Mutoh Europe has unveiled the XpertJet 1682SR Pro (64in/1.6m) sign and display printer. The new machine carries two AccuFine HD printheads (each with 3200 nozzles drop mass range 3.44-17.71pl), a new weaving algorithm and Mutoh’s VerteLith Rip software to deliver high quality output at speeds up to 35m²/h.
The new printer uses a new Mutoh MS51 quick dry CMYK inkset, which is gBL free, Greenguard Gold certified, and said to deliver excellent gloss preservation and weather resistance, abrasion and chemical resistance with UV durability up to three years without lamination.
Engineered and manufactured in Japan, the XPJ-1682SR Pro is an addition to Mutoh’s XPJ-1341SRP and XPJ-1641SRP single head models released in January. Product highlights include: Nozzle Area Select, which allows the disabling of nozzle areas on the head to continue printing; new generation i-screen weaving technology to suppress banding; new VerteLith Clear Tone Screening to deliver the better gradients and skin tones; ICC substrate profiling; soft proofing; workflow efficiency and finishing tools (trim marks, grommets, automated and manual tiling, step and repeat functionality, multi page PDF processing etc); Mutoh companion workflow software for print-to-cut applications.
There is motorised take-up (30kg, 40kg, 100kg), automated bi-directional alignment,
automated media feed adjust and media roll length management (through bar code print/scan).
Options include an automated nozzle check unit, whereby missing nozzles will be automatically detected, attempt recovery via cleaning and, if needed, automatically activate the Nozzle Area Select feature to continue production, without the need of an operator intervention.
