Mimaki Engineering Ltd showcased its leading range of textile printers, the highly productive Tx400-1800D and Tx400-1800B at the International Exhibition of Textile Machinery (ITMA), which was held from September 22th-29th, 2011, in Barcelona.

Visitors to the stand also got an early preview of new textile and apparel solutions from Mimaki, including new textile pigment inks specially designed for the Tx-400 Series printers, a new textile RIP (Raster Image Processing software), as well as two new textile printer prototypes (concepts) based on Mimaki’s digital inkjet heritage.

The new textile pigment printing system

Two new Mimaki products were exhibited in combination with Mimaki’s successful Tx400-1800D textile inkjet printer: the TP250 textile pigment ink and Tx Link Pro textile RIP software, designed to create a streamlined textile printing production system. Both new products are expected to be available from November 2011 onwards.

Duncan Jefferies, Marketing Manager at Hybrid Services Ltd (UK), exclusive UK & Ireland Mimaki distributors commented:

“The new TP250 textile pigment ink allows print service providers to eliminate the need to steam and wash in the finishing process, reducing the ecological footprint through zero water pollution”, he said.  “Furthermore, the new ink enables six colour printing (CMYKLcLm) with a high colour gamut results in vibrant images with two extra spot colours (orange and blue) also available, offering an even more attractive colour gamut in combination with Mimaki’s new textile RIP (Tx Link Pro).”

The new Tx Link Pro software not only enables users to print multi colour separations but also includes the Pantone Colour Library for accurate reproduction of a full range of Pantone colours. Built into Mimaki Tx Link Pro software is an ICC profile system that also enables the generation of profiles, colour editing, designing and printing functionality in one package.

Jefferies added;

“The Mimaki Tx400-1800B conveyor belt model was shown printing with reactive dye ink (Rc210) in combination with the new textile RIP software Tx Link Pro supporting the 8 colour system. This enables multicolour separations with Mimaki’s reactive dye ink for printing brilliant vivid colours and spot colouring for deep shades.

Next generation textile inkjet printers (prototypes/concepts)

Highlight of the show was Mimaki’s two prototype digital inkjet printers designed for low-cost inkjet printing, high stability, streamlined workflow, and unattended printing.

“The first was Mimaki’s new provisionally named Tx600-1800DS for soft signage production via direct to fabric sublimation printing,” continued Jefferies. “The second, provisionally named TS600-1800SB is for printing with dye sublimation inks on transfer paper for production of high quality sports apparel and soft-signage. Mimaki’s new sublimation inks feature a broader colour gamut than previous inks, achieving higher density colours, while at the same time displaying sharp, crisp, and colourful images. Both prototypes also offer high speed printing in six or eight colour mode of 60 m2/h (100 m2/h in four colour mode) as well as overnight printing.”

www.hybridservices.co.uk

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