Opened just six months ago with an investment of some $5m the Technology Centre is located in Shanghai, and has been established to serve printers across the Asia Pacific region, including those from Australia, some of whom have already made the trip north.
Chris Reid, vice president Asia Pacific at InfoPrint Solutions, says, “The new Technology Centre has a three-fold purpose; to showcase our latest solutions, to highlight the connectivity with third party solutions, and to act as an education centre where the full potential of high speed digital is understood.
InfoPrint Solutions is a joint venture between Ricoh and IBM formed two and a half years ago, and under a sliding ownership scale, Ricoh will assume full control of the company in July next year. The company claims a market leading position in the high speed inkjet colour market with its 5000 series printer, which represent about half the 200 high speed colour inkjets so far installed around the world.
The InfoPrint 5000 is built from a Screen engine, Epson inkjet heads and inks, with software provided by IBM. Unwind and finishing options include Hunkeler and LaserMax.
Reid says the Epson piezo electric inkjet nozzles, of which there are 50,000 in each head, provide the smallest drops available.
The new Technology Centre also has an InfoPrint 4100 monochrome printer.
Read the February 2010 issue of Australian Printer magazine for the full story.
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