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No drying time is needed with UV LED curing

Drying time has a direct effect on the productivity of an inkjet printer. UV curing enables instantaneous drying. Thus, no post printing drying time is necessary. Aqueous or solvent inks require post printing drying. This is eliminated using UV technology and, consequently, the media is ready for laminating immediately after printing.

The job turnaround time from printing to processing is shortened and improves work efficiency and productivity.

Cool UV LED curing eliminates

Vulnerability to heat is one of the problems associated with printing on PVC. With the UJV-160 printers will not have to worry. Apart from PVC, the UJV-160 can also print on a multitude of other heat-sensitive materials as well as most other materials normally used in UV inkjet printing.

Mimaki’s fi rst roll-to-roll inkjet printer using UV LED technology does not emit infrared rays which are the cause for thermal deformation of PVC. Effectively and efficiently only the relevant UV-rays are emitted. This new UV LED curing technology enables problem free printing on PVC and other heat-sensitive materials.

Flexible UV LED curing inks

Conventional UV curing ink has drawbacks, such as cracking when forming printed media to curved surfaces. Mimaki’s new fl exible UV LED curable ink employs a formula which enables expansion up to 200%. Thus, no cracking during postprocessing will occur.

The cured ink membrane does not crack, even when the surface is bent or curved. This enables printing on thin PVC to be used for vehicle wrapping, shutters and many more similar applications.

Environmentally friendly

The flexible UV-curing ink is ECO compliant! Mimaki’s flexible UV curing ink does not contain any VOC (volatile organic compounds) that emit organic solvents into the air. This eliminates the need for ventilation equipment and creates an environmentally friendly workplace.

UV LED lamps have a longer lifetime in comparison to conventional metal halide lamps. Their energy consumption is about half or less of conventional UV-curing lamps. Additionally, UV LED curing technology does not emit short wave length ultraviolet rays that generate ozone, so the environmental footprint is further reduced.

High quality prints with variable dot sizes

Maintaining high quality with variable dots, print speed of about 7 m2/h can be realized.

High image quality with 1200 dpi

The UJV-160 achieves its high image quality with a resolution of 1200 x 1200 dpi and prints in three variable dot sizes. This enables rich and vivid colours bringing the designer intended images to live.

Higher image quality

The UJV-160 can be equipped with temperaturecontrolled pre-print heaters. Control of ink dots on fi lm media enables glossy fi nishing without ink bleeding.

Head height adjustment

Depending on the thickness of the media the head /standard print mode (600 x 600 dpi, 4 pass) height can be adjusted (step-less) from 1.5 to 12.5 mm. Media with various thicknesses can be handled with uniformly high printing quality.

Stable print results

Media holding plates on both sides prevent warping of the media during printing. Thus jamming is avoided and precise, reliable printing is achieved.

Rigid materials up to 10 mm thickness

As standard, the UJV-160 comes with feed and delivery tables in order to enable printing, not only roll-to-roll, but also on rigid substrates. Thus printing on foam boards and other light weight materials up to a thickness of 10 mm is made possible. The tables are foldable, thereby saving space when not needed. *Since print precision varies according to materials and its treatment of surface, please test media first.

Software with 16 bit rendering

The high performance RIP software is designed to fully enable all advanced features of the UJV-160 printer. 16 bit rendering eliminates tone jump and produces fi ne colour reproductions. Different images can be freely nested on the RIP. Various editing functions support effectively and productively the high print quality. Able to network in hybrid environments where Windows and Macintosh co-exist.

Advantages

• No drying times, the printed media is dried immediately
• No media deformation, deformation is eliminated as UV LED does not create high temperatures
• Flexible UV inks stretch so inhibiting ink cracking
• UV LED technology provides the most environmentally-friendly solution for large format printing and is ECO compliant