Kyocera has opened an inkjet test lab in Esslingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It will supplement the inkjet design centre at Kyocera’s European base, which opened in September 2013 to provide technical service for printer and ink manufacturers that are working with Kyocera KJ4 Series inkjet printheads. The facility has three Kyocera field engineers who provide onsite support and remote technical service to customers.
The inkjet test lab is equipped with a drop watching system which enables observation of drop ejection at a
picoliter level. A single pass flatbed printer is also available with a media transportation rate of up to 1,693 mm/sec as well as other related equipment for general experiments and evaluations. Further investments are planned in the near future for the installation of additional printing machines. Besides the enhanced customer support, the establishment of this new lab provides the opportunity of joint testing to parties pursuing new and promising applications.