Mimaki will launch its 3.2m-wide, roll-to-roll TS500P-3200 sublimation inkjet printer in February. The dedicated transfer paper printer for the textile industry has been tailored for home furnishings and indoor soft signage.
Exclusively distributed in the UK and Ireland by Hybrid Services, the company’s national sales manager - textile and apparel, Stephen Woodall said: “We’re seeing the trend for on-demand textile printing develop from the fashion and sportswear markets into the interior décor and home furnishing sector.
“Personalisation works best when coupled with short lead times for the consumer, so another key factor is having a print operation located geographically close to its market, thus bringing manufacturing back to the UK & Ireland.”
The TS500P-3200 inkjet printer can print at up to 180m2/hr. It has 12 printheads arrayed in three staggered lines for fast, accurate drop placement with a high head gap to deliver high-quality printing results on low-cost thin transfer papers.
Mimaki’s Advanced Pass System 4 (MAPS4) anti-banding function smooths the swath boundaries. In addition, the newly designed Auto Media Feeder (AMF) allows stable transfer pape
r feeding at the high-speed setting to maintain print quality. The unit can handle media up to 3.2m wide and 130kg in weight.
TxLink3 Lite Rip software allows users to specify the ink volume per colour, and produce large seamless patterns from a single image (including repeat and mirror patterns).
Uninterrupted printing is aided by the Nozzle Check Unit (NCU) that automatically detects and cleans clogged nozzles while the Nozzle Recovery System (NRS) uses only good nozzles as substitutes, when the clogged nozzles are not recovered after cleaning. Large ink containers in the external ink supply unit support continuous printing.
“The increase in demand for bespoke and short run interior textiles – be it for furnishings, décor or display graphics – is showing no sign of abating. Mimaki is focused on meeting the requirements of this market and the new TS500P-3200 provides the capability to deliver to an increasingly wide variety of needs,” said Woodall.
In a completely separate move, Hybrid is offering a number of seasonal promotions on Mimaki products.