Automatic Production of Photo Post Cards

Automatic Production of Photo Post Cards

fastCard 9500 hits the pace

Customized photo post cards are a perfect example of new print products made possible with digital technology that offer photofinishing service providers high value added business opportunities.

The market potential is enormous. In 2005 alone, 14.8 billion post and greeting cards were made worldwide.
2 % of them (270 millions) were customized and printed on real photo paper; this percentage will certainly grow over the next few years. In particular in the USA, Great Britain and Japan it is an absolute must for both companies and individuals to send Christmas greetings. In Great Britain alone more than
750 millions Christmas cards were posted for Christmas. This business extends to individual post and greeting cards for Easter, birthdays, weddings and other occasions.

With the new fastCard 9500, Imaging Solutions, the worldwide market leader in the field of digital high-speed systems for the photofinishing industry, introduces a powerful device for the automatic production of post cards in purePhoto™ quality. fastCard 9500 is the most recent result of the Imaging Solutions’ PURUS concept, allowing highly efficient production of value added photo products on real photo paper.

fastCard 9500 enables you to glue customized printed photo paper images to a pre-printed writable backing paper with a fully automatic high-speed process. This is done directly from the photo paper roll at a speed of up to 9,500 post cards, final format 9.7 x 14.4 cm (3.8“ x 5.7“) per hour. The production of larger final formats, e.g. of 9.7 x 16.6 cm (3.8“ x 6.5“) and 9.7 x 20.6 cm (3.8“ x 8.11“) are also possible.

With the digital exposure systems fastPrint and widePrint from Imaging Solutions, photos can also be exposed with individual texts on real photo paper and in purePhoto™ quality. This is a prerequisite for an efficient production of customized photo post cards.

fastCard 9500 applies an adhesive automatically to the back of the photo paper and glues the photo to the post card paper. Cards are then automatically cut and stacked in one of the two containers. fastCard 9500 recognizes when the post card storage container is full and changes automatically to the empty one.

Like all high-speed systems from Imaging Solutions,
fastCard 9500 can be easily integrated into existing workflows and order management systems.

About Imaging Solutions:

Imaging Solutions AG, Regensdorf, Switzerland, is an independently operating company of the British
Photo-Me Group. Starting out from its core competence in digital high-speed printing and scanning systems, the company focuses on the innovative development of technologically leading and practice-proven digital production solutions for the production of prints and value added photo products on true photo paper.

A special focus point is at present the development of innovative concepts for the production of purePhoto™ value added products such as photo post cards, photo greeting cards, photo calendars and photo books.

With its modular and robust products, Imaging Solutions is today the market leader in the field of highly productive high-speed systems for the photofinishing industry and supplies customers all over the world. The high-tech company has more than 80 employees, most of them working in the research and development section.

For more information please contact:

Imaging Solutions AG

Karola Walberer

Communication & CRM Manager

Althardstrasse 70

CH-8105 Regensdorf

Schweiz

Tel. +41 44 842 24 64

Fax +41 44 842 21 42

mailto:karola.walberer@imagingsolutions.ch

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