Mimaki Engineering (Mimaki) will be launching a print and cut wide-format printer, a full-colour 3D printer, and a warm laminator suitable for UV, all in November.
Its print and cut solutions, the UCJV300-160 and UCJV150-160 are UV inkjet printers, combined with a versatile cutter. The 300-160 offers a seven-colour setup, CMYK+Lc,Lm,W while the 150 offers a standard CMYK.
Both offer a four-layer print mode, which allows for printed signage supporting variations of the same image which come out in different lights. The image change occurs when moving between natural daylight and a back-lit panel at night.
With the benefit of removing waiting times which are needed for solvent-inks, the UV printer allows for instant curing upon UV light irradiation, meaning they can be placed directly in the cutter which Mimaki says allows for fast turnaround times. The cutter operates at 300mm/s, with 10-450gf of cut pressure.
The 300 has a maximum print speed of 25.8sqm/h, and operates at 8sqm/h in its highest-quality, seven colour mode. The 150 has a max speed of 13.4sqm/h, and the same 8sqm/h speed in its highest quality.
Next, is the 3DUJ-553 is Mimaki’s full-colour 3D printer, which it says is the world’s first to enable modeling of more than 10 million colours.
While 3D printers have mostly been in manufacturing, education, construction, and medical business, Mimaki says the 3DUJ-553 will open up applications towards the sign graphics market. This is due to its suitability in creating real objects for signage, combined with UV inkjet technology, which Mimaki says enables 22㎛ of minimum later pitch for elaborate finishing and high reproducibility.
The LA-160W and LA-170W are Mimaki’s latest laminators, and are being introduced alongside its in-house laminating film, the Mimaki Vision Laminate 310-137, which is marketed on the strength of reduced silvering. Both feature the same specs, with the difference being the 170W’s max media width is 1700mm, and the 160W 1,580mm.
With a laminating speed of 7500mm/m, Mimaki says its warm laminators compete with higher-end models at an affordable cost. The max heat is 60 degrees, with the laminator able to move up in temperature degree by degree, improving the adhesion of laminating to reduce silvering.
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