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News Release from: MacDermid ColorSpan | Subject: Displaymaker 98SI hybrid, solvent inkjet printer
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 October 2005
New Hybrid 600dpi Solvent Inkjet Printer
MacDermid Colorspan has introduced a roll-fed and flatbed hybrid, piezo-electric solvent inkjet printer, the Displaymaker 98SI.
MacDermid Colorspan has introduced a roll-fed and flatbed hybrid, piezo-electric solvent inkjet printer, the Displaymaker 98SI It joins the Displaymaker 72SI in Colorspan's line of automated, production-oriented solvent inkjet printers
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 29 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Displaymaker 98SI is said to offer the ability to print on rigid sheets or flexible roll stock up to 98.5" (2.5m) wide.
Designed around 16 600 dots per inch (dpi) Micro-Quad piezo-electric printheads, the 98SI provides claimed print speeds up to 700 square feet (65 square metres) per hour.
The Displaymaker 98SI is available for immediate delivery.
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Bruce Butler, director of marketing at MacDermid Colorpsan, said: "We've taken what we have learned from the success of the Displaymaker 98SX and improved its design in the areas of ink delivery and drying of both roll-fed and rigid media.
It's inherited award-winning print quality, truly production-oriented print speeds and the availability to easily and inexpensively upgrade to flatbed printing, which clearly sets this printer apart from its competition." The native resolution of the 16 Micro-Quad piezo printheads is 600dpi x 600dpi, jetting a 25picolitre droplet.
The printer also has three 600dpi x 300dpi resolution print modes for near double the print speed, approximately 20 per cent reduction in ink use and no noticeable loss in print quality when viewed from three feet or more away, claimed MacDermid Colorspan.
For many applications, the company added that customers will be able to turn out 438 square feet per hour of sellable prints using the 600dpi x 300-dpi production print mode.
The printer uses Solachrome-HR pigmented solvent inks and solvent cleaning solution, which are delivered in no-pour three-litre containers for non-stop production printing.
Priced at US$375 per container, typical full coverage photographic images print with an ink cost of US$0.12 - US$0.15 per square foot, added MacDermid Colorspan.
Other new features include releasable pinch rollers with adjustable force that make loading flexible media easier whilst also making the printer flatbed-ready with just the addition of a set of optional roller tables, said the company.
When configured for printing rigid materials, two 36-inch (91cm) x 101-inch (257cm) roller tables are attached to the front and rear of the printer to accommodate sheets up to 60" (152cm) in length.
The tables can be removed for printing of roll-to-roll of flexible media.
The Displaymaker 98SI comes standard with heated media pre-print and print areas to control dot gain and provide better ink adhesion across a variety of uncoated media.
Also standard is an embossed heated dryer to dry prints prior to being rolled up on the take-up spool.
A new auxiliary dryer is available as an option that further assists drying at higher print speeds and also rotates up in to position to assist drying of rigid materials.
Other Product Features The Micro-Quad printheads are configured as four interlaced heads using 384 jets per colour.
The 600dpi printheads jet a micro-sized 25picolitrr droplet to produce claimed quality prints at lower production costs when compared to typical 360dpi, 50picolitre to 70picolitre, six-colour printers.
The Displaymaker 98SI uses 16 piezo-electric printheads with 1,536 jets in total.
The printer has a claimed top print speed of 700 square feet (65 square metres) per hour in its 600dpi x 300dpi billboard quality print mode.
In its production quality mode, the printer turns out sellable graphics at 438 square feet (40.7 square metres) per hour at a claimed 600dpi x 300dpi or 225 square feet (20.9 square metres) at 600dpi x 600dpi.
The Displaymaker 98SI is said to be capable of printing on a range of flexible materials, including banner vinyl, adhesive vinyl, canvas, paper, fabric and film.
Configured with the optional set of roller tables, it also prints on a variety of uncoated rigid materials, such as Ultraboard, Fome-Cor, Gatorplast, polystyrene sheets, cardstock (tag board) and clay-faced corrugated.
The Displaymaker 98SI is claimed to be suitable for print-for-pay service providers that produce large indoor POP and exhibition displays, in addition to outdoor signs, banners, fleet graphics, backlits, floor graphics and other high volume work.
The Displaymaker 98SI has a US retail price of US$69,995, which includes a set of four litrrs of ink, three litres of solvent cleaning solution and 600 square feet of banner vinyl.
It is available immediately through MacDermid Colorspan's worldwide network of value-added distributors and resellers.
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