Innovation in label printing

OKI have introduced the Pro 1040 and 1050 tabletop LED label printers. Using the OKI LED toner technology, they produce inks that are extremely robust and are excellent over a wide range of extremes. These include water-resistance, alcohol and chemical resistance, along with scratch an UV resistance. In combination their high resolution in true 1,200dpi, they offer a very high quality, vibrant print with the added durability to suit your use.

The Oki Pro 1040 and 1050 are designed to bring full professional on-demand print in-house, giving you more control over the labels you print.

OKI offer two options with the 1040 and the 1050. Both printers print with 4 colours (CMYK), but the 1050 adds white as a 5th colour. The benefit of using white is for the use of clear labels. When printing onto clear labels, the print can appear transparent. What the 1050 does is print a white layer before printing your colour print on top. This means that you can print full colour labels onto clear labels, allowing you to have a transparent label with high quality opaque print. Perfect for labelling bottles and items where you want your product to take centre stage.

The OKI LED print technology offers large benefits over standard Inkjet label printing.

Inkjet printers require specialist inkjet coated materials, which can be costly as well as limited to fewer options. Using LED printing, the inks adhere to a much larger range of materials, from standard paper up to ultra-durables such as polyesters. Being able to print on a wide range of material also opens the doors to a much larger selection of adhesives beyond standard permanent or peel. This includes book/super peelable for non-residue peeling, blockout permanent for opaque labelling over images or text, high-tack and freezer grade for a more aggressive approach as well as security items such as "VOID" when removed labels.

We manufacture labels for the OKI printers and have fully tested a wide range of materials and are adding to an ever-growing list of options. If you are looking for a label that you would to use for a particular function not listed, or would like more information, please follow the links below, or contact us and we would be happy to advise further and supply samples for testing.

 

Pro1040 Label Printer

The Pro1040 Label Printer offers professional four colour narrow-format printing across a range of different label media including textured papers and synthetics.  Access new revenue streams with short run colour label printing services on-demand, in-house.

 

Pro1050 Label Printer

The Pro1050 brings a new colour dimension to the printed label. Using digital LED together with dry toner technology, the Pro1050 offers a unique fifth colour or ‘CMYK+1’ option, allowing for greater flexibility in your label design. Printing on transparent or coloured label media is now straightforward by printing an opaque white background under the CMYK image.

The OKI 1040 and 1050 printers are perfect for short runs for any application requiring full colour vibrant print.

South East Labels – Tried and tested

We are lucky enough to have been able to test the printers first hand and put the printer through its paces. One thing that we wanted to do was test the durability of the label outside, in a real-world scenario.

Using a polypropylene material, we produced a colour and greyscale chart through the OKI 1040 and stuck these to our recycling bin in Spring on this year. Coming into Winter, they have been through most weather types that our country has to offer.  Along with this, being stuck to our recycling bins, they are not only open to the elements and UV, but also in a situation where they are likely to be knocked and come into contact with dirt. On inspection there has also been no obvious signs of degradation to either the label or the print. With water-based inks that are used in the majority of inkjet labels printers, we expect to see some wear in this time.

From our 35+ years of experience, these are some of, if not the best results we have seen from an end-user colour label printer in terms of the quality of print as well as the durability.

OKI Pro 1000 series brochure

OKI Pro 1040/1050 Spec.