Kao Collins Strengthens Market with XBAR Printhead: Lower Impression Costs, Proven Stability, and Local Support

CINCINNATI, Sept. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kao Collins reaffirms its commitment to innovation and customer success with the XBAR printhead platform.

The XBAR delivers one of the lowest impression costs in high-volume inkjet printing without compromising speed or quality. Designed for demanding applications, the XBAR combines high throughput, exceptional print resolution, and robust engineering to ensure long-term productivity.

Building on this proven platform, Kao Collins has expanded the XBAR system's capabilities with powerful new features designed to optimize productivity, streamline operations, and enhance print quality. Recent advancements include:

• Smarter Print Quality Tools: Dot Gain and Dither adjustments for sharper barcodes and image clarity, plus localized application with page preview.
• Expanded PDF and IJPDS Capabilities: Previews, even/odd page printing, preload, and sort code support ensure greater flexibility and accuracy.
• Enhanced Resolution Control: Horizontal DPI upsampling and vertical DPI downsampling to fine-tune output to application needs.
• Operator-Friendly Features: Make Ready tools for press bar delay setup, pause/resume splice support, and accidental re-print detection and warning.
• Advanced Reporting and Tracking: Print session/document tracking with customizable reports, CSV export, and tach speed measurement for improved oversight.
• Broader Printhead Support: Added compatibility for 42k, Skyfire, and full-jet 10" Samba heads, along with easy reconfiguration and head split capability.
• Dynamic Printing Options: Network-controlled address printing with flexible fonts and support for additional virtual cues.

These innovations complement XBAR's existing advantages, such as Doc Sync integrity, high-performance real-time RIP, support for up to 32 print bars per controller, CMYK flexibility, scalable controller options, and robust hardware reliability. Together, they ensure customers benefit from both immediate performance improvements and long-term system adaptability.

As the industry evolves, Kao Collins remains a trusted partner, delivering both cost savings today and long-term security for the future.

Discover how the XBAR printhead can lower your impression costs and strengthen your business:
https://www.kaocollins.com/xbar-print-module/

ABOUT KAO COLLINS

Kao Collins, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a global leader in inkjet solutions, delivering a comprehensive range of inks, services, and technical expertise to industries worldwide. Since 1990, we have pioneered the development of high-performance inkjet inks formulated for leading thermal, piezo, and continuous printing technologies. Our commitment to innovation and sustainability helps customers and OEMs optimize efficiency, reduce costs, and achieve superior printing results.

ABOUT KAO

Kao, a Japan-based manufacturer of personal care and household products, cosmetics, and specialty chemicals creates high-value-added products and services that provide care and enrichment for the life of all people and the planet. Through its brands such as Attack laundry detergent, Bioré and Jergens skin care products, Laurier sanitary products, Curél, SENSAI, and MOLTON BROWN cosmetics, and Oribe hair care products, Kao is part of the everyday lives of people across Asia, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Combined with its chemical business, which contributes to a wide range of industries, Kao generates about 1,630 billion yen in annual sales. Kao employs about 32,600 people worldwide and has more than 130 years of history in innovation. As an enterprise that provides products people use on a daily basis, the Kao Group takes responsibility to actively reduce the environmental footprint of its products throughout the product lifecycle. This is laid out in Kao's ESG strategy, the Kirei Lifestyle Plan, which launched in 2019.

Please visit the Kao Group website for additional information.

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SOURCE Kao Collins