Mimaki Engineering has released the new UJV100-160, a roll to roll UV-curable inkjet printer – maximum width 162cm/ 63” - available in limited areas from March 2020. There’s no word yet from Mimaki Australia on local availability.
With two newly developed heads, the UJV100-160 has offers high quality, high productivity and stable operation as a UV-curable inkjet printer, says a press release issued at the company’s headquarters in Nagano, Japan.
“Considering environmental issues and regulations around the globe, it adopts VOC (Volatile Organic Chemicals)-free UV-curable ink. Because the ink is cured instantly when UV light is irradiated after printing, the drying time that water-based or solvent ink requires is no longer needed.
“Also, the UV-curable ink can widely support commercially available media such as paper with no acceptance layer, PET film, and fabric, contributing to material cost reduction.”
The UJV100-160 is capable of printing on a wide variety of materials, including not only PVC and tarpaulin but also paper with no acceptance layer, PET film, and fabric, is enabled. Value-added print such as two-layer print, in which white ink is used for transparent PET film, and varnish print using clear ink, can also be handled.
“The UV-curable ink mounted on this printer is our newly developed ‘LUS-210’, which has six types: C, M, Y, K, W, and Cl*1,” Mimaki says. “For ink set, there are three selectable variations: CMYK, CMYK+W, and CMYK+WCl. A combination of a white ink with superior concealing capability and the spot colour ink of a shiny clear ink allows you to use this printer in various applications, from printing on transparent/coloured media to highly creative varnish print.
“In addition to NCU (Nozzle Check Unit) *2, NRS (Nozzle Recovery System) *3, and MAPS4 (Mimaki Advanced Pass System) *4 functions that enable stable and high-quality print, a new feature DAS (Dot Adjustment System) is also provided. Thanks to the DAS, conventional manual dot position correction and feeding amount correction are automated, reducing the burden on operators.”
*1 Cl: Clear ink will be supported at a later schedule.
*2 NCU: A function that automatically detects the status of nozzles using the sensor, and performs auto cleaning when a missing nozzle is found
*3 NRS: A function that automatically replaces defective nozzles with other nozzles if there is a problem left unsolved by the nozzle cleaning, and ensures uninterrupted printing with stable image quality
*4 MAPS4: A function that prints pass boundaries in gradation to reduce banding (horizontal stripes), uneven colour, and glossy streaks
