Delphax Technologies Inc. (Pink Sheets:DLPX.PK), a global provider of high-speed digital printing equipment, today announced the sale of an Imaggia IM300 digital print system to D+H Limited Partnership (TSX: DH), a leading payments and lending solutions provider to the North American financial services industry. As Canada’s largest check program provider, D+H has been a major user of Imaggia systems purchased over a 13-year period.


The Imaggia IM300 is the most advanced security printing system of its type, combining the cost-effective advantages of digital technology with industry-leading Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) production capability. Using Delphax’s patented electron-beam imaging technology, the system is the world’s fastest toner-based digital MICR-capable sheet-fed printer with document throughput of 300 pages per minute.

“D+H was among the first of the major check producers to recognize the superior efficiency and productivity offered by the Imaggia’s high-speed digital print capabilities,” said Dieter Schilling, Delphax president and chief executive officer. “Our customers in total have logged over 15 billion feet of output since the system’s introduction—approximately 186 billion high-quality printed checks meeting the highest worldwide standards for MICR encoded, secure documents. D+H has been a major contributor to that total.”

“Since our initial purchase in 1998, D+H has assembled a fleet of Imaggia systems at our Markham, Ontario, and Longueuil, Quebec, facilities to support ongoing improvements in productivity and workflow management,” said Yves Denomme, D+H executive vice president, operations. “The Imaggia system, along with Delphax Technologies’ customer support, continues to meet our expectations as we strive to grow in the ever increasingly competitive financial services industry.”

The Imaggia sheet-fed platform is ideal for applications that require multiple base stock sources or variable overprint on pre-printed stock. All of Delphax’s cut-sheet solutions offer dynamic input collation to handle paper substrates of varying sizes, weights, and finishes.

Delphax Technologies Inc. (Pink Sheets:DLPX.PK), a global provider of high-speed digital printing equipment, announced today that it will introduce its new elan series digital color print systems powered by Memjet technologies at the drupa 2012 international trade show May 3-16 in Dusseldorf, Germany.

elan brings to the commercial/industrial printing market a transformational advance in imaging technology in a robust sheet-fed print system offering production speeds up to 500 impressions per minute in full color and 1600 dpi print quality on a wide range of substrates and sheet sizes.

“We are introducing a game-changing print system at drupa,” said Dieter Schilling, president and chief executive officer of Delphax. “elan represents an entirely new category of digital print technology and is our response to growing customer demand for more efficient, versatile and affordable color printing equipment.

“We have developed a revolutionary sheet-fed transport technology and integrated this with multiple Memjet printheads to provide a unique high-resolution, high-quality and high-speed inkjet printing system. Developed, engineered and manufactured by Delphax, this system offers an unprecedented combination of speed, versatility, affordability and high quality for color sheet-fed inkjet production. There is nothing approaching this performance in the market today.”

A pioneer in digital print production, Delphax brings over 30 years of experience in sheet-fed printing innovation to the creation of elan , a commercial class platform exploiting the stunning color-reproduction capability of Memjet’s scalable high-speed inkjet technology. Each Memjet printhead lays down 1600 dpi color graphics by delivering up to 700 million drops of ink per second with more than 70,000 ink nozzles on a single printhead.

As a multi-application system, elan is expected to have multi-market appeal. By providing fast turnaround and short set-up time between jobs, the system promises to be ideal for commercial print-on-demand applications in direct mail, transpromo and billing, book and manual publishing or security printing. elan is designed for an extremely wide range of applications requiring high quality results, whether text or images, in full color.

“The addition of high-speed color capability is an exciting and essential strategic advance for Delphax,” Schilling said. “It’s what customers have been asking for and represents our opportunity to remain in the forefront of digital printing technology in the years ahead. Digital color is a segment of the printing market that has grown despite the recession and social-media-driven declines within the printing industry. It is projected to gain steadily in share of revenues from equipment, supplies and services.

“In over three decades of serving the printing industry, Delphax has created a global presence and captured the largest worldwide market share in check-printing applications. We have developed industry-leading paper-path designs, the world’s fastest toner-based monochrome sheet-fed and roll-fed presses and a reputation for unexcelled customer service and support. In short, we have built a solid foundation for the kind of innovation represented in elan —and we are excited about the opportunity to demonstrate the breakthrough potential of this system at drupa.”

Held every four years, drupa is the largest and most prominent printing equipment exhibition in the world-- the preeminent showcase for the newest trends and technologies in the graphic arts industry. elan will be presented to the industry in the Delphax exhibit located in Hall 8b, stand C10.

Minneapolis - Delphax Technologies Inc., a global provider of high-speed digital monochrome printing equipment, today announced plans to enter the color printing arena through a partnership with Memjet, a San Diego-based developer of high-speed color printing technologies.
?Our collaboration will introduce Memjet's disruptive technology in color production to the commercial printing industry in a robust digital print system engineered and manufactured by Delphax Technologies, said Dieter Schilling, Delphax president and chief executive officer. ?Memjet has created a print head that represents an entirely new category of digital print technology-a major step forward in speed and economy of high-quality color production. We're excited about joining Memjet on the leading edge of this development.

Delphax plans a product introduction for Drupa 2012, the largest international exhibition of new printing equipment held every four years, in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Memjet achieves an unprecedented combination of high-speed and high-resolution color production by putting more than 70,000 ink nozzles on a single print head. The print head spans the entire width of a page, allowing Memjet-powered printers to deliver more than 700 million drops of ink per second.

The partnership between Delphax and Memjet brings together two companies that hold ?world's fastest? titles – Delphax for its toner-based digital monochrome printers and Memjet for its ink-based digital color print heads.

?Delphax Technologies has the industry experience, international reach and engineering expertise that make it an ideal OEM partner for us, said Sean Marske, president of Memjet Labels. ?It is a highly innovative company in its own right, establishing a strong competitive position within the commercial printing industry by providing its customers with the cost and performance advantages of high-speed digital equipment.

?The addition of high-speed color capability is an exciting and essential strategic advance for Delphax,? Schilling said. ?Digital color is a segment of the printing market that has grown despite the recession, and it is projected to gain steadily in share of revenues from equipment, supplies and services.
?Our 30 years of serving the printing industry gives us a profitable base of operations and a solid foundation for the kind of innovation that we are pursuing in our collaboration with Memjet. Delphax was launched through a cooperative application of new technology, and we believe that Memjet's unprecedented combination of high speed and high quality provides a similar opportunity on a larger scale.