Mimaki has launched TS500P-3200 – a 129.9-inch (3.2 metre) wide transfer printer for extra-wide textile applications such as home furnishing and hospitality fabrics. For comparison purposes, a Dual/Eastern King-size bedspread is 120 inches by 120 inches. Newly designed printheads – 12 arrayed in three staggered lines – facilitate high speed printing to the tune of up to 1,937 square feet (180 square metres) per hour.
The TS500P printer employs a new printhead that ensures accurate ink droplet placement with a high head gap, enabling high quality printing on thin transfer paper without concern for cockling, which can produce uneven results or cause a head strike. The Auto Media Feeder applies calibrated tension to the media, maintaining stable and precise media feed and take-up on rolls up to 286 lbs (130 kg). This also reduces telescoping of the media during take-up and eliminates the potential for buckling or creasing during the calendar transfer process thereby accommodating long run, full roll transfers.
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To achieve precise placement of the ink droplets onto the media, Mimaki designed an optimum waveform, enabling the printhead to jet each ink colour at the appropriate jetting angle without losing precise ink droplet circularity. Mimaki Advanced Pass System 4 (MAPS4) technology prints passes in a gradation-like method by dispensing ink drops between passes. NCU (Nozzle Check Unit) and NRS (Nozzle Recovery System) work together to enable continuous or unattended printing, by ensuring any clogged nozzles do not reduce the print image quality. Large three-liter ink containers are installed in an external ink supply unit and ink can be replenished while printing, without having to stop the printer.
