Printers to bring stunning quality and flexibility
to outdoor and sublimation markets.
New Mimaki JV300 launches at FESPA Digital 2014Mimaki has just confirmed the availability of the JV300-130/160 family of eco-solvent inkjet wide format printers. The series is compatible with solvent and water-based sublimation inks, and can handle a wide range of applications including outdoor signage, posters, interior décor and vehicle wrapping. The printers, which will be shown for the first time at FESPA Digital 2014, are designed to produce high quality output in 1.3 and 1.6m widths, at speeds of up to 105m2/h, using brand-new inks and print heads. The Mimaki JV300-130/160 will begin shipping in June 2014. Mimaki Europe is located on Stand A1-110 at the show.
“Mimaki was the first company to bring solvent inkjet to wide format printing,” said Mike Horsten, General Manager Marketing EMEA for Mimaki Europe, “Since that time, we have continued to bring innovation to this space, including increased quality, flexibility and environmental sustainability. In addition to the amazing eco-solvent inkjet printing quality that can be achieved with this new family of printers, these printers are also extremely flexible as they can be used for both eco-solvent and water-based sublimation printing. This makes return on investment and the profitable development of new applications faster and easier than ever before for sign and display graphics businesses of all sizes.”
Mimaki pointed out that the range of new printer’s features brand new print heads to easily manage both solvent and water-based inks for a broad range of wide format printing applications. The printers will run with two different ink types that support a wide range of materials and applications, including SS21 eco-solvent ink in CMYK, light cyan, light magenta and white. Newly-developed inks are also available in orange and light black to extend the colour gamut and improve gradation performance. In addition, high-density printing and fast drying time should enable more throughput and shorter production cycles without blocking or bleeding. Alternatively, the Mimaki JV300 can run Sb53 water-based sublimation inks for printing on textiles, producing bright colours and enabling high-density printing. The ideal print material is polyester, which is used for apparel fabric, sports uniforms, swimsuits and soft signage.
When using SS21 inks, the printer features the ability to lay down a denser layer of solvent white ink, which produces excellent opacity and brilliant colours on either transparent or dark/opaque materials. The newly developed SS21 orange ink can be used as a process colour to closely match 92 per cent of the PANTONE™ colour chart. Mimaki also highlighted the fact that due to a wider colour gamut with orange ink, corporate colours can be faithfully represented along with accurate replications of food and other natural products. It added that its new light black inks and grey-balance control produces accurate greyscale printing without unexpected colour shifts. Smooth, non-grainy skin tones and greyscale gradation are highlights of this new printing capability.
“The JV300 is a significant new printer for Mimaki,” commented John de la Roche – national sales manager for Hybrid’s UK and Irish distributor, Hybrid Services Ltd. “Yet again; Mimaki has delivered a class leading product. The JV300 is confirmation of Mimaki’s innovative approach to producing perfect solutions for this very important market sector.”
“The secret is out, and we are extremely excited about the opportunities opened up for sign and display graphics businesses by these new printers,” echoed Horsten. “We expect them to generate a great deal of excitement at FESPA Digital 2014, where the leading producers of digital wide format printing are gathered to find new and innovative ways to grow their businesses. With this new range of printers we create new opportunities for our users and again Mimaki will be at the forefront of the industry with exciting new technologies and reliability enhancements.”
Mimaki is exclusively distributed in the UK and Ireland by Hybrid Services Ltd; and details about the company’s expansive product portfolio can be found at www.hybridservices.co.uk
Mike Horsten, General Manager Marketing EMEA at Mimaki Europe, will reveal more on this new product at the FESPA Digital 2014 press conference, taking place May 20th at 10am, room B11. To register attendance or to book an interview, please contact Maya Staels at duomedia at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." mce_' + path + '\'' + prefix + ':' + addy70244 + '\'>'+addy_text70244+'<\/a>'; //--> .
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