printed image and the Metallic impact from scratching and scuffing – a clear advantage over traditional foil stamping process.
Scodix Metallic can only be created by using the Scodix S digital enhancement presses with the Scodix RSP Technology (Rotate, Scale and Position). “Using two CCD cameras and Scodix IP image algorithm, allows users to manipulate every image – scaling the image on X and Y axes, shifting and rotating it when required – making sure perfect quality and precise print registration, delivering perfect metallic colors,” said Scodix CEO Kobi Bar. “This is what will keep the printing industry alive for years to come.”
By incorporating the capacity to create real shine and depth through metallic coloring thereby adding an element of elegance and style, Scodix Metallic TM provides yet another way for customers to achieve brand differentiation through their printed materials. Suitable for both commercial and packaging applications, the selective pinpoint digital process that enables the provision of an in-house metallic finish will soon become a permanent fixture for many print service providers. “Scodix MetallicTM is a game changing technology”, says Frank Defino Sr., CEO of Tukaiz, “and we are very excited to demonstrate this revolutionary enhancement to our customers”.
For the first time ever, PSP’s can offer qualities and values that have never been possible before. “The possibility to show all metallic colors, including other enhancements such as embossing, raised impact clear polymer, different textures, gloss levels – all those by an in-house one-step process – opens many new doors. It allows us not only to be different from everyone else, and every other technology that exists today, but also to charge high margins for our work. The Scodix Metallic is a game changer not only for Tukaiz but for the entire commercial and packaging printing industry,” Mr. Defino adds.