Ricoh printers win EDP awards

The Ricoh Pro L5130e and Ricoh Pro L5160e extended gamut latex printers have won the EDP 2021 roll-to-roll printers less than 170cm award. 

Ricoh designed the systems to open up new opportunities to production printers, and sign and display specialists with the addition of green and orange inks to the already available white. Based on Ricoh’s inkjet head and ink technology competence, the systems are an evolution of the Ricoh Pro L5130 and Ricoh Pro L5160 latex large format printers.

According to the company the development significantly extended the colour gamut compared to existing marketplace ink technology, enabled the accurate reproduction of a wider range of Pantone and brand colours, helped reduce ink consumption – for example there is no need to mix magenta and yellow to create orange, or cyan and yellow to create green – and allowed print operations to run double CMYK for increased productivity, and CMYK and white for transfer materials, metallics, and dark substrates.

The systems both incorporate three staggered Ricoh Gen5 industrial printheads. They deliver variable dot printing at 46.7sqm per hour on outdoor high speed four colour mode, and 25sqm per hour on indoor standard four-colour mode.

Ricoh says they have a low print ink curing temperature for reduced energy consumption, and says the Greenguard certified latex ink enables sustainable and cost-effective production.

“It’s no secret that quick and simple accurate reproduction of vibrant colours helps deliver captivating print,” said Eef de Ridder, VP, Graphic Communications Group, Ricoh. “These systems enable operations to produce memorable and vivid results on a broad range of applications. Their ability to reduce waste, ink, and energy consumption also supports sustainable and cost-effective production.”