Mutoh Belgium announces the EMEA launch of two new additions to Mutoh’s popular ValueJet Eco Ultra printer lineup, the ValueJet 1324 54” and the ValueJet 1624 64”.
These new 4 colour ValueJet printer models incorporate a new 1440 dpi piezo drop-on-demand print head. Tuned to Mutoh’s award-winning Intelligent Interweaving print technology, this new print head will enable increased print speeds as well as improved print quality at higher print speeds. Apart from new print head technology, the new printers also incorporate a set of innovative features, such as a newly developed keyboard and an automatic sheet off mechanism. The new ValueJets will deliver a high level of user comfort and print production efficiency.
Utilising Mutoh’s Eco Ultra inks, the new ValueJet 1324 and 1624 printers are targeted at the sign and display market and are suited for the production of outdoor posters, signs and banners, long term backlit signage, construction announcements, POS displays, vehicle graphics as well as high quality durable prints for indoor use.
The new ValueJet 1324 (VJ-1324) and 1624 (VJ-1624) printers are an addition to Mutoh’s existing ValueJet 1204 (51” – 1300 mm), ValueJet 1304 (54” – 1371 mm) and ValueJet 1614 (64” – 1625 mm) Eco Ultra printers.
New Print Head Technology for Increased Performance & Quality
The new ValueJet 1324 & ValueJet 1624 CMYK printers incorporate a new generation “wide” 1440 nozzle piezo drop-on-demand print head. Each colour section incorporates 360 nozzles, i.e. two 180 nozzle rows per colour.
The head is capable of producing ink drops ranging from 3.5 pl to 35 pl. Bottom line, it can produce a wider range of ink dots, which are moreover jetted at a faster speed. This will give faster output speeds and moreover a better print quality at higher output speeds.
The print head offers the four regular ValueJet print resolutions 540 x 720 dpi, 720 x 720 dpi, 1440 x 720 dpi and 1440 x 1440 dpi as well as a new 720 x 1080 dpi print resolution. The new 720 x 1080 dpi resolution will deliver impeccable prints for viewing distances under 1 meter up to 10 m²/h (VJ-1624) and 8 m²/h (VJ-1324).
Typical speed production prints at 720 x 720 dpi (4 pass) are delivered at 14.5 m²/h (VJ-1624) and 11.8 m²/h (VJ-1324).
The VJ-1624’s top speed amounts to 29 m²/h. For the VJ-1324, top speed is 27.9 m²/h.
Mutoh Intelligent Interweaving Print Technology
The new ValueJet printers include Mutoh’s award-winning Intelligent Interweaving (i²) print technology, enabling a drastic reduction or even total elimination of the typical difficulties inherent to conventional digital inkjet printing, such as horizontal banding, step mismatch banding and the visible effects of missing or misfiring nozzles.
One of the biggest benefits of this proprietary Mutoh print technology is that it offers predictable and repeatable output quality, as such bringing an unprecedented level of user comfort to the printer operator. Printer users will be able to print ideal quality images fit for purpose every time, in the shortest possible time.
New Comfort Features
The already well-known ease-of-use of the ValueJet printer family has been further optimised in the new 1324/1624 ValueJet models, with i.a. a newly designed keyboard offering easy & logical access to printer menus and an automatic cutting function to cut off finished prints.
On the VJ-1324 an L-shaped cover has been integrated to enable easy access for periodical maintenance. The VJ-1624 printer has a tiltable ink cassette holder which will save space and enables loading of different ink cassette volumes.
Optional Spectrophotometer
The new ValueJet printer models can be equipped with Mutoh’s optional SpectroVue VM- 10 spectrophotometer. Directly attachable to the print head carriage or shuttle of the printer, the VM-10 allows monitoring colour drift over time, from job-to-job or even within a large job. The VM-10 can also be used to build ICC colour profiles and linearization files, in combination with supporting software.Eco Ultra Inks for Durable Prints Utilising Mutoh’s Eco Ultra inks, the ValueJet printers can be used for printing onto a wide variety of popular uncoated vinyl and banner media. Prints made with the Mutoh Eco Ultra inks are UV and water resistant for up to three years outdoors, without lamination.
For fleet, floor graphics or other applications where prints are exposed to intensive mechanical stress or abrasion, lamination is recommended.
For the VJ-1324, the ink comes in 220 ml ink cassettes. The VJ-1624 is compatible with either 220 ml or 440 ml ink cassettes. Mutoh Eco Ultra inks do not spread any harmful VOCs in the working environment. There is no need for forced ventilation. The inks also do not need any additional drying
equipment, as the ValueJet printers incorporate three built-in digitally controlled heating elements for media pre-heating, ink fixation and drying.
Ready for Volume Production
The standard ValueJet 1324 & 1624 printer incorporates a set of scroller supports mounted at the back of the machine. These supports enable non-motorised unwinding of media (2” or 3” core) up to a weight of 19 kg (VJ-1324) or 30 kg (VJ-1624).
For the ValueJet 1324, Mutoh offers an optional winder system enabling motorized roll up of finished prints up to 30 kg (T-Winder 30).
For roll-up of prints on the ValueJet 1624, two different optional unwinder/winder systems are available : the T-Winder 30 take-up unit for media rolls up to 30 kg and the Unwinder/Winder 100 system with tension mechanism for motorised unwinding/winding of media rolls up to 100 kg.
Made in Japan, the new ValueJet 1324/1624 printers will be showcased at all major sign industry events throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa during the next coming weeks and months. The new printer models will become available from October onwards.
