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News Release from: Xaar | Subject: XJ128/200 Plus Ink Jet Printhead
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 February 2004
Xaar Launches High Speed Ink Jet
Printhead
Xaar is upgrading its successful XJ128 printhead portfolio with the launch of a new high-speed version, the XJ128/200 Plus.
Xaar is upgrading its successful XJ128 printhead portfolio with the launch of a new high-speed version, the XJ128/200 Plus The new model complements the existing XJ128 printheads - the XJ128/200 (non-wetting coating) and the XJ128/360 (non-wetting coating)
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 16 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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All of the XJ128 printheads have been developed specifically for the wide, grand and superwide format inkjet markets.
"Our original XJ128 printhead has grown to become the industry standard and has set the benchmark in terms of performance and print quality.
With the launch of this new printhead, Xaar is once again demonstrating its commitment to continuously develop and improve its products to meet the demands of our customers and the market," said David Frew, printhead product manager at Xaar.
The company said it has made a significant breakthrough with the new head, achieving a much higher performance with a 30% increase in speed, without compromising features such as size, weight and robustness that made the original XJ128 so successful.
The XJ128/200 Plus printhead has a linear printing speed of 698mm per second (5.5KHz), offering greater flexibility for customers that require a high frequency head for quality reproduction.
The speed increase is said to enable customers to build new printers that will take them into new markets.
The new printhead has also been developed to enable upgrades to existing machines that use the original XJ128 printheads.
A non-wetting coating printhead is designed so that any stray ink on the nozzle plate beads and runs away from the nozzles, eliminating interference while the ink is fired.
In general terms, a non-wetting coating printhead requires less maintenance.
With the wetting coating version of the printhead, the ink remains on the nozzle plate and forms a uniform layer that also minimises interference with the formation of the ink droplet.
The wetting and non-wetting XJ128 printheads enable customers to select the printhead that best fits with their maintenance systems and routines.
Xaar has also made a range of inks available for use with the new printhead including solvent inks for wide, grand and superwide format printing and oil-based inks for direct printing onto paper. Request a free brochure from Xaar ...
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