Xaar has collaborated with Meteor Inkjet Ltd to produce an inkjet development kit and commercial drive electronics set for the Xaar 1201 printhead.
The specially developed ecosystem from Meteor enables Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) who use the Xaar 1201 to develop printers for the graphics and textiles market to maximise printhead performance.
In addition, the collaboration means that OEMs can rely on a best-in-class solution from initial printhead development right through to full commercialisation of their printer. This shortens OEMs’ time-to-market as well as ensuring the best printhead performance possible for their own customers.
‘We chose to work with Meteor Inkjet because its electronics, which are designed to be power-efficient, compact and flexible, are the perfect way to get the maximum performance from the Xaar 1201,’ said Simon Kirk, senior product manager at Xaar.
The Xaar 1201 is a versatile and compact greyscale printhead. It prints one, two or four colours, delivers a high level of quality and performance, and is capable of handling aqueous, UV, hard-solvent and eco-solvent inks. Designed for easy integration by printer manufacturers, the Xaar 1201 features 1280 nozzles that jet variable drop sizes. These produce high quality graphics and textiles on a wide range of substrates at an apparent resolution of up to 1440 dpi.
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