Control system development is fundamental to many of the projects that TTP undertakes. To be successful requires a broad range of expertise coupled with in depth specialism in advanced control techniques.

Printing is one example. As new digital processes replace traditional printing in more and more industries, digital printer developers and systems integrators need to produce reliable equipment quickly. Printheads and ink are available from a wide range of vendors but until now it has been impossible to buy an independent print control system that will work with any print head.

TTP has transformed the industry by developing Meteor – a universal print controller designed for industrial applications. Meteor drives most leading inkjet printheads and other types of digital array.

It is an expandable user-configurable solution for fixed and scanning printhead arrays, suitable for a wide range of traditional and emerging digital printing applications such as wide format UV and solvent printers, narrow label presses, product coding and marking, inkjet materials deposition systems and large digital presses.

Meteor software takes colour-separated bitmaps, divides these into data streams for each printhead and synchronises their printing. A Windows DLL and a demo application are available.  Meteor is configurable to accommodate almost limitless combinations of printhead type, quantity, and position.