Now here's a fast inkjet!

[turbguy]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=111945035609952&set=vb.132360936898936&type=2&theater

Think we can get refillables for this??

Wayne

 

[Tudor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zChL1gP_Dzo

Do you have enough space for it? hahaha
2700 B2 sheets/hour, now that's fast!

 

[PeterBJ]

This printer seems to use the same principle for printing as the Memjet printer, with printheads as wide as the paper.

I wonder what is the size and cost of OEM ink cartridges or if some ink tanks could be refilled using equipment like this: http://images.newpig.com/wcsstore/N...tachment/images/prdImgs_zoom/DRM164A1_W_Z.jpg ? I'm sure syringes would be inadequate for refill. But who would dare to refill and lose warranty on a printer like that?

 

[Tudor]

Naturally, the current buzz at Gilson Graphics surrounds the arrival of its J Press 720, which is housed in its own climate-controlled room. Through the installation and leading to the start-up, it was natural for spectatorssales, manufacturing, purchaserto gather around, ask questions and just marvel at it, according to Oswald. "It provides employees incentive that if we're investing in technology, there's a great growth path for them," he observes.

On a more basic level, the $1.8 million investment in the J Press 720 gives Gilson Graphics increased job turnarounds due to the elimination of time-consuming platemaking/makeready processes, the ability to print on a larger sheet size and flexibility in terms of substrates (70-lb. text to 14-pt. coated and uncoated stocks). The Gilson Graphics brain trust has been monitoring inkjet technology for several years, and a number of factors came into play: proofing devices are inkjet, the need to control color and the gamut that can be produced. More and more, Palmitier notes, inkjet was becoming production viable from a standpoint of speed and color consistency.

$1.8 million investment... Compatible inks...?

source: http://www.piworld.com/article/living-cutting-edge-418536/1 (see page 2 for quote)

 

[The Hat]

When running a printer of that size it would be very unwise to use any compatibles or inks.

The down time alone if something went wrong would far out weight any cost saving by a mile,
however you would definitely need an extension to your den..

 

[Grandad35]

It takes about 1 CC of ink to print an A4 sheet and a B2 sheet is about 6x larger. At 2700 sheets/hr, that works out to 16.2 liters of ink/hour. They show run lengths of at least 2000 sheets, so the uninterrupted run length is probably at least an hour. One would imagine that this printer comes with a somewhat better ink supply than a CIS or a cart.

I noted "Silicon MEMS piezo..." on one of their slides. Is this technology based on the Memjet?

 

[Tudor]

CISS, you say? Hmmm... I can imagine a CISS for this machine: two 4-bottle ciss conected to the machine with valves. When the first ciss is low just open the valves of the second ciss, close the valves to the first and refill. It would take 4 chinese to man it (space below the machine is knee high).
Jokes aside, when I was designing that chinese-powered-ciss I remembered something else chinese-related: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/16/software-developer-outsources-own-job Everytime I think about Bob I smile... "Quarter after quarter, his performance review noted him as the best developer in the building"

 

[Grandad35]

For an industrial machine like this, I would envision an ink delivery system similar to those used on large presses - a small tank that is automatically topped off with ink from bulk storage, a pumping system with an in-line filter, a viscosity control to add solvent (water?) as required to maintain constant ink temperature and viscosity, a variable speed control on the pump to maintain the desired pressure (or suction) at the inlet of the print head and a recirculation system to direct ink from the end(s?) of the print head back into the small tank.