Mimaki, the leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutting machines for the sign/graphics, industrial and textile/apparel market, showcased its latest new Tx400-1800D textile inkjet printer along with TP250 textile pigment ink and Tx Link Pro textile RIP (Raster Image Processor) software, to create a more streamlined textile printing system. “While the latter two products would be made available around November of this year, the printer is expected to come around April next year says Vinod Krishnamurthy Iyer, MD, Mimaki Kanphor India.
The Tx400-1800D is a highly productive direct-to-textile printer. With the ability to work with sublimation and reactive dye inks, this textile printer is capable of printing on silk, cotton, polyester, and other fabrics. The printer can print in colour modes of 4/6/8 colours at the speed of 99.1 sq. metres per hour. “We have done a lot of R&D on the Piezo print-heads of the Tx400 for a period of two years as when everyone is going for speed we aim at offering high quality and cost-effectiveness, we would be able to do with this printer,” explains Vinod. The printer is equipped with Mimaki’s UISS (Uninterrupted Ink Supply System), which automatically switch with another container of the same colour whenever an ink container goes vacant, even when the printer is at work, enabling long continuous print runs.
Mimaki with a total of 400+ printers in India has been expanding consistently; it has recently opened offices in Kolkata, Bangalore and Surat. They have also hired a team of 20 people specifically for the task of providing technical support to their ever-growing customer base in India. “We invite our customers to visit our offices and inspect for themselves the inks and the printers before they buy. Our offices also have a stenter, we have tied-up with Texfab, we are getting a porta-pad, an iFix, a drum drier and we have tied-up with Setema. This kind of complete solution provider ability not everyone possesses,” concludes Vinod.
