Epson will demonstrate the DJet 10000 double-sided printing system for the first time at Drupa. The 44in width ten-colour system has been developed by Swiss firm Digital Information and features two new Epson SureColor SC-P10000 printers also launching at the show.
The DJet 10000, supplied in the UK by reseller Bodoni Systems, has been designed for the fast production of double-sided imposition proofs - in four-up (B2) and eight-up (B1) formats - 
and the production of short-run items such as display graphics, personalised books, leaflets and brochures.
The DJet 10000 links pairs of Epson SC-P10000 printers in sequence but offset by 180 degrees so that each prints one side of the uncut roll. The system includes a paper buffer loop between the two printers. Custom-developed control software adds identification and positioning codes to each job. These are read by video cameras and processed by the control software to confirm the alignment for the ‘back’ side of the printed roll.
Printed jobs can then be cut and folded as required to present a virtually finished book or brochure with correct pagination, or used as finished print for double-sided display material and similar applications.
The DJet control software also supports common and proprietary bitmap as well as Epson file formats from a variety of leading prepress workflows and rips. Both imposed page proofs and brochure production will be demonstrated at Drupa.
The new 44inEpson SC-P10000 printer model used in the DJet 10000 system incorporates the Epson PrecisionCore MicroTFP printhead and uses a new UltraChrome Pro ten-colour inkset.