Visitors to the show, which starts four weeks from today (31 May), will see the Rialto with a dynamic perforator, enabling the creation of horizontal, vertical or t-section tear offs. It will also come with a second high-capacity stacker, enabling continuous operation so print providers can keep presses running while unloading the other stacker.

Xerox Europe high-speed inkjet marketing manager Jo Oliphant said: “What these new features are doing is really enhancing the capability of the product. The big thing about the Rialto is it is phenomenally productive, incredibly productive for its footprint. That is one of the things we are really pleased with. We have been trying to think of other machines as productive per square metre but we couldn’t think of any.”

The perforator should allow Xerox to open up new direct mail and promotional markets. The new features will have their first showing at Drupa and afterwards Xerox will announce when they will become available to the market.

Oliphant is pleased about what the new perforator will do for production. He added: “Typically if a customer was trying to perforate sheets, they would have to take the cut sheets out and then take them into a separate perforator and manage all the documents that way. Part of what we are about is automation. Taking labour out of steps and therefore reducing the chance of error.” 

The Xerox Rialto 900 Inkjet Press costs around £614,000. It is a roll-to-sheet duplex colour press with a max speed of 320 A4ppm and a monthly volume of 1.5m-5m A4 impressions. Its stock weight ranges from 60-160gsm and it uses water-based pigment ink.

It is built by Impika in France and was the first press to be jointly developed since Xerox acquired Impika in 2013. 

At Drupa Xerox will also show for the first time its new B3-plus format sheetfed press, the Brenva, and the Trivor 2400 Inkjet Press.