MISSISAUGA, ON—Weihai Printing Machinery Co., has signed a seven year agreement with Delphax Technologies of Mississauga to buy 35 Elan 500 digital colour printers. The printer will be marketed under the name Weifend EL500.



"Weihai Printing Machinery provides us with a strong partner in China, providing both the commercial and technical support capabilities required to service the Chinese market," Richard Lee, director of operations at Delphax Technologies, said. "We look forward to working jointly with Weihai over the forthcoming launch and commercial release of the Weifeng EL500 and expect this relationship to generate significant new growth and profitability for our respective businesses."

The Delphax Elan 500 full-colour duplex sheet-fed digital printer offers speed and versatility at up to 500 duplex letter images per minute or 3,750 SRA2 sheets per hour. Built in Canada, the 500 is powered by Memjet inkjet technology and has a print head that has
70, 400 jets that produce up to 700 million drops of ink per second.