Delphax Technologies Inc. and Weihai Printing Machinery Co. Ltd. announced a strategic partnership for the introduction of digital print production speed to the Chinese printing industry. The two companies will highlight the WeiFeng2200 high-speed digital web press in demonstrations tomorrow, Oct.

18, at Weihai Printing Machinery Company headquarters in Weihai City, Shandong, China. The WeiFeng2200--an adapted version of the Delphax CR2200--is the fastest monochrome toner-based digital printer in the world, with throughput of 150 meters or approximately 2,200 pages per minute at 600 x 600 dpi print quality. In its Weihai City introduction, the WeiFeng2200 will be the centerpiece of a fully integrated digital printing production line.

The partnership also represents Delphax Technologies entree to the Chinese market. The WeiFeng2200 uses Delphax Technologies unique and patented electron-beam imaging (EBI) technology, which ensures consistent print quality at unmatched toner-based production speeds on a wide range of untreated substrate materials, from extremely lightweight paper to heavy card stock. The technology provides streamlined handling of large amounts of data and graphics with great speed, accuracy and economy.

As a result, the WeiFeng2200 makes it possible for customers to handle a wide range of books and booklets, legal/financial documents, packing inserts, direct mail materials and other commercial printing applications. Every document can be personalized without compromising the speed, quality or productivity of high-volume print runs. The WeiFeng2200 is, in short, a high-speed, high throughput, robust, easily maintainable industrial digital printing device.