Mimaki cuts up competition with new weapon
In a major announcement for Japanese printer manufacturer, Mimaki, the company has unveiled new high-speed print and cut technology that seems set to provide the company with a key new weapon in its arms race with a number of tough market competitors.
Monday, 08 Sep 2014 15:03 GMT
Seeing its first public showing at Viscom Paris, the new print and cut Mimaki CJV300 has seen the company seemingly put its nose ahead of some key competitors
“The high speed of the new Mimaki CJV300 is going to set a precedent for integrated printer/cutters,” explains John de la Roche, national sales manager for sign and graphics at Mimaki’s UK and Irish distributor, Hybrid Services.
He adds: “It’s an exciting time for Mimaki customers and the CJV300 will give the ultimate print and cut solution for producing items such as stickers and labels.”
Due for its first showing at Viscom Paris, the new 1.3 and 1.6m machine has some weighty statistics backing up its launch, seeing it achieve a pure print speed of 105.9sq m/h in Super Draft Mode for banner material (360 x 360 dpi, 1 PASS, Bidirectional).
The high speed of the new Mimaki CJV300 is going to set a precedent for integrated printer/cutters”
For a print and cut capable chassis this seems to be quite some boast, as for its width bracket it is now seemingly the fastest option on the market.
Secret recipe
The secret behind the new development sees Mimaki seemingly able to master the integration of a staggered print-head array while retaining the print and cut capability.
In a public statement, Mimaki outlined the new development: “Two newly developed staggered printheads deliver a wider print swath. Each ink colour has its own specific gravity and viscosity. To achieve precise placement of the ink droplets onto the media, Mimaki designed an optimum waveform that allows the printhead to jet each ink colour at the appropriate jetting angle without losing perfect ink droplet circularity.
“Moreover, various ink droplet sizes are precisely placed from the minimum size 4pl to the maximum size 35pl. Small droplets create beautiful high-resolution printing, and large droplets are essential for high-speed printing. Thus, the CJV300 satisfies a wide range of needs including beautiful high-quality printing and productive high-speed printing.”
To achieve precise placement of the ink droplets onto the media, Mimaki designed an optimum waveform that allows the printhead to jet each ink colour at the appropriate jetting angle without losing perfect ink droplet circularity”
In addition the new kit features an upgraded continuous registration mark detection system, which enables cutting of an entire roll of media. Mimaki additionally state that the registration marks produced on the CJV300 are ‘zero-margin’, designed to reduce costly media consumption.
Special powers
The launch of the CJV300 comes simultaneously with the launch of ‘quick-dry’ SS21 silver ink, with Mike Horsten, Mimaki’s general manager marketing, EMEA explaining: “2014 has been a big year for new products at Mimaki, but the year is not over yet, as visitors to our stand at Viscom will see.
“We are especially excited to be offering a new silver ink along with a brand-new printer to bring high value-added printing to manufacturers in the sticker, labelling, and packaging print industries. This complements the SS21 Orange and Light Black inks introduced earlier this year and makes it possible for users to create metallic images in no less than 648 different colours with a silver underlay.”
The new system also has a number of other key bells and whistles, seeing it carry an ‘intelligent’ three-way heater system, Mimaki’s Advanced Pass System 3, and use RasterLink 6 to register mark detection and ensure against errors in continuous printing. ;;;
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