Mimaki to introduce textile printers at ITMA 2011
Visitors to textile machinery exhibition ITMA in Barcelona at the end of this month will get an early preview of new textile and apparel solutions from Mimaki, which include two textile inkjet printer prototypes, a textile pigment ink specially designed for the Tx-400 Series printers, and a new textile Rip. Mimaki will also demonstrate the APC-130, a large-format cutting plotter for textile patterns that enables continuous plotting and cutting in one step.
On show will be the provisionally named Tx600-1800DS for soft signage production via direct to fabric sublimation printing and the new provisionally named TS600-1800SB for printing with dye sublimation inks on transfer paper for production of high quality sports apparel and soft-signage. The required heat finishing equipment will be demonstrated in combination with the prototypes.
Features of Tx600-1800DS and TS600-1800SB include:
- High-speed printing in six or eight colour mode of 60m2/hr (100m2/hr in 4 colour mode)
- Continuous feeding of jumbo rolls for unattended or overnight printing.
- The Mimaki Nozzle Recovery Function for stable print quality even when printing unattended
- A new ink supply system designed to reduce ink costs
- A new Remote Support and Remote Maintenance feature
The new TP250 textile pigment ink allows PSPs to eliminate the need to steam and wash in the finishing process. It also enables six colour printing (CMYKLcLm) with a high colour gamut and two extra spot colours (orange and blue) are also available, offering an even more attractive colour gamut in combination with Mimaki’s new textile Rip (Tx Link Pro).
The Tx Link Pro not only enables print service providers to print multi colour separations but also includes the Pantone Colour Library. It works with an ICC profile system that also encompasses the generation of profiles, colour editing, designing and printing functionality in one package.
At ITMA, the Mimaki Tx400-1800B (conveyor belt model) will be shown printing with reactive dye ink (Rc210) in combination with the new textile Rip software Tx Link Pro supporting the eight-colour system.