Electronics boost sales for Inca Digital

Inca Digital, the Cambridge-based firm that manufactures the Eagle 44 flatbed ink-jet printer, is now offering off-the-shelf electronics and software kits for controlling ink-jet print heads.

Steve Tunnicliffe-Wilson, Incas digital systems manager, said the firm had supplied bespoke kits for a number of customers since its formation two years ago.

"Now we have realised there is a greater market potential for these components," he added.

Components accounted for 10% of Incas sales last year. The PC-based electronics are marketed under the Inca Data Path name and include the new Pulsar circuit, which drives Spectra Novajet, Galaxy or S-Class print heads. It can control print heads running at up to 120m a minute at 400dpi and a single unit costs 500.

Inca has also made its first new senior management appointment since it formed a core management team 18 months ago.

Mark Featherstone joins the company as customer resource manager.