Mimaki Engineering Co. Ltd has announced that the company will offer a new silver ink for its ES3 ink portfolio of eco-solvent inks for JV33 and CJV30 series of large format printers. Shipment of the new silver ink is expected to commence in October 2010.
1. Higher valued print products with a new silver ink
Metallic effects, such as gold or bronze as well as other color shades, can be achieved by combining Mimaki's new silver ink with full color ES3 ink, thus realizing astounding and eye-catching effects on print products. Silver inks enable print service providers to offer higher value to their customer's creative projects.
2. Compatibility with standard JV33 and CJV30 large format printers
Existing Mimaki's standard printers such as JV33 and CJV30*1 are compatible with the new silver ink. It is not necessary to acquire additional devices or equipment. Just by switching to ES3 ink and updating the firmware and the RIP software, Mimaki’s silver ink can be used.
3. Mimaki's proven RIP software RasterLinkPro5 for simplified output
Printing with silver ink requires no special knowledge or technical skills. Users can just choose the appropriate color from the metallic color library in RasterLinkPro5 and print their jobs with silver ink. In addition, RasterLinkPro5 enables output of all shades of metallic colors by calling up the feature chart for silver ink. Users can also devise their own or the appropriate customers' colors and metallic shades.
White ink availability
At the same time as silver ink is released, Mimaki will introduce and begin shipment of its new ES3 white ink. The new white ink is especially good for prints on transparent and colored substrates, which benefit greatly from white under print as colors will become more vivid and spectacular effects can be achieved.
